Peter D.

Neff
University of Minnesota +1 (360) 839-0118
Dept. of Soil, Water, and Climate email: [email protected]
1991 Upper Buford Circle peterneff.weebly.com
Saint Paul, MN 55108 Twitter/IG/TikTok @icy pete
EDUCATION

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Research Professor August 2020 – present

Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
University of Minnesota

Post-Doctoral Research Associate January 2018 – July 2020

Department of Earth & Space Sciences
University of Washington
Mentor: Eric Steig
Fieldwork: Law Dome, Antarctica ice core trace gases, Nov. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Mt. Waddington, British Columbia radar survey, June 2019

Post-Doctoral Research Associate August 2015 – January 2018

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Rochester
Supervisor: Vasilii Petrenko
Fieldwork: Thwaites and Pine Island Glacier air surveys, NASA IceBridge, Nov. 2016
Taylor Glacier, Antarctica horizontal ice coring, Nov. 2015 - Jan. 2016

PhD Candidate and Research Assistant March 2012 – June 2015

Antarctic Research Centre
Victoria University of Wellington & GNS Science
Fieldwork: Roosevelt Island, Antarctica ice core drilling, Oct. 2012 - Feb. 2013

MSc Candidate and Research Assistant June 2009 – March 2012

Department of Earth & Space Sciences
Stable Isotope Laboratory (Δ*IsoLab)
Fieldwork: WAIS Divide, Antarctica ice core processing, Nov. 2009 - Feb. 2010
Mt. Waddington, British Columbia ice coring, May, July 2010

Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2006 – June 2009

Department of Earth & Space Sciences
Stable Isotope Laboratory (Δ*IsoLab)
Fieldwork: Summit Station, Greenland air sampling, June 2007

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EDUCATION

PhD, Geology March 2012 -November 2015

Antarctic Research Centre
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Dissertation: Antarctic and Southern Ocean dust transport pathways: forward-trajectory
modeling and rare earth element source constraints from the RICE ice core
Adviser: Nancy Bertler

Master of Science, Geological Sciences September 2009 - March 2012

Department of Earth & Space Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Thesis: Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-
glacier site: Mount Waddington, southwest British Columbia, Canada
Adviser: Eric Steig

Bachelor of Science, Earth and Space Sciences September 2005 - June 2009
Department of Earth & Space Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Thesis for honors distinction: Validation of Mt. Waddington ice core paleoclimate record:
stable isotope and melt stratigraphy correlation
Advisers: Eric Steig and Ed Waddington

PUBLICATIONS

Published

Neff, P.D., Andreasen, J.R., Roop, H.A., Pundsack, J., Howe, B., Jacobs, G., Lassner,
D., Yoshimi, G., and Timm, K. (2021). 2021 Antarctic Subsea Cable Workshop
Report: High-Speed Connectivity Needs to Advance US Antarctic Science. October
1, 2021. University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA

Matsuoka, K., et al. (2021). Quantarctica, an integrated mapping environment for

Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, and sub-Antarctic islands. Environmental
Modelling & Software, 140, 105015, doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105015

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

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

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Steig, EJ, and Neff, PD (2018). The prescience of paleoclimatology and the future
of the Antarctic ice sheet. Nature Communications, 9, Article 2730, doi: 10.1038/
s41467-018-05001-1

Emanuelsson, BD, Bertler, NAN, Neff, PD, Renwick, JA, Markle, BR, Baisden, WT, and
Keller, ED (2018). The role of Amundsen-Bellingshausen Sea anticyclonic
circulation in forcing marine air intrusions into West Antarctica. Climate Dynamics,
51(9-10), 3579-3596, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4097-3

RICE Community Members (incl. PD Neff) (2018). 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, doi:
10.5194/cp-14-193-2018

Winton, VHL, Edwards, R, Delmonte, B, Ellis, A, Andersson, PS, Bowie, A, Bertler,

NAN, Neff, PD and Tuohy, A (2016). Multiple sources of soluble atmospheric iron to
Antarctic waters. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30(3), 421-437, doi:
10.1002/2015GB005265

