{"id":38,"date":"2016-06-30T20:14:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T20:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peteakers.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2023-08-11T14:38:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T12:38:10","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peteakers.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pete D. Akers, Assistant Professor of Physical Geography (Environmental Change)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trinity College Dublin, Ireland<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Education:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D. in <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geography<\/a>, May 2016<meta charset=\"utf-8\">, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/getd.libs.uga.edu\/pdfs\/akers_pete_d_201605_phd.pdf\"><em>Paleoclimate change in southern Indiana determined from speleothem climate proxies and analysis of modern precipitation oxygen isotope variations<\/em><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M.S. in <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Geography<\/a>, December 2011, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/getd.libs.uga.edu\/pdfs\/akers_pete_d_201112_ms.pdf\">Climate and Maya cultural change: detecting connections using Belizean stalagmites<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B.S. in <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/btny\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Plant Biology<\/a>, May 2009, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Graduated with distinction and completed Honors Program in Agriculture<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, Savarino, J., Caillon, N., Magand, O., Le Meur, E., 2022: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/acp-22-15637-2022\">Photolytic modification of seasonal nitrate isotope cycles in East Antarctica<\/a>. <em>Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics<\/em>, 22, 15637\u201315657.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, Savarino, J., Caillon, N., Servettaz, A.P.M., Le Meur, E., Magand, O., Martins, J., Agosta, C., Crockford, P., Kobayashi, K., Hattori, S., Curran, M., van Ommen, T., Jong, L., Roberts, J.L., 2022: <a href=\"http:\/\/10.1038\/s41467-022-31855-7\">Sunlight-driven nitrate loss records Antarctic surface mass balance<\/a>. <em>Nature Communications<\/em>, 13(1):4247. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, Kopec, B.G., Mattingly, K.S., Klein, E.S., Causey, D., Welker, J.M., 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/acp.copernicus.org\/articles\/20\/13929\/2020\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/acp.copernicus.org\/articles\/20\/13929\/2020\/\">Baffin Bay sea ice extent and synoptic moisture transport drive water vapor isotope (d<sup>18<\/sup>O, d<sup>2<\/sup>H, deuterium excess) variability in coastal northwest Greenland. <\/a><em>Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics<\/em>, 20, 13929-13955.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bailey, H., Hubbard, A., Klein, E.S., Mustonen, K., <strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, Marttila, H., Welker, J.M., 2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41561-021-00719-y\">Arctic sea-ice loss fuels extreme European snowfall<\/a>. <em>Nature Geoscience<\/em>, 14, 283-288.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> Brook, G.A., Railsback, L.B, Cherkinksy, A., Liang, F., Ebert, C.E., Hoggarth, J.A., Awe, J.J., Cheng, H., and Edwards, R.L., 2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0959683619838047\">Integrating U-Th, <sup>14<\/sup>C, and <sup>210<\/sup>Pb methods to produce a chronologically reliable isotope record for the Belize River Valley Maya from a low-uranium stalagmite<\/a>. <em>The Holocene<\/em>, 29(7), 1234-1248.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> Welker, J.M., and Brook, G.A., 2017: <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/2017WR020569\">Reassessing the role of temperature in precipitation isotopes across the eastern and central United States through weekly precipitation-day data<\/a>. <em>Water Resources Research<\/em>, 53(9), 7644-7661.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> Brook, G.A., Railsback, L.B., Liang, F., Webster, J.W., Reeder, P.P., Cheng, H. and Edwards, R.L., 2016: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0031018216302425\">Extended and higher-resolution record of climate and land use from stalagmite MC01 from Macal Chasm, Belize: connections between major dry events, climate variability, and Maya sociopolitical changes<\/a>. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, <\/em>459, 268-288.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Railsback, L.B., Xiao, H., Liang, F., <strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> Brook, G.A., Dennis, W.M., Lanier, T.E., Tan, M., Cheng, H., and Edwards, R.L., 2014: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.palaeo.2013.10.013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A stalagmite record of abrupt climate change and possible westerlies-derived atmospheric precipitation during the Penultimate Glacial Maximum in northern China<\/a>. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, <\/em>393, 30-44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Railsback, L.B., <strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, Wang, L., Holdridge, G.A., and Voarintsoa, N.R., 2013: <a href=\"http:\/\/scholarcommons.usf.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1741&amp;context=ijs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Layer-bounding surfaces in stalagmites as keys to better paleoclimatological histories and chronologies<\/a>. <em>International Journal of Speleology, <\/em>42, 167-180.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grundstein, A.J., Ramseyer, C., Zhao, F., Pesses, J.L., <strong>Akers, P.,<\/strong> Qureshi, A., Becker, L., Knox, J.A., and Petro, M., 2010: <a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00484-010-0391-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A retrospective analysis of United States football hyperthermia deaths<\/a>. <em>International Journal of Biometeorology<\/em>, 56(1), 11-20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Professional Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Assistant Professor of Physical Geography (Environmental Change)<\/strong> (2022-present)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/Geography\/\">Discipline of Geography<\/a>, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie postdoctoral research fellow<\/strong> (2021-2022)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ige-grenoble.fr\/Joel-Savarino\">Jo\u00ebl Savarino<\/a>, Environmental Geoscience Institute (IGE), National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Grenoble, France<ul><li>Project <strong><em>SCADI<\/em><\/strong>: <strong>S<\/strong>now <strong>C<\/strong>ore <strong>A<\/strong>ccumulation from <strong>D<\/strong>elta-<sup>15<\/sup>N <strong>I<\/strong>sotopesEuropean Commission Horizon 2020 individual fellowship #889508<ul><li>Developing new nitrate isotope proxy for Antarctic surface mass balance<\/li><li>Nitrate analysis using ion chromatography, bacterial denitrification, MAT 253 mass spectrometer, and ice core continuous flow analysis (PANDA platform)<\/li><li>Supervised two undergraduate research internships and one MS internship<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Postdoctoral researcher <\/strong>(2019-2020)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ige-grenoble.fr\/Joel-Savarino\">Jo\u00ebl Savarino<\/a>, IGE, CNRS, Grenoble, France<ul><li>Project <strong><em>EAIIST<\/em><\/strong>: <strong>E<\/strong>ast <strong>A<\/strong>ntarctic <strong>I<\/strong>nternational <strong>I<\/strong>ce <strong>S<\/strong>heet <strong>T<\/strong>raverseOperation and field sampling on ice sheet traverse from coast to interior East Antarctic Plateau from Nov 2019 to Feb 2020<ul><li>Media liaison and documentary videographer<\/li><li>Laboratory analysis of nitrate isotopes and methodological training for new students and visiting researchers<\/li><li>Collaborative research exchange with Shohei Hattori, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Postdoctoral field and lab manager<\/strong> (2018, 2019)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uaa.alaska.edu\/academics\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/departments\/biological-sciences\/faculty\/welker.cshtml\">Jeffrey M. Welker<\/a>, University of Alaska-Anchorage, USA<ul><li>Isotopic monitoring of High Arctic hydrosphere, Thule Air Base, Greenland<ul><li>Led field sampling of surface waters coinciding with 2019 Greenland Ice Sheet melt<\/li><li>Trained new postdoc on existing isotope analyzer system and local field sampling<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Environmental monitoring of High Arctic ecosystems, Thule Air Base, Greenland<ul><li>Installation\/maintenance of Picarro L2130-i water vapor isotope analyzer system<\/li><li>Isotopic field sampling of lakes, streams, precipitation, and ice sheet melt<\/li><li>Installation\/maintenance of tundra warming experiment to monitor CO<sub>2<\/sub> flux of soil and vegetation under different warming\/wetting scenarios<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Visiting assistant professor<\/strong> (2016-2018)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/clas.uiowa.edu\/geography\/\">Dept. of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences<\/a>, University of Iowa<strong>, <\/strong>Iowa City, IA, USA<ul><li>Teaching-focused position (95% time)<ul><li>11 courses, 613 total students<\/li><li>Average teaching evaluation rating: 4.70 \/ 5.00 (5= excellent, 1 = poor)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Served on faculty committee for undergraduate studies and advised multiple student research projects<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Graduate research assistant<\/strong> (2009-2016)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/directory\/profile\/brook-george-a\/\">George