Peter David Neff, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
Assistant Research Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
Education
PhD, Geology, 2015 Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Te Pūtahi Rangahau i te Kōpakatanga ki te Tonga, Te Whare Wānanga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui, & Te Pū Ao, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa Antarctic and Southern Ocean dust transport pathways: forward-trajectory modeling and rare earth element source constraints from the RICE ice core. |
MSc, Geological Sciences, 2012 Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-glacier site: Mount Waddington, southwest British Columbia, Canada. |
BSc (distinction), Earth & Space Sciences, 2009
Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Appointments
Assistant Research Professor (Aug. 2020 - present)
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Jan. 2018 – Jul. 2020)
University of Washington Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA
-14CO in glacier ice as a tracer of atmospheric oxidation (OH) from 1880 A.D. to present at Law Dome, East Antarctica
-Coastal West Antarctic climate dynamics and planning for ice coring; tropical Pacific Ocean links to Antarctic climate
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Aug. 2015 – Jan. 2018)
University of Rochester Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rochester, NY, USA
-University of Rochester Ice Core Lab
-Design, construction, testing of large-volume ice melting and gas-extraction device for Carbon-14 of carbon monoxide
-Amundsen Sea coastal ice coring project development; airborne radar studies of climate controls on snow accumulation
PhD Candidate (Mar. 2012 – Jun. 2015)
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington & GNS Science, Wellington, NZ
Te Pūtahi Rangahau i te Kōpakatanga ki te Tonga, Te Whare Wānanga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui & Te Pū Ao, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
-Trace element geochemistry, Thermo Element 2 and Element XR sector-field ICP-MS
-Atmospheric trajectory modeling, NOAA HySPLIT
-Ice core drilling, Roosevelt Island, Antarctica
-RICE ice core processing 0-764 m depth, continuous flow analysis, 2012, 2013, 2014 austral winters
MSc Candidate (Jun. 2009 – Mar. 2012)
University of Washington Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA
-Led logistics, field co-leader, 141 m-long Mt. Waddington ice core, BC, Canada
-Lead coordinator, WAIS Divide ice core processing, National Ice Core Lab, Jun. - Aug. 2011, 1953-3331 m depth
-Mt. Waddington ice core processing, continuous-flow analysis (black carbon, dust, water stable-isotopes)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Sept. 2006 – Jun. 2009)
University of Washington Stable Isotope Laboratory (Δ*IsoLab), Seattle, WA, USA
-Validation of water stable-isotope record in Mt. Waddington pilot ice core, part of successful NSF proposal (0902240)
-Processing ice cores, water stable isotope analysis (US-ITASE, WAIS Divide ice cores)
-Operating, maintaining mass spectrometers, cavity ring-down instruments (Micromass IsoPrime, LGR DLT-100)
-Sample preparation, analysis of N-15 and O-18 of nitrate from ice core samples using the bacterial method
(Contribution acknowledged by Hastings et al., Science, 2009)
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Jan. 2018 – Jul. 2020)
University of Washington Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA
-14CO in glacier ice as a tracer of atmospheric oxidation (OH) from 1880 A.D. to present at Law Dome, East Antarctica
-Coastal West Antarctic climate dynamics and planning for ice coring; tropical Pacific Ocean links to Antarctic climate
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Aug. 2015 – Jan. 2018)
University of Rochester Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rochester, NY, USA
-University of Rochester Ice Core Lab
-Design, construction, testing of large-volume ice melting and gas-extraction device for Carbon-14 of carbon monoxide
-Amundsen Sea coastal ice coring project development; airborne radar studies of climate controls on snow accumulation
PhD Candidate (Mar. 2012 – Jun. 2015)
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington & GNS Science, Wellington, NZ
Te Pūtahi Rangahau i te Kōpakatanga ki te Tonga, Te Whare Wānanga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui & Te Pū Ao, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa
-Trace element geochemistry, Thermo Element 2 and Element XR sector-field ICP-MS
-Atmospheric trajectory modeling, NOAA HySPLIT
-Ice core drilling, Roosevelt Island, Antarctica
-RICE ice core processing 0-764 m depth, continuous flow analysis, 2012, 2013, 2014 austral winters
MSc Candidate (Jun. 2009 – Mar. 2012)
University of Washington Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA
-Led logistics, field co-leader, 141 m-long Mt. Waddington ice core, BC, Canada
-Lead coordinator, WAIS Divide ice core processing, National Ice Core Lab, Jun. - Aug. 2011, 1953-3331 m depth
-Mt. Waddington ice core processing, continuous-flow analysis (black carbon, dust, water stable-isotopes)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Sept. 2006 – Jun. 2009)
University of Washington Stable Isotope Laboratory (Δ*IsoLab), Seattle, WA, USA
-Validation of water stable-isotope record in Mt. Waddington pilot ice core, part of successful NSF proposal (0902240)
-Processing ice cores, water stable isotope analysis (US-ITASE, WAIS Divide ice cores)
-Operating, maintaining mass spectrometers, cavity ring-down instruments (Micromass IsoPrime, LGR DLT-100)
-Sample preparation, analysis of N-15 and O-18 of nitrate from ice core samples using the bacterial method
(Contribution acknowledged by Hastings et al., Science, 2009)
Publications
2020
Neff, P (2020). Amundsen Sea coastal ice rises: Future sites for marine-focused ice core records. Oceanography 33-2, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2020.215.