Tuohy, A, Bertler, N, Neff, PD, Edwards, R, Emanuelsson, D, Beers, T and Mayewski P

(2015). Transport and deposition of heavy metals in the Ross Sea Region,
Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120(20), 10996-11011,
doi: 10.1002/2015JD023293

Neff, PD and Bertler, NAN (2015). Trajectory modeling of modern dust flux to the
Southern Ocean and Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,
120(18), 9303-9322, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023304

WAIS Divide Project Members (incl. PD Neff) (2015). Precise interpolar phasing of
abrupt climate change during the last ice age. Nature, 520, 661-665, doi: 10.1038/
nature14401

Neff, PD (2014). A review of the brittle ice zone in polar ice cores. 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. Annals of Glaciology, 55(68), 15-26, doi:
10.3189/2014AoG68A008

WAIS Divide Project Members (incl. PD Neff) (2013). Onset of deglacial warming in
West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing. Nature, 500, 440-444, doi: 10.1038/
nature12376

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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 (2013). 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

Neff, PD, Steig, EJ, Clark, DH, McConnell, JR, Pettit, EC and Menounos, B (2012). 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

FUNDED GRANTS

Current awards
Solicitation: Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology
Title: 80NSSC21K1615 Constructing radar snow accumulation time series to improve
understanding of surface mass balance processes and recent climate in coastal West
Antarctica
Period: Sep. 01, 2021 - Aug. 31, 2024
PI: P. Neff (lead), Future Investigator: J. Andreasen (PhD student)
Funded amount: $134,994

Solicitation: NSF Polar Programs / Polar Cyberinfrastructure

Title: 2130663 2021 Antarctic Subsea Cable Workshop: High-Speed Connectivity
Needs to Advance US Antarctic Science
Period: Jun. 1, 2020 - May 31, 2022
PIs: P. Neff (lead), H. Roop, J. Pundsack (all U. Minnesota)
Funded amount: $49,992

Solicitation: NSF Paleoclimate Perspectives on Climate Change

Title: 2002441 Collaborative Research: Ice-core paleoclimate and firn aquifer studies at
Combatant Col, Mt. Waddington, British Columbia
Period: Jul. 15, 2020 - Jun. 30, 2022
PIs: P. Neff (lead), E. Steig, K. Christianson (U. Washington)
Funded amount: $352,336 ($105,511 to U. Minnesota)

Previous awards
Solicitation: University of Washington Earthlab
Title: From Risk to Resilience: Connecting Communities to Coastal Hazards through
Interactive & Immersive Design
Period: May 1, 2019 - Jun. 30, 2021
PIs: H. Roop, P. Neff
Funded amount: $57,524

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Solicitation: Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Title: Towards the integration of climate science education in classrooms
Period: Jul. 1, 2018 - Jun. 30, 2020
PIs: H. Roop, P. Neff
Funded amount: $32,000

Solicitation: NSF Antarctic Glaciology and Atmospheric Chemistry

Title: Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Carbon Monoxide from Law
Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability
Period: Jul. 1, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2021
PI: V. Petrenko (U. Rochester)
Funded amount: $507,804 ($203,632 to U. Rochester)

Solicitation: Australian Antarctic Division

Title: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Carbon Monoxide to Constrain Long-Term
Atmospheric Hydroxyl Variability
Period: Jan. 1, 2018 - Dec. 31, 2021
PI: D. Etheridge (CSIRO)

Solicitation: Paleoclimate Perspectives on Climate Change

Title: Ice core paleoclimate records from Combatant Col, British Columbia, Canada
Period: Sept. 1, 2009 - Aug. 31, 2012
PI: E. Steig (U. Washington)
Funded amount: $217,297

INVITED TALKS

Expanding the West Antarctic ice core array to capture Pacific coastal climate
University of Minnesota, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences October 2021

More than manuscripts: redefining “successful” science (invited keynote w/ Heidi Roop)
Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany (remote due to COVID-19)
December 2020