A. Brook<\/a>, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA<ul><li>Paleoclimate reconstruction through isotopic analysis of speleothems<ul><li>Major focus on climate change impacts on Maya society and on modern economies<\/li><li>Climate controls on isotope variations in modern North American precipitation<\/li><li>Linking millennial-scale global climate change to local abrupt climate changes at sites in American Midwest, western China, and Patagonia<\/li><li>Field sampled &gt;12 caves in Indiana, USA, and Belize<\/li><li>Analyzed &gt;50 total stalagmites from four continents<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Graduate teaching assistant<\/strong> (2011-2015) <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/\">Dept. of Geography<\/a>, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA<ul><li>10 courses, 442 total students<\/li><li>Average teaching evaluation rating: 4.74 \/ 5.00 (5= excellent, 1 = poor)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Laboratory manual content reviewer<\/strong> (2013-2014)<\/li><li>Pearson Education, Boston, MA, USA<ul><li>Reviewed physical geography laboratory activities for accuracy and effectiveness<\/li><li>Thomsen, C.E. and Christopherson, R.W., <em>Applied Physical Geography: Geosystems in the Laboratory, 9th Edition<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Graduate research assistant<\/strong> (2012)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/directory\/people\/david-f-porinchu\">David F. Porinchu<\/a>, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA<ul><li>High altitude lake coring for chironomid-based paleo-temperature reconstructions, White River National Forest, CO, USA<ul><li>Performed comprehensive botanical inventories at each lake<\/li><li>Created taxonomic training presentation for future field workers<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Biological science technician (monitoring) GS-0404-05<\/strong> (2009)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/indu\/index.htm\">Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore<\/a>, US National Park Service, Porter, IN, USA<ul><li>Prescribed fire effects monitoring<\/li><li>Field identification and database entry of plant species in survey plots<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Undergraduate research assistant<\/strong> (2007-2009)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/btny\/pages\/profile.aspx?strAlias=kgibson\">Kevin D. Gibson<\/a>, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA<ul><li>Invasive plant and earthworm sampling in native forest ecosystems<\/li><li>Sustainable agriculture productivity and general site maintenance in intercropped market tomato plots<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)<\/strong> (2006)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ChE\/people\/ptProfile?resource_id=24918\">Fabio H. Ribeiro<\/a>, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA<ul><li>Conversion of coal and biomass into hydrocarbon fuels through the Fischer-Tropsch process<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Teaching Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong> (2022\u2013present)<\/li><li>School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland<ul><li>Modules taught:<ul><li>GSU11001, 11004: Spaceship Earth<\/li><li>GSU11003: The Anthropocene<\/li><li>GGU22923: Geography Student Seminars (Retired)<\/li><li>GGU22006: Physical Geography: Dynamic Earth<\/li><li>GGU22300: Academic Writing for Geographers<\/li><li>GGU33018: Karst: Exploring Earth&#8217;s Limestone Landscapes<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Guest lectured in:<ul><li>GGU33012: Natural Hazards<\/li><li>ESU33040: Environmental Monitoring<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Visiting Assistant Professor<\/strong> (2016\u20132018)<\/li><li>Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, IA, USA<ul><li>11 courses, 613 total students<\/li><li>Courses taught: <ul><li>GEOG 1020: The Global Environment <\/li><li>GEOG 1030: Our Digital Earth <\/li><li>GEOG 1070: Contemporary Environmental Issues<\/li><li>GEOG 2013: Introduction to Sustainability <\/li><li>GEOG 2310: Introduction to Climatology<\/li><li>GEOG 2950: Environmental Conservation <ul><li>Taught as a flipped-classroom design in open-layout <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.uiowa.edu\/tile\">TILE<\/a> classroom<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>GEOG 5070: Seminar on Engaged Teaching in a University Setting<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Graduate Teaching Assistant<\/strong> (2011-2015)<\/li><li>Department of Geography, University of Georgia, GA, USA<ul><li>14 courses, 442 total students<\/li><li>Courses taught:<ul><li>GEOG 1113: Introduction to Landforms Lecture<\/li><li>GEOG 1111L: Introduction to Physical Geography Laboratory<\/li><li>GEOG 1112L: Introduction to Weather and Climate Laboratory<\/li><li>GRSC 7770: \u00a0Seminar for Graduate Teaching Assistants<ul><li>Developed new course with <a href=\"http:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/directory\/profile\/knox-john\/\">John