2019
Winstrup, M, Vallelonga, P, Kjær, HA, Fudge, TJ, Lee, JE, Riis, MH, Edwards, R, Bertler, NAN, Blunier, T, Brook, EJ, Buizert, C, Ciobanu, G, Conway, H, Dahl-Jensen, D, Ellis, A, Emanuelsson, BD, Keller, ED, Kurbatov, A, Mayewski, P, Neff, PD, Pyne, R, Simonsen, MF, Svensson, A, Tuohy, A, Waddington, E and Wheatley, S (2019). A 2700-year annual timescale and accumulation history for an ice core from Roosevelt Island, West Antarctica. Climate of the Past, doi: 10.5194/cp-2017-101
2018
Steig, EJ, and Neff, PD. The prescience of paleoclimatology and the future of the Antarctic ice sheet (Open Access). Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05001-1
Emanuelsson, BD, Bertler, NAN, Neff, PD, Renwick, JA, Markle, BR, Baisden, WT, and Keller, ED. The role of Amundsen-Bellingshausen Sea anticyclonic circulation in forcing marine air intrusions into West Antarctica. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4097-3
RICE Community Members (incl. P Neff). The Ross Sea Dipole - Temperature, Snow Accumulation and Sea Ice Variability in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica, over the Past 2,700 Years. Climate of the Past, 14 (2), 193-214
2016
Winton, VHL, Edwards, R, Delmonte, B, Ellis, A, Andersson, PS, Bowie, A, Bertler, NAN, Neff, P and Tuohy, A. Multiple sources of soluble atmospheric iron to Antarctic waters. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1002/2015GB005265
2015
Tuohy, A, Bertler, N, Neff, P, Edwards, R, Emanuelsson, D, Beers, T and Mayewski P. Transport and deposition of heavy metals in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023293
Neff, PD and Bertler, NAN. Trajectory modeling of modern dust flux to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 9309-9322, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023304
WAIS Divide Project Members (incl. P Neff). Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age. Nature, 520, 661-665, doi: 10.1038/nature14401
2014
Neff, PD. A review of the brittle ice zone in polar ice cores (Open Access). Annals of Glaciology, 55(68), 72-82, doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A023
Souney, JM, Twickler, MS, Hargreaves, GM, Bencivengo, B, Kippenhan, M, Johnson, JA, Cravens, E, Neff, PD, Nunn, R, Orsi, AJ, Popp, TJ, Rhoades, J, Vaughn, BH, Voigt, DE, Wong, GJ and Taylor KC (2014). Core handling and processing for the WAIS Divide ice-core project (Open Access). Annals of Glaciology, 55(68), 15-26, doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A008
2013
WAIS Divide Project Members (incl. P Neff). Onset of deglacial warming in West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing. Nature, 500, 440-444, doi: 10.1038/nature12376
Steig, EJ, Ding, Q, White, JWC, Küttel, M, Rupper, SB, Neumann, TA, Neff, PD, Gallant, AJE, Mayewski, PA, Taylor, KC, Hoffmann, G, Dixon, DA, Schoenemann, SW, Markle, BR, Fudge, TJ, Schneider, DP, Schauer, AJ, Teel, RP, Vaughn, BH, Burgener, L, Williams, J and Korotkikh, E. Recent climate and ice-sheet changes in West Antarctica compared with the past 2,000 years. Nature Geoscience, 6(5), 372-375, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1778
2012
Neff, PD, Steig, EJ, Clark, DH, McConnell, JR, Pettit, EC and Menounos, B. Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-glacier site: Mount Waddington, southwest British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 58(212), 1165-1175, doi: 10.3189/2012JoG12J078
In Preparation
Neff, PD, Bertler, NAN, Tuohy, A, Edwards, R, Mayewski, P. 20th century dust provenance at Roosevelt Island, Antarctica from rare earth element geochemistry. (in prep, 2019)
Neff, PD, Steig, EJ. Antarctic ocean and ice-sheet response to tropical atmospheric forcing: a review. (in prep, 2019)
Neff, P (2020). Amundsen Sea coastal ice rises: Future sites for marine-focused ice core records. Oceanography 33-2, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2020.215.
