Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Email: contact [at] kylehartshorn.com (or use the Contact form on this website)

ORCID: 0009-0000-0538-9172

Social Media: LinkedIn | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | Academia.edu

Education

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (2005 – 2010)
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, summa cum laude
Minor in Mathematics

Work Experience

Freelance Scientific Illustrator

Miami University – Karl E. Limper Geology Museum (2025) [More info]

  • Illustrated artwork for the background of exhibit display cases, featuring depictions of Oxford, Ohio during Cambrian, Ordovician, Missing Interval (Mesozoic), Pleistocene, and Modern time periods.

Ohio Geological Survey – Dunkleosteus (2024) [More info]

  • 36″ x 24″ custom artwork featuring Ohio’s state fossil fish, Dunkleosteus terrelli, and the paleoenvironment of the Cleveland Member of the Ohio Shale (Upper Devonian).

Cincinnati Museum Center – Ancient Worlds Hiding in Plain Sight (2023) [More info]

  • Eleven vignettes featuring bivalves, brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, corals, crinoids, edrioasteroids, graptolites, stromatoporoids, trilobites, and the end-Ordovician extinction.

Ohio Geological Survey – Life in Ancient Ohio (2022 – 2023) [More info]

  • Seven 24” x 36” posters depicting the flora and fauna of the geologic periods exposed in Ohio, including Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, and Pleistocene.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources – Hueston Woods State Park (2022) [More info]

  • Nature Center exhibit artwork featuring the fauna of the Upper Ordovician Liberty Formation that is exposed in the park.  

Ohio Department of Natural Resources – Cowan Lake State Park (2021) [More info]

  • Naturalist Cabin wall artwork featuring the fauna of the Upper Ordovician Whitewater Formation that is exposed in the park. 

University of Dayton – Geology Department Hallway Art (2016 – 2017) [More info]

  • Four scenes depicting the Origin of the Solar System, Proterozoic, Ordovician, and Pleistocene.

Dry Dredgers – Bulletin Covers (2013 – Present) [More info]

  • Cover art for the monthly bulletin of Cincinnati’s amateur paleontology group featuring content thematically linked to each month’s presentation.

Kinetic Vision – Cincinnati, Ohio

Strategist (2024)

  • Provided client-facing solution architecting for software, engineering, and design consulting projects in the consumer packaged goods, food/beverage, biomedical, and manufacturing/industrial sectors.
  • Served as the Kinetic Vision industry representative to the University of Cincinnati Digital Futures Industry 4.0/5.0 Institute. 

Group Manager (2019 – 2024)

  • Directed 15-25 artists and developers focused on engineering software, simulation, virtual tours, interactives, mobile apps, and AR/VR.

Software Engineer / Lead Software Engineer (2010 – 2019)

  • Developed engineering simulation and virtual reality applications.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Dattilo, Benjamin F., Rebecca L. Freeman, Kyle Hartshorn, David Peterman, Aaron Morse, David L. Meyer, Lindsay G. Dugan, and James W. Hagadorn. 2024. Paradox lost: Wide gape in the Ordovician brachiopod Rafinesquina explains how unattached filter-feeding strophomenoids thrived on muddy substrates. Palaeontology 67(2): e12697. doi.org/10.1111/pala.12697.

Brett, Carlton E., Christopher D. Aucoin, Benjamin F. Dattilo, Rebecca L. Freeman, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Patrick I. McLaughlin, and Cameron E. Schwalbach. 2020. Revised sequence stratigraphy of the upper Katian Stage (Cincinnatian) strata in the Cincinnati Arch reference area: Geological and paleontological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 540: 109483. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109483.

Lam, Adriane R., Jennifer E. Bauer, Susanna Fraass, Sarah Sheffield, Maggie R. Limbeck, Rose M. Borden, Megan E. Thompson-Munson, Andrew J. Fraass, J. Michael Hils, Cameron E. Muskelly, Kyle R. Hartshorn, and Raquel Bryant. 2019. Time Scavengers: An educational website to communicate climate change and evolutionary theory to the public through blogs, web pages, and social media platforms. Journal of STEM Outreach 2(1): 1-8. doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v2i1.05.