A. Knox<\/a> specifically for geography teaching assistants<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Authored Grants:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission (2021-2022)<ul><li><strong>Akers, P.D<\/strong>., and Savarino, J., Horizon 2020 #889508-SCADI: Snow core accumulation from delta-15N isotopes<\/li><li>\u20ac196,707<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation (2014-2016) <ul><li>Brook, G.A. and <strong>Akers, P.D<\/strong>., NSF#BCS-1433904: High-Resolution, Late Quaternary Climate and Vegetation Record for the American Midwest: Isotope and Pollen Evidence from Stalagmites and Flowstone<\/li><li>$15,964 <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Association of American Geographers Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group Student Research Competition Grant (2015-2016) <ul><li><strong>Akers, P.D<\/strong>., Expression of the 8.2 ka event in southern Indiana preserved in stalagmite stable isotopes<\/li><li>$200 <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grant, University of Georgia (2015-2016) <ul><li><strong>Akers, P.D<\/strong>., Predicting future climate by understanding the past: an innovative stalagmite-based paleoclimate reconstruction of a warming climate for a previously unstudied region of the American Midwest<\/li><li>$1500 <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Foreign Travel Assistance Program (2014) <ul><li>Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Georgia<\/li><li>Funded travel for participation in Karst Record 7 conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>STEM Small Grant (2012-2013) <ul><li>Office of STEM Education, University of Georgia<\/li><li>Grundstein, A., Porinchu, D.F., Vercoe, R.A., <strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, and Das, U., The Development of &#8220;Inquiry-Based&#8221; Exercises on Local Physical Geographic Processes and Landforms for Geography 1111L: An Introduction to Physical Geography Laboratory Sections<\/li><li>Renewed for 2013-2014 <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Wheeler Travel Grant (2013) <ul><li>Department of Geography, University of Georgia<\/li><li>Travel to Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Awards and Honors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Environmental Science Teaching Excellence (2016), University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA<\/li><li>Winner, Best Paper Presentation (2016) <ul><li>Geography Graduate Research Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/li><li><em>Using intermittent stalagmite growth to reveal millennial-scale climate change in Indiana<\/em> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Winner, John Fraser Hart Award, Best PhD Student Paper (2015) <ul><li>70<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers<em>, <\/em>Pensacola, FL<\/li><li><em>Severe dry events and precipitation seasonality changes in the American Midwest during the Holocene: evidence from multiple proxies in a southern Indiana stalagmite calibrated with modern precipitation isotopes<\/em> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Graduate School Dissertation Completion Award, University of Georgia (2015)<\/li><li>Runner-up, Best Paper Presentation (2015) <ul><li>Geography Graduate Research Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/li><li><em>Temporal and spatial trends in precipitation \u03b4<sup>18<\/sup>O values: Keys toward improved paleoclimate research in the Eastern United States<\/em> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Top Five, John Fraser Hart Award, Best PhD Student Paper (2014) <ul><li>69<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers<em>, <\/em>Athens, GA<\/li><li><em>Southern hemisphere westerly wind belt shifts during the Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition (10-20 ka) as detected in five Argentine speleothems<\/em> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Georgia (2012)<\/li><li>Honorable Mention, Best Graduate Student Poster (2011) <ul><li>66<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers<em>, <\/em>Savannah, GA<\/li><li><em>Climate change during the Maya Classic and Postclassic derived from a Belizean stalagmite<\/em> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Department of Geography Teaching Assistantship, University of Georgia (2011-2016)<\/li><li>Graduate School Research Assistantship, University of Georgia (2009-2011)<\/li><li>Outstanding Junior, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University (2007-2008)<\/li><li>Elsie L. Gruel Scholarship, Purdue University (2008) <ul><li>Outstanding academic achievement as a College of Agriculture junior <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Purdue University Semester Honors List &amp; Dean\u2019s List (All semesters, 2005-2009)<\/li><li>Indiana Resident Top Scholar (2005-2009)<\/li><li>Purdue University Academic Success Award (2005-2009)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conference Proceedings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>Savarino, J., Caillon, N., Casado, M., 