2019
Winstrup, M, Vallelonga, P, Kjær, HA, Fudge, TJ, Lee, JE, Riis, MH, Edwards, R, Bertler, NAN, Blunier, T, Brook, EJ, Buizert, C, Ciobanu, G, Conway, H, Dahl-Jensen, D, Ellis, A, Emanuelsson, BD, Keller, ED, Kurbatov, A, Mayewski, P, Neff, PD, Pyne, R, Simonsen, MF, Svensson, A, Tuohy, A, Waddington, E and Wheatley, S (2019). A 2700-year annual timescale and accumulation history for an ice core from Roosevelt Island, West Antarctica. Climate of the Past, doi: 10.5194/cp-2017-101
2018
Steig, EJ, and Neff, PD. The prescience of paleoclimatology and the future of the Antarctic ice sheet (Open Access). Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05001-1
Emanuelsson, BD, Bertler, NAN, Neff, PD, Renwick, JA, Markle, BR, Baisden, WT, and Keller, ED. The role of Amundsen-Bellingshausen Sea anticyclonic circulation in forcing marine air intrusions into West Antarctica. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4097-3
RICE Community Members (incl. P Neff). The Ross Sea Dipole - Temperature, Snow Accumulation and Sea Ice Variability in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica, over the Past 2,700 Years. Climate of the Past, 14 (2), 193-214
2016
Winton, VHL, Edwards, R, Delmonte, B, Ellis, A, Andersson, PS, Bowie, A, Bertler, NAN, Neff, P and Tuohy, A. Multiple sources of soluble atmospheric iron to Antarctic waters. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1002/2015GB005265
2015
Tuohy, A, Bertler, N, Neff, P, Edwards, R, Emanuelsson, D, Beers, T and Mayewski P. Transport and deposition of heavy metals in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023293
Neff, PD and Bertler, NAN. Trajectory modeling of modern dust flux to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 9309-9322, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023304
WAIS Divide Project Members (incl. P Neff). Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age. Nature, 520, 661-665, doi: 10.1038/nature14401
2014
Neff, PD. A review of the brittle ice zone in polar ice cores (Open Access). Annals of Glaciology, 55(68), 72-82, doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A023
Souney, JM, Twickler, MS, Hargreaves, GM, Bencivengo, B, Kippenhan, M, Johnson, JA, Cravens, E, Neff, PD, Nunn, R, Orsi, AJ, Popp, TJ, Rhoades, J, Vaughn, BH, Voigt, DE, Wong, GJ and Taylor KC (2014). Core handling and processing for the WAIS Divide ice-core project (Open Access). Annals of Glaciology, 55(68), 15-26, doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A008
2013
WAIS Divide Project Members (incl. P Neff). Onset of deglacial warming in West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing. Nature, 500, 440-444, doi: 10.1038/nature12376
Steig, EJ, Ding, Q, White, JWC, Küttel, M, Rupper, SB, Neumann, TA, Neff, PD, Gallant, AJE, Mayewski, PA, Taylor, KC, Hoffmann, G, Dixon, DA, Schoenemann, SW, Markle, BR, Fudge, TJ, Schneider, DP, Schauer, AJ, Teel, RP, Vaughn, BH, Burgener, L, Williams, J and Korotkikh, E. Recent climate and ice-sheet changes in West Antarctica compared with the past 2,000 years. Nature Geoscience, 6(5), 372-375, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1778
2012
Neff, PD, Steig, EJ, Clark, DH, McConnell, JR, Pettit, EC and Menounos, B. Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-glacier site: Mount Waddington, southwest British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 58(212), 1165-1175, doi: 10.3189/2012JoG12J078
In Preparation
Neff, PD, Bertler, NAN, Tuohy, A, Edwards, R, Mayewski, P. 20th century dust provenance at Roosevelt Island, Antarctica from rare earth element geochemistry. (in prep, 2019)
Neff, PD, Steig, EJ. Antarctic ocean and ice-sheet response to tropical atmospheric forcing: a review. (in prep, 2019)
Grants & Awards
Awarded:Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology, Award 80NSSC21K1615, "Constructing radar snow accumulation time series to improve understanding of surface mass balance processes and recent climate in coastal West Antarctica," P. Neff lead-PI, Future Investigator J. Andreasen (PhD student), Sep. 01, 2021 - Aug. 31, 2024 ($134,994).
Awarded: NSF Paleoclimate Perspectives on Climate Change, Award 2002441, "Collaborative Research: Ice-core paleoclimate and firn aquifer studies at Combatant Col, Mt. Waddington, British Columbia," P. Neff (U. Minnesota) lead PI; co-PIs E. Steig, K. Christianson (U. Washington), Jun. 29, 2020 - Jun. 30, 2022 ($352,336 ,$105,511 to U. Minnesota)
Awarded: University of Washington Earthlab, "From Risk to Resilience: Connecting Communities to Coastal Hazards through Interactive & Immersive Design," H. Roop, P. Neff co-PIs, May 1, 2019 - Jul. 31, 2020 ($57,524)
Awarded: Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, "Towards the integration of climate science education in classrooms," H. Roop, P. Neff co-PIs, Jul. 1, 2018 - Jun. 30, 2020 ($32,000)
Awarded: NSF Antarctic Glaciology, Award 1643669, “Collaborative Res.: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability,” V. Petrenko (U. Rochester) lead PI; co-PIs L. Murray, J. Severinghaus, C. Buizert, Jul. 1, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2021 ($570,758)
Awarded: Australian Antarctic Division, “Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Carbon Monoxide to Constrain Long-Term Atmospheric Hydroxyl Variability,” D. Etheridge (CSIRO) lead PI; co-PIs A. Smith, M. Curran, M. Woodhouse, V. Petrenko, L. Murray, J. Severinghaus, C. Buizert
Awarded: NSF Paleoclimate Perspectives on Climate Change, Award 0902240, "Collaborative Res.: Ice core paleoclimate records from Combatant Col, British Columbia, Canada," E. Steig (U. Washington, Sept. 1, 2009 - Aug. 31, 2012
2013, 2014 VUW Antarctic Research Centre Endowed Development Fund Research Grant
2012-2015 VUW Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution PhD Scholarship
2011 American Alpine Club Research Grant
2009 National Association of Geoscience Teachers / U.S. Geological Survey Field Camp Award
2009 University of Washington Earth & Space Sciences Undergraduate Service Award
2015-2016 US Congressional Antarctica Service Medal
Awarded: NSF Paleoclimate Perspectives on Climate Change, Award 2002441, "Collaborative Research: Ice-core paleoclimate and firn aquifer studies at Combatant Col, Mt. Waddington, British Columbia," P. Neff (U. Minnesota) lead PI; co-PIs E. Steig, K. Christianson (U. Washington), Jun. 29, 2020 - Jun. 30, 2022 ($352,336 ,$105,511 to U. Minnesota)
Awarded: University of Washington Earthlab, "From Risk to Resilience: Connecting Communities to Coastal Hazards through Interactive & Immersive Design," H. Roop, P. Neff co-PIs, May 1, 2019 - Jul. 31, 2020 ($57,524)
Awarded: Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, "Towards the integration of climate science education in classrooms," H. Roop, P. Neff co-PIs, Jul. 1, 2018 - Jun. 30, 2020 ($32,000)
Awarded: NSF Antarctic Glaciology, Award 1643669, “Collaborative Res.: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability,” V. Petrenko (U. Rochester) lead PI; co-PIs L. Murray, J. Severinghaus, C. Buizert, Jul. 1, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2021 ($570,758)
Awarded: Australian Antarctic Division, “Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Carbon Monoxide to Constrain Long-Term Atmospheric Hydroxyl Variability,” D. Etheridge (CSIRO) lead PI; co-PIs A. Smith, M. Curran, M. Woodhouse, V. Petrenko, L. Murray, J. Severinghaus, C. Buizert
Awarded: NSF Paleoclimate Perspectives on Climate Change, Award 0902240, "Collaborative Res.: Ice core paleoclimate records from Combatant Col, British Columbia, Canada," E. Steig (U. Washington, Sept. 1, 2009 - Aug. 31, 2012
2013, 2014 VUW Antarctic Research Centre Endowed Development Fund Research Grant
2012-2015 VUW Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution PhD Scholarship
2011 American Alpine Club Research Grant
2009 National Association of Geoscience Teachers / U.S. Geological Survey Field Camp Award
2009 University of Washington Earth & Space Sciences Undergraduate Service Award
2015-2016 US Congressional Antarctica Service Medal
Fieldwork
Jul. 2019 - Radar ice-thickness survey, Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada
Nov. 2018 - Feb. 2019 - Law Dome ice coring, on-site gas extraction, East Antarctica (Australian Antarctic Program)
Nov. 3-4, 2016 - NASA Operation IceBridge survey, Thwaites & Pine Island Glaciers, West Antarctica
Nov. 2015 - Jan. 2016 - Taylor Glacier horizontal ice coring, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (US Antarctic Program)
Oct. 2012 - Feb. 2013 - Roosevelt Island deep ice coring, West Antarctica (New Zealand Antarctic Program)
May-July 2010 - Mt. Waddington temperate ice coring, British Columbia, Canada
Nov. 2009 - Jan. 2010 - WAIS Divide deep ice coring, West Antarctica (US Antarctic Program)
June 2007 - Summit Station air sampling NOx stable isotopes, Greenland
Nov. 2018 - Feb. 2019 - Law Dome ice coring, on-site gas extraction, East Antarctica (Australian Antarctic Program)
Nov. 3-4, 2016 - NASA Operation IceBridge survey, Thwaites & Pine Island Glaciers, West Antarctica
Nov. 2015 - Jan. 2016 - Taylor Glacier horizontal ice coring, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (US Antarctic Program)
Oct. 2012 - Feb. 2013 - Roosevelt Island deep ice coring, West Antarctica (New Zealand Antarctic Program)
May-July 2010 - Mt. Waddington temperate ice coring, British Columbia, Canada
Nov. 2009 - Jan. 2010 - WAIS Divide deep ice coring, West Antarctica (US Antarctic Program)
June 2007 - Summit Station air sampling NOx stable isotopes, Greenland
Service, Outreach, Media
Twitter (@icy_pete): 7,000 followers
Instagram (@icy_pete): 20,000 followers
TikTok (@icy_pete): 160,000 followers (TikTok partner, #LearnOnTikTok)
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop Organizing Committee, 2020-present
American Geophysical Union Cryosphere Section Secretary, 2019-2021
Reviewer: Nature, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Earth & Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Glaciology, Annals of Glaciology, Antarctic Science, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Research
TikTok Creative Learning Fund #LearnOnTikTok partner (COVID-19 response). Recruited by TikTok to post educational content during COVID-19 lockdown, June-July 2020.
UW Earth & Space Sciences Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, 2019-2020
Washington Green Schools “Clime Time” K-12 Teacher Seminars
Climate science expert coordinating and presenting at trainings across Washington State, 2019-2020 under the “Towards the integration of climate science education in classrooms“ project funded by the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. including trainings in Tacoma, Richland/Pasco, Stevenson, Aberdeen, Pullman, Walla Walla, Chehalis, Spokane/Colville, and Wenatchee, WA.
Foreign Correspondent: Atom Hunters, ABC News (Australia), April 7, 2020
Ancient air and viral videos in Antarctica, UW News, Dec. 12, 2019
“WW2 Aircraft still THRIVE at the SOUTH POLE! | Plane Savers S2-E5” YouTube video, Aug 17, 2019. (91,000 views) collaboration about DC3 polar aircraft with Mikey McBryan, of Buffalo Airways, Yellowknife, Canada and known from the History Channel’s “Ice Pilots.”