Brett, Carlton E., Kyle R. Hartshorn, Christopher B.T. Waid, Patrick I. McLaughlin, Katherine V. Bulinski, James R. Thomka, Timothy R. Paton, Rebecca L. Freeman, and Benjamin F. Dattilo. 2018. Lower to middle Paleozoic sequence stratigraphy and paleontology in the greater Louisville, Kentucky, area, in Florea, L.J., ed., Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice: Geologic Crossroads in America’s Heartland: Geological Society of America. doi.org/10.1130/2018.0051(03).

Other Publications

Brett, Carlton E., Benjamin F. Dattilo, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Nathan Marshall, and Thomas Schramm. 2022. A new look at the classic Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician, Katian Stage) strata of southern Ohio-Indiana: Shales, shell beds, storms, sediment starvation, and cycles. Geological Society of America North-Central & Southeastern Section Post-Meeting Field Trip Guidebook.

Brett, Carlton E., Kyle R. Hartshorn, Allison L. Young, Cameron E. Schwalbach, and Alycia L. Stigall. 2018. The classic Upper Ordovician stratigraphy and paleontology of the Eastern Cincinnati Arch. IGCP Project 653 Third Annual Meeting Field Trip Guidebook.

Hartshorn, Kyle R., Jack W. Kallmeyer, and Carlton E. Brett. 2016. Dry Dredging the Cincinnati Arch. FOSSIL Mini Conference 2016 Field Trip Guidebook.

Conference Presentations

Brett, Carlton E., Christopher D. Aucoin, Benjamin F. Dattilo, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Patrick I. McLaughlin, and Cameron E. Schwalbach. 2018. Revised sequence stratigraphy and chronostratigraphy of the upper Katian Stage (Cincinnatian) strata in the Cincinnati Arch reference area. International Geoscience Programme Project 653 Third Annual Meeting Program & Abstracts: 23. [Abstract]

Brett, Carlton E., Patrick I. McLaughlin, Benjamin F. Dattilo, Christopher D. Aucoin, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Timothy R. Paton, Allison L. Young. 2018. Sequence stratigraphy of mixed siliciclastic-carbonate successions in the Katian Stage of the Cincinnati Arch region (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee). International Geoscience Programme Project 653 Third Annual Meeting Program & Abstracts: 24. [Abstract]

Hartshorn, Kyle R. 2017. Digital dry dredging: Reassessing Eobalanus, Ruedemann’s “ancestral acorn barnacle”.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 49(2): paper 3-4. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2017NE-290655. [Presented at the 2017 NE/NC GSA Joint Section Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.] [PDF]

Hartshorn, Kyle R. 2014. The oldest known multiplacophoran? Review of Eobalanus Ruedemann from the Upper Ordovician of New York State. 8th Ohio (River) Valley Unified Malacologists (OVUM) meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. [PDF]

Other Presentations

Hartshorn, Kyle R. 2025. Unsolved mysteries of the Cincinnatian. Dry Dredgers lecture, Cincinnati, Ohio. Presented January 24, 2025.

Hartshorn, Kyle R. 2024. Illustrating Life in Ancient Ohio. Dry Dredgers lecture, Cincinnati, Ohio. Presented May 4, 2024.

Hartshorn, Kyle R. 2023. Illustrating Life in Ancient Ohio. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey invited presentation, Columbus, Ohio. Presented December 7, 2023. [YouTube]

Hartshorn, Kyle. 2020. A brief introduction to Cincinnatian stratigraphy. Dry Dredgers beginners’ class lecture, Cincinnati, Ohio. Presented November 20, 2020.

Hartshorn, Kyle R. 2017. Looking for the overlooked: Opportunities for advanced amateur paleontology. Dry Dredgers lecture, Cincinnati, Ohio. Presented November 17, 2017.