2023: Improving ice core nitrate interpretation through a decade of monitoring at Dome C. <a href=\"https:\/\/inquaroma2023.org\/\">XXI INQUA Congress<\/a>, Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>Savarino, J., Caillon, N., Casado, M., Larue, F., Spolaor, A., Le Meur, E., Picard, G., Possenti, P., Stenni, B., 2022: <a href=\"https:\/\/indico.psi.ch\/event\/6697\/contributions\/37028\/\">Nitrate isotope variability on the East Antarctic plateau: Results from the EAIIST (East Antarctic International Ice Sheet Traverse) project<\/a>. International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS) 3rd Open Science Conference, Crans-Montana, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>Savarino, J., Caillon, N.,  2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/agu.confex.com\/agu\/fm21\/meetingapp.cgi\/Paper\/823151\">Unexpected isotopic changes to nitrate beneath the snowpack photic zone in East Antarctica<\/a>. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>2020: Reconstructing Antarctic snow accumulation though nitrogen isotopes in nitrate. French-Russian Climate and Environments from Ice Archives Annual Meeting, online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>Savarino, J., Caillon, N., 2020: Snow accumulation rate and atmospheric oxidation pathway proxies from nitrate isotopes in East Antarctica. Paper abstract EGU2020-9109, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>2019: Spatial variation of nitrate isotopes in East Antarctica and links to snow accumulation. French-Russian Climate and Environments from Ice Archives Annual Meeting, Grenoble, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>Klein, E.S., Corgan, W., Welker, J.M., 2018: <a href=\"https:\/\/agu.confex.com\/agu\/fm18\/meetingapp.cgi\/Paper\/388185\">Moisture source and transport history in High Arctic Greenland revealed by two years of continuous water vapor isotope measurement<\/a>. Session Abstract PP14B-08, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>Brook, G.A., Liang, F., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., 2017: <a href=\"https:\/\/agu.confex.com\/agu\/fm17\/meetingapp.cgi\/Paper\/292324\">Middle Holocene changes in Midwestern precipitation intensity captured by Indiana stalagmites<\/a>. Poster Abstract PP41A-1278, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>and Brook, G.A., 2017: Southern Indiana stalagmite growth reflects high Northern Hemisphere summer insolation, strong precipitation seasonality, and abrupt climate transitions. KR8: The 8<sup>th<\/sup> International Conference on Climate Change: The Karst Record, Austin, TX, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, Welker, J.M., and Brook, G.A., 2016: Combining HYSPLIT modeling, weather radar analysis, and weekly USNIP \u03b4<sup>18<\/sup>O data to constrain the effect of changing moisture source on precipitation \u03b4<sup>18<\/sup>O values in the American Midwest. Session Abstract PP23E-05, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> 2016: Using intermittent stalagmite growth to reveal millennial-scale climate change in Indiana.&nbsp; <em>Geography Graduate Research Symposium<\/em>, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D. <\/strong>and Welker, J.M., 2015: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/abstractsearch.agu.org\/meetings\/2015\/FM\/PP11B-2216.html\" target=\"_blank\">Changes in precipitation isotope-climate relationships from temporal grouping and aggregation of weekly-resolved USNIP data: impacts on paleoclimate and environmental applications<\/a>. Poster Abstract PP11B-2216, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>2015: Severe dry events and precipitation seasonality changes in the American Midwest during the Holocene: evidence from multiple proxies in a southern Indiana stalagmite calibrated with modern precipitation isotopes. Paper Abstracts, <em>70th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers,<\/em> Pensacola, FL, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>2015: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/meridian.aag.org\/callforpapers\/program\/AbstractDetail.cfm?AbstractID=65664\" target=\"_blank\">Holocene climate change in the Midwestern US: paleoclimate evidence from Upper Porter Cave stalagmites, Indiana<\/a>. &nbsp;Paper Abstracts, <em>Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting<\/em>, Chicago, IL, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> 2015: Temporal and spatial trends in precipitation \u03b4<sup>18<\/sup>O values: Keys toward improved paleoclimate research in the Eastern United States.