‘Terrifying’: Scientists dig deep for missing piece of climate puzzle, Sydney Morning Herald, January 27, 2019
Antarctic scientists begin hunt for sky’s detergent, Nature News, November 20, 2018
The 19th century air molecules that could change climate models, Discover Magazine, November 7, 2018
Science Adviser, Hulu’s “The First,” Advising on polar science for episode “Where Life Is,” streamed September, 2018.
NASA Social: ICESat-2 launch. One of two scientists among social media content creators sharing the launch experience from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, September 12-15, 2018.
Why does ice make that sound? University of Rochester article exploring sounds in viral “Antarctic ice drop” video, April, 2018
Viral “Antarctic ice drop” Twitter video. Posted February 28, 2018, now >10,000,000 views. Featured by The Weather Channel, Science Channel, NHK (Japan public broadcasting), Seeker (1.3 million views), and many other outlets.
Contributor, climatefeedback.org. Annotating & rating accuracy of media articles about climate change/science
Undergraduate Mentor, American Geophysical Union 2016, 2017 Fall Meetings
American Geophysical Union Congressional Visit, Sept. 13, 2017. Washington, DC. Meetings with staffers from New York house, senate offices (Gillibrand, Schumer, Zeldin, Espaillat, King, Slaughter)
National Public Radio WXXI Rochester, NY, interview with Vas Petrenko, Aug. 2017.
Ancient Ice, POST Rochester. Article about U Rochester Ice Core Lab.
Science & Citizenship: A Teach-In, University of Rochester, Mar. 2017. Co-organizer, speaker, day-long public event with faculty from five departments speaking about research, science’s role in society
Quantarctica Theme Editor, 2016-present. Ice core paleoclimate data editor. Quantarctica is a free GIS tool for distribution of Antarctic datasets. Developed by Norwegian Polar Institute with support from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Classroom Visits & Public Events, 2016-2019:
Lopez Island Grange 1060 talk with farming community (Lopez Island, WA)
Blue Hill Consolidated School 8th grade class visit (Blue Hill, ME)
“Ask a Scientist” farmers market table (Brighton, NY)
Cobbles Elementary School K-5th grade school visit (Penfield, NY)
National Building Museum ICEBERGS event (Washington, DC)
Rochester Museum & Science Center summer camp (Rochester, NY)
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning FaceTime talk (Denver, CO)
Ice core basics, Antarcticglaciers.org article. Advising & comment response. A top five online search result for “ice core”
"Carnet Glacé: Journal de bord d'une mission scientifique en haute montagne," December 2014. French-language book documenting PhD student’s experience at Mt. Waddington, BC, Canada ice core site. Published by Editions Libel.
Science Advisor, New Zealand IceFest, Sept. - Oct. 2014. Content creation, review for “Antarctic Time Travel” exhibit, invited speaker, Christchurch, New Zealand
Radio New Zealand – Our Changing World, Aug. 8, 2013. “Melting Ice Cores from the RICE project”
Anna McKee artist collaboration, 2009-present. Presentations & gallery showings featuring work of artist Anna McKee, 2009-10 US Antarctic Program Artist in Residence
Instagram (@icy_pete): 20,000 followers
TikTok (@icy_pete): 160,000 followers (TikTok partner, #LearnOnTikTok)
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop Organizing Committee, 2020-present
American Geophysical Union Cryosphere Section Secretary, 2019-2021
Reviewer: Nature, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Earth & Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Glaciology, Annals of Glaciology, Antarctic Science, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Research
TikTok Creative Learning Fund #LearnOnTikTok partner (COVID-19 response). Recruited by TikTok to post educational content during COVID-19 lockdown, June-July 2020.
UW Earth & Space Sciences Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, 2019-2020
Washington Green Schools “Clime Time” K-12 Teacher Seminars
Climate science expert coordinating and presenting at trainings across Washington State, 2019-2020 under the “Towards the integration of climate science education in classrooms“ project funded by the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. including trainings in Tacoma, Richland/Pasco, Stevenson, Aberdeen, Pullman, Walla Walla, Chehalis, Spokane/Colville, and Wenatchee, WA.
Foreign Correspondent: Atom Hunters, ABC News (Australia), April 7, 2020
Ancient air and viral videos in Antarctica, UW News, Dec. 12, 2019
“WW2 Aircraft still THRIVE at the SOUTH POLE! | Plane Savers S2-E5” YouTube video, Aug 17, 2019. (91,000 views) collaboration about DC3 polar aircraft with Mikey McBryan, of Buffalo Airways, Yellowknife, Canada and known from the History Channel’s “Ice Pilots.”
‘Terrifying’: Scientists dig deep for missing piece of climate puzzle, Sydney Morning Herald, January 27, 2019
Antarctic scientists begin hunt for sky’s detergent, Nature News, November 20, 2018
The 19th century air molecules that could change climate models, Discover Magazine, November 7, 2018
Science Adviser, Hulu’s “The First,” Advising on polar science for episode “Where Life Is,” streamed September, 2018.
NASA Social: ICESat-2 launch. One of two scientists among social media content creators sharing the launch experience from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, September 12-15, 2018.
Why does ice make that sound? University of Rochester article exploring sounds in viral “Antarctic ice drop” video, April, 2018
Viral “Antarctic ice drop” Twitter video. Posted February 28, 2018, now >10,000,000 views. Featured by The Weather Channel, Science Channel, NHK (Japan public broadcasting), Seeker (1.3 million views), and many other outlets.
Contributor, climatefeedback.org. Annotating & rating accuracy of media articles about climate change/science
Undergraduate Mentor, American Geophysical Union 2016, 2017 Fall Meetings
American Geophysical Union Congressional Visit, Sept. 13, 2017. Washington, DC. Meetings with staffers from New York house, senate offices (Gillibrand, Schumer, Zeldin, Espaillat, King, Slaughter)
National Public Radio WXXI Rochester, NY, interview with Vas Petrenko, Aug. 2017.
Ancient Ice, POST Rochester. Article about U Rochester Ice Core Lab.
Science & Citizenship: A Teach-In, University of Rochester, Mar. 2017. Co-organizer, speaker, day-long public event with faculty from five departments speaking about research, science’s role in society
Quantarctica Theme Editor, 2016-present. Ice core paleoclimate data editor. Quantarctica is a free GIS tool for distribution of Antarctic datasets. Developed by Norwegian Polar Institute with support from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Classroom Visits & Public Events, 2016-2019:
Lopez Island Grange 1060 talk with farming community (Lopez Island, WA)
Blue Hill Consolidated School 8th grade class visit (Blue Hill, ME)
“Ask a Scientist” farmers market table (Brighton, NY)
Cobbles Elementary School K-5th grade school visit (Penfield, NY)
National Building Museum ICEBERGS event (Washington, DC)
Rochester Museum & Science Center summer camp (Rochester, NY)
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning FaceTime talk (Denver, CO)
Ice core basics, Antarcticglaciers.org article. Advising & comment response. A top five online search result for “ice core”
"Carnet Glacé: Journal de bord d'une mission scientifique en haute montagne," December 2014. French-language book documenting PhD student’s experience at Mt. Waddington, BC, Canada ice core site. Published by Editions Libel.
Science Advisor, New Zealand IceFest, Sept. - Oct. 2014. Content creation, review for “Antarctic Time Travel” exhibit, invited speaker, Christchurch, New Zealand
Radio New Zealand – Our Changing World, Aug. 8, 2013. “Melting Ice Cores from the RICE project”
Anna McKee artist collaboration, 2009-present. Presentations & gallery showings featuring work of artist Anna McKee, 2009-10 US Antarctic Program Artist in Residence
Teaching
University of Rochester, EES 231/431: Glaciers, Ice Sheets & Climate, course design & instructor, Fall 2016
University of Rochester, EES 105: Intro to Climate Change, guest lecturer, Feb. 2016, 2017
University of Rochester, EES 218: Atmospheric Geochemistry, guest lecturer, Feb. 2016
Victoria University of Wellington, ESCI 201: Climate Change & NZ’s Future, guest lecturer, Jan. 2014, 2015
Victoria University of Wellington, ESCI 132: Antarctica: Unfreezing the Continent, T.A., Aug. - Oct. 2012, 2013
University of Rochester, EES 105: Intro to Climate Change, guest lecturer, Feb. 2016, 2017
University of Rochester, EES 218: Atmospheric Geochemistry, guest lecturer, Feb. 2016
Victoria University of Wellington, ESCI 201: Climate Change & NZ’s Future, guest lecturer, Jan. 2014, 2015
Victoria University of Wellington, ESCI 132: Antarctica: Unfreezing the Continent, T.A., Aug. - Oct. 2012, 2013