An Antarctican’s Adventures in Social Media

Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (remote due to COVID-19). November 2020

West Antarctic Ice Sheet History from Ice Cores

Colorado College (remote due to COVID-19) October 2020

An Antarctican’s Adventures in Social Media

2020 West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop (remote due to COVID-19) October 2020

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Antarctic coastal ice cores: high-fidelity records of ice-ocean interactions and
atmospheric change
Dartmouth College (remote due to COVID-19) April 2020

Antarctic coastal ice cores: high-fidelity records of ice-ocean interactions and

atmospheric change
Western Washington University October 2019

Ice Core Analysis & Techniques PhD School (invited lecturer)

University of Copenhagen Centre for Ice and Climate September 2019

Using time and space travel to understand a changing Antarctic

University of South Florida College of Marine Science October 2018

Paleoclimatology and the pressing question: how much Antarctic sea-level rise, how
fast?
Twenty-Fifth Annual WAIS Workshop, Stony Point, NY September 2018

Reconstructing 14C of CO from Law Dome, Antarctica to constrain long-term hydroxyl

radical variability
Victoria University of Wellington October 2017

Antarctic ice memory: atmospheric chemistry and dynamics from layers and bubbles
Binghamton University October 2016

Trajectory modeling of dust transport to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica

University of Rochester October 2015

AWARDS

U.S. Congressional Antarctica Service Medal 2015-2016

Victoria University Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution PhD Scholarship 2012-2015

American Alpine Club Research Grant 2011

National Association of Geoscience Teachers / USGS Field Camp Award 2009

University of Washington Earth & Space Sciences Undergraduate Service Award 2009

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN

Instructor
LAAS 5051: Thesis Proposal Writing for Land & Atmos. Science Spring 2021

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University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Instructor
EES 231/431: Glaciers, Ice Sheets & Climate Fall 2016
Guest Lecturer
Climate Models
EES 105: Intro to Climate Change Feb. 2016, 2017
Carbon Monoxide
EES 218: Atmospheric Geochemistry Feb. 2016

Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, NZ

Guest Lecturer
Aeolian Processes
GEOG 224: Geomorphology Jan. 2015
Ice Cores
ESCI 201: Climate Change & New Zealand’s Future Jan. 2014, 2015
Teaching Assistant
ESCI 132: Antarctica: Unfreezing the Continent Aug. - Oct. 2012, 2013

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Neff, PD. Augmenting West Antarctic Weather and Climate Observations with an
Expanded and Updated Ice Core Array. (Remote due to COVID-19) Workshop on
Antarctic Meteorology and Climate, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 21-23,
2021

Neff, PD, Petrenko, VV, Etheridge, D, Smith, AM, Crosier, E, Thornton, D, Jong, L,
Beaudette, R, Harth, C, Langenfelds, R, Mitrevski, B, Curran, M, Hmiel, B, Buizert, C,
Murray, L, Trudinger, CM, Dyonisius, M, Ng, J, Severinghaus, J, Weiss, RF. 14CO in
Glacial Ice from Law Dome, Antarctica as a Tracer of Changes in Atmospheric OH
Abundance from 1870 AD to Present. (Remote due to COVID-19) 16th International
Global Atmospheric Chemistry Scientific Conference, September 12-17, 2021

Neff, PD, Petrenko, VV, Etheridge, D, Smith, AM, Crosier, E, Thornton, D, Jong, L,
Beaudette, R, Harth, C, Langenfelds, R, Mitrevski, B, Curran, M, Hmiel, B, Buizert, C,
Murray, L, Trudinger, CM, Dyonisius, M, Ng, J, Severinghaus, J, Weiss, RF. 14CO in
Glacial Ice from Law Dome, Antarctica as a Tracer of Changes in Atmospheric OH
Abundance from 1870 AD to Present. (Poster, remote due to COVID-19) American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 1-17, 2020