&nbsp; <em>Geography Graduate Research Symposium<\/em>, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> 2014: Southern hemisphere westerly wind belt shifts during the Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition (10-20 ka) as detected in five Argentine speleothems. Paper Abstracts, <em>69th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers,<\/em> Athens, GA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> Brook, G.A., Liang, F., Wang, X., Auler, A.S., Railsback, L.B., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Bendetto, C., 2014; A 48,000 year record of climate change in west-central Argentina from stalagmites in Caverna de las Brujas, Mendoza Province. Paper Abstracts, <em>KR7: The 7<sup>th<\/sup> International Conference on Climate Change: The Karst Record,<\/em> Melbourne, VIC, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D., <\/strong>Brook, G.A., and Liang, F., 2014: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/meridian.aag.org\/callforpapers\/program\/AbstractDetail.cfm?AbstractID=58581\" target=\"_blank\">A 5300-yr stalagmite paleoclimate record from Macal Chasm, Vaca Plateau, Belize, indicating aridity during the Maya Terminal Classic and Postclassic Periods from multiple proxies<\/a>. Paper Abstracts, <em>Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting<\/em>, Tampa, FL, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong> and Brook, G.A., 2013: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/meridian.aag.org\/callforpapers\/program\/AbstractDetail.cfm?AbstractID=51434\" target=\"_blank\">Paleoclimate implications of Late Pleistocene calcium carbonate travertine from Santa Cruz province, Argentina<\/a>. Paper Abstracts, <em>Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting<\/em>, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.,<\/strong> 2012: The characteristics and spatial distribution of current paleoenvironmental research on the penultimate glaciation and termination. Poster Abstracts, <em>67th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers,<\/em> Asheville, NC, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Railsback, L.B., <strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, and Wang, L., 2012: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gsa.confex.com\/gsa\/2012AM\/webprogram\/Paper209432.html\" target=\"_blank\">Layer bounding surfaces in stalagmites as keys to better chronologies and paleoclimate records<\/a>.&nbsp; Poster Abstracts, <em>The<\/em> <em>Geological Society of America Annual Meeting &amp; Exposition<\/em>, Charlotte, NC, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, 2012: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/meridian.aag.org\/callforpapers\/program\/AbstractDetail.cfm?AbstractID=45196\" target=\"_blank\">Climate and Maya cultural change: detecting connections using Belizean stalagmites<\/a>.&nbsp; Paper Abstracts, <em>Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting<\/em>, New York, NY, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Akers, P.D.<\/strong>, 2011: Climate change during the Maya Classic &amp; Postclassic derived from a Belizean Stalagmite.&nbsp; Poster Abstracts, <em>66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, <\/em>Savannah, GA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Railsback, L.B., <strong>Akers, P.,<\/strong> Babcock, L.N., Fraley, T.K., Holdridge, G.A, McMullen, S.K., Ostrowicki, K., Sletten, H.R., Wang, L., &amp; Cox, J.E., 2011: Origin and potential paleoenvironmental significance of caliche crusts on basalt and limestone substrates in and near the Snake River Plain, southeastern Idaho.&nbsp; Poster Abstracts, <em>Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America 60th Annual Meeting<\/em>, Wilmington, NC, USA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Invited Lectures:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sunlight, snow, and nitrate: Ingredients for a new method of measuring Antarctic ice sheet accumulation (2022)<ul><li>Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Series, University of Houston, TX, USA<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The EAIIST mission and using nitrate isotopes as a new proxy for Antarctic ice sheet surface mass balance (2021)<ul><li>Department of Geology Lecture Series, State University of New York-Binghamton, NY, USA<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Nitrate isotopes as a proxy for surface mass balance in Antarctica (2021)<ul><li>Ice Core Young Scientists online lecture series<\/li><li>Co-presented with a history of nitrate studies by Jo\u00ebl Savarino<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Stalagmites as recorders of past environments: current techniques and the near future of the field (2014)<ul><li><em>Initiative for Quaternary Paleoclimate Research<\/em>, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, TN, USA<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Provided an introduction to speleothem science to students and faculty and an overview of current research trends<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The Classic Maya (2014) <ul><li><em>Resources, Society, and the Environment<\/em>, GEOG 1125, University of Georgia, GA, USA<\/li><li>Focused on the relationship of the Classic Maya to their landscape, their adaptability, and final demographic decline.&nbsp; Included interactive portion where student volunteers posed as Maya city-states to illustrate population growth and warfare pressures on the region<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete D. 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