Posters

Hartshorn, Kyle R., Jack W. Kallmeyer, Thomas E. Bantel, Donald L. Bissett, Endia J. Crabtree, Ron Fine, Rich Fuchs, William P. Heimbrock, and Nikki E. Zehler. 2024. Another decade of scientific contributions from the Cincinnati Dry Dredgers: 2014 – 2024.  Papers on Paleontology 39: 12th North American Paleontological Convention Program with Abstracts: 217. DOI: 10.7302/23169.

Farnam, Cole, Carlton Brett, and Kyle Hartshorn. 2022. Revised sequence stratigraphy for the uppermost Ordovician strata of the Cincinnati region. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program 54(5). DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-380269.

Brett, Carlton E., Allison L. Young, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Jessica A. Bowling, and Brendon Myers. 2019. Revisiting a classic area: Revised stratigraphy and paleontology of the Upper Ordovician (Mohawkian/lower Katian) Millersburg and Nicholas members, Lexington Formation, in north central Kentucky. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 51(5): paper 281-9. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-339574.

Lam, Adrian R., Jennifer Bauer, Sarah L. Sheffield, Cameron O. Muskelly, Megan Thompson-Munson, Maggie Limbeck, J. Michael. Hils, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Andrew Fraass, Susanna Fraass, and Rose Borden. 2018. Time Scavengers: A website to disseminate climate change and evolutionary principles to increase public literacy. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, abstract #ED43E-1273. [Abstract]

Kallmeyer, Jack W., Kyle R. Hartshorn, and Carlton E. Brett. 2018. The “Solenopora” of the Cincinnati Arch: algae or sponges? International Geoscience Programme Project 653 Third Annual Meeting Program & Abstracts: 42. [Abstract]

Hartshorn, Kyle R., Jack W. Kallmeyer, William P. Heimbrock, and Thomas E. Bantel. 2014. Heirs to the ‘Cincinnati School of Paleontology’: Over 70 years of scientific contributions from the Cincinnati Dry Dredgers. 10th North American Paleontological Convention Abstract Book: 154. DOI: 10.1017/S2475262200013289. [Web version at drydredgers.org] [PDF]

Patents

Schweet, Richard R., Bendenetto C. Ruggiero, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Gregory R. Sweeney, Kyle D. Cypher, Melissa Y. Scharf, Emily A. Meyer, Alec B. Lisy, Jeremy D. Jarrett, and Matthew D. Fye. Systems and methods for virtual artificial intelligence development and testing. US Patent No. 11372474. Filed July 2, 2020; issued June 28, 2022.

Field Trips

  • 2023 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (Cincinnati, Ohio): Exploring a Sea without Fish: Late Ordovician Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Cincinnati Arch Region. [Co-leader]
  • 2022 Geological Society of America Joint North-Central & Southeastern Section Meeting (Cincinnati, Ohio): A New Look at the Classic Cincinnatian: Sequences, Cycles, and Events in the Upper Ordovician of the Cincinnati Vicinity. [Co-leader]
  • 2018 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (Indianapolis, Indiana): Middle Paleozoic Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Greater Louisville, Kentucky Area. [Co-leader and driver]
  • 2018 IGCP 653 3rd Meeting(Athens, Ohio): The classic Upper Ordovician stratigraphy and paleontology of the Eastern Cincinnati Arch. [Co-leader]
  • 2016 FOSSIL Project Mini Conference (Cincinnati, Ohio). [Leader]

Conferences Attended

Other Professional Development

  • Public Engagement with Science and Outreach Workshop (University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement With Science; Cincinnati, Ohio; September 12, 2025)
  • Digital Paleontology Workshop (Indiana Geological and Water Survey and Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana; March 9, 2019)

Skills

  • Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Blender, photography
  • Development: Python, C#, JavaScript, Unity, C++, git (Github, Bitbucket), Visual Basic
  • Productivity: Microsoft Office (including advanced Microsoft Excel automation), Google GSuite, Trello, Jira, SalesForce
  • Field: Stratigraphic measurement and sampling, field trip planning and leadership
  • Business: Small project management (scoping, budgeting, supervision), technical sales

Organizational Affiliations and Leadership

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