Petrenko, VV, Hmiel, B, Dyonisius, M, Smith, AM, Neff, PD, BenZvi, S. Characterization
of in situ cosmogenic 14CO in glacial ice and applications of ice core 14CO as a tracer.
(Poster, remote due to COVID-19) American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, USA, December 1-17, 2020

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Trudinger, CM, Etheridge, DM, Buizert, C, Hmiel, B, Krummel, PB, Langenfelds, RL,
Manning, M, Mitrevski, B, Neff, PD, Petrenko, VV, Severinghaus, JP, Smith, AM,
Vollmer, MK. Rectifier Effect due to Seasonality in Convective Mixing in Firn. (Oral,
remote due to COVID-19) American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
CA, USA, December 1-17, 2020

Neff, PD. An Antarctican’s Adventures in Social Media. (Oral, remote due to COVID-19)
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop, virtual meeting, September 30, 2020

Neff, PD, West Antarctic coastal ice cores: high-fidelity records of atmosphere-ocean
forcing on outlet glaciers. (Oral, remote due to COVID-19) US Ice Drilling Program Ice Core
Working Group Community Meeting, virtual meeting, April 2, 2020

Neff, PD, Petrenko, VV, Etheridge, D, Smith, AM, Crosier, E, Thornton, D, Jong, L,
Beaudette, R, Harth, C, Langenfelds, R, Mitrevski, B, Curran, M, Hmiel, B, Buizert, C,
Murray, L, Trudinger, CM, Dyonisius, M, Ng, J, Severinghaus, J, Weiss, RF. 14CO in Glacial
Ice from Law Dome, Antarctica as a Tracer of Changes in Atmospheric OH Abundance from
1870 AD to Present. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
CA, USA, December 9-13, 2019


Neff, PD, Siegfried, M, Medley, B, Patterson, M, Kingslake, J, Siddoway, C, Venturelli, R,

Lenaerts, J, Steig, E. Toward sustained science on the changing Pacific coast of WAIS:
Sulzberger Bay climate history, ice rise dynamics, and ice shelf hydrology. (Oral, invited)
Antarctic Deep Field Camp Planning Workshop, Julian, CA, USA, October 15-16, 2019

Neff, PD, Kuhl, T, Etheridge, DM, Petrenko, VV, Smith, AM, Boeckmann, G, Crosier, E,
Thornton, D, Jong, LM, Labudda, S, Curran, M, van Ommen, T. Five drills across four
decades: large-volume ice coring for atmospheric gas concentration and isotopic studies at
the high-accumulation DE08 site, Law Dome, Antarctica. (Oral) 8th International Ice Drill
Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 30 - October 3, 2019

Neff, PD, The brittle ice zone in polar ice cores. (Oral) 8th International Ice Drill Symposium,
Copenhagen, Denmark, September 30 - October 3, 2019

Neff, PD, Steig EJ. Paleoclimatology and the pressing question: how much Antarctic sea-
level rise, how fast? (Oral, invited) Twenty-Fifth Annual WAIS Workshop, Stony Point, New
York, USA, September 16-19, 2018

Neff, PD, Petrenko, VV, Hmiel, B, Smith, AM, Buizert, C, Etheridge, DM, Dyonisius, M.
14CO in Antarctic Glacial Ice as a Tracer of Changes in Atmospheric OH Abundance from
1880 AD to Present. (Poster) 23rd International Radiocarbon Meeting, Trondheim, Norway,
June 17-22, 2018

Neff, PD. Coordination for multi-centennial ice core perspectives on coastal WAIS/Marie
Byrd Land climate variability. (Poster) Workshop on Antarctic Surface Hydrology and Future
Ice-shelf Stability (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Palisades, New York, USA,
February 21-23, 2018

Neff, PD, Petrenko, VV, Hmiel, B, Smith, AM, Buizert, C, Etheridge, DM, Murray, LT,
Dyonisius, M. 14CO in Antarctic Glacial Ice as a Tracer of Changes in Atmospheric OH
Abundance from 1880 AD to Present. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2017
Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, December 11-15, 2017

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Neff, PD The role of ice cores in constraining future Thwaites Glacier evolution. (Poster)
Twenty-Fourth Annual WAIS Workshop, Coupeville, Washington, USA, October 8-11, 2017
Neff, PD, Fudge, TJ, Medley, B. Peeking below the snow surface to explore Amundsen Sea
climate variability and locate optimal ice-core sites. (Poster) American Geophysical Union
Fall 2016 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 12-16, 2016
Neff, PD, Bertler, N. Trajectory modeling of modern dust transport to the Southern Ocean
and Antarctica. (Oral) Southern Hemisphere Climate of the Present and Past / Joint
SHAPE-SWEEP Workshop, Santiago, Chile, November 2-4, 2016

Neff, PD, Bertler, N, Fudge, TJ, Steig, EJ, Conway, J, Medley, B. Amundsen Sea coastal
domes: targeted Holocene ice core sites. (Poster) International Partnerships in Ice Core
Sciences 2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Neff, PD, Bertler, N. Trajectory modeling of modern dust to Antarctic ice core sites. (Poster)
International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences 2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart,
Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Neff, PD, A review of the brittle ice zone in polar ice cores. (Poster) International
Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences 2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania,
Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Edwards, R, Vallelonga, P, McConnell, JR, Bertler, NAN, Curran, MAJ, Sigl, M, Fudge, TJ,
Anschuetz, H, Neff, PD, Emanuelsson, D, Bisiaux, M, Goodwin, ID, Smith, A, Taylor, KC,
Moy, A, Fetieng, W, Ellis, A and Winton, VH. Dating Antarctic ice cores using high temporal
resolution black carbon records. (Poster) International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences
2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Petrenko, VV, Hmiel, B, Neff, P, Smith, A, Buizert, C, Etheridge, D. and Dyonisius, M. The
potential of 14CO in glacial ice as a tracer for past cosmic ray flux and atmospheric hydroxyl
radical abundance. (Poster) International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences 2nd Open
Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Neff, P., Bertler, N, Fudge, TJ, Steig, E., Conway, H. and Pyne, A. Amundsen Sea coastal
domes: targeted Holocene ice core sites. (Oral) 2015 WAIS Divide Ice Core / SPICE Core
Science Meeting, La Jolla, California, USA, September 22-23, 2015.

Neff, P, Bertler, N., Fudge, TJ, Steig, E, Conway, H. and Pyne, A. Amundsen Sea coastal
domes: targeted Holocene ice core sites. (Oral) Amundsen-Bellingshausen Sea Coastal
Domes Workshop, Loveland, Colorado, USA, September 19-20, 2015.

Neff, P, Bertler, N, Fudge, TJ, Steig, E, Conway, H. and Pyne, A. Amundsen Sea coastal
domes: targeted Holocene ice core sites. (Oral) Twenty-Second Annual WAIS Workshop,
Loveland, Colorado, USA, September 16-19, 2015.

Neff, P, Tuohy, A, Bertler, N. and Edwards, R. Antarctic and Southern Ocean Mineral Dust
Aerosol Transport Pathways: Forward-Trajectory Modeling and Source Constraints Derived
from the RICE Ice Core. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San
Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.

Bertler, N. and many (incl. Dadic, R, Emanuelsson, D, Naish, T, Neff, P and Tuohy, A. The
Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) Project – Did the Ross Ice Shelf Collapse During

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MIS 5e? (Oral) American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San Francisco, California,
USA, December 15-19, 2014.

Kjær, H.A, Vallelonga, P, Simonsen, M, Neff, P, Bertler, N, Svensson and Dahl-Jensen, D.

Initial Continuous Chemistry Results From The Roosevelt Island Ice Core (RICE). (Poster)
American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December
15-19, 2014.

Tuohy, A, Neff P, Bertler, N. and Edwards, R. 1000 Year Record of Heavy Metal
Contamination from the RICE Ice Core, Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. (Poster) American
Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19,
2014.

Kjær, HA, Vallelonga, P, Simonsen, M, Neff, P, Bertler, N, Svensson, A, Seierstad, I, Albert,

P and Bourne, A. Re-evaluating the 1257 AD eruption using annually-resolved ice core
chemical analyses. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San
Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.

Neff, P, Fudge, TJ, Medley, B. Amundsen Sea coastal domes: high-resolution Holocene ice
core sites. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 2014 Open Science Conference,
Auckland, NZ, August 25-28, 2014.

Neff, P, Tuohy, A, Bertler, N, Edwards, R. Exploring extra-Antarctic air transport pathways

using Rare Earth Element concentrations in dust from the RICE ice core, Roosevelt Island,
Ross Sea Sector. (Poster) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 2014 Open Science
Conference, Auckland, NZ, August 25-28, 2014.

Neff, P, Bertler, N, Edwards, R, Tuohy, A. Lanthanide element studies of aerosol particles in

an ice core from Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. New Zealand Snow and Ice Research Group
Meeting, Aoraki Mt. Cook National Park, NZ, July 2-4, 2014.

Neff, P, Fudge, TJ, Medley, B. Amundsen Sea coastal domes: high resolution Holocene ice
core sites. IDPO Community Workshop on Ice Coring, Irvine, California, USA, February
26-27, 2014.

Pettit, E, Neff, P, Steig, E, Clark, D, McConnell, J. The neglected middle child: temperature
and water content in the percolation zone. Twentieth Annual WAIS Workshop, Sterling,
Virginia, USA, September 29 – October 2, 2013.

Neff, P, Bertler, N, RICE Community. Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project
update. (Poster) 2013 WAIS Divide Ice Core Science Meeting, La Jolla, California, USA,
September 24-25, 2013.

Neff, P, Bertler, N, Pyne, A, Mandeno, D, RICE Community. Roosevelt Island Climate

Evolution (RICE) project: ice core quality at an intermediate depth site. (Poster) 7th
International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, September
9-13, 2013.

Neff, P, Steig, E, Clark, D, Pettit, E. Ice core drilling at a high-accumulation temperate-

glacier site: Combatant Col, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. (Poster) 7th
International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, September
9-13, 2013.

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Mandeno, D, Pyne, A, Bertler, N, Neff, P. Ice coring at Roosevelt Island: Drill design,
performance and refrigeration solutions at a low altitude “warm coastal” Antarctic location.
7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA,
September 9-13, 2013.

Pettit, EC, Theis, JM, Neff, PD, Steig, EJ, Clark, DH, McConnell, JR. A new polythermal
regime? An advection-dominated seasonally layered accumulation area at Mount
Waddington, British Columbia. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2012 Meeting,
San Francisco, California, USA, December 3-7, 2012.

Neff, PD. Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-
glacier site: Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada. New Zealand Snow and Ice
Research Group Monthly Video Seminar, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New
Zealand, September 5, 2012.

Steig, E, White, JWC, Markle, B, Neff, P, Fudge, TJ, Schoenemann, S, Ding, Q, Taylor, K,
Orsi, A, Severinghaus, J, McConnell, J, Rupper, S, Neumann, T, Kuettel, M, Mayewski, PA,
Fegyveresi, J, Alley, R, Gallant, A, Dixon, D and Jones, T. WAIS Divide ice core evidence of
changes in climate and ice dynamics in West Antarctica, Holocene to present day.
International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences, First Open Science Conference, 1-5
October, 2012, Presqu’île de Giens, France.

Fudge, TJ, Steig, E, Taylor, K, White, J, Vaughn, B, McGwire, K, Neff, P, Waddington, E,

Conway, H, Markle, B, Schoeneman, S, Brook, E and Sowers, T. Abruptness of climate
change in West Antarctica: a 30 ka stable-isotope ice-core record on an annually resolved
timescale. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Meeting 2012,
Portland, Oregon, USA, July 13-25, 2012.

Steig, EJ, White, JWC, Vaughn, B, Neff, P, Schoenemann, S, Markle, B, Ding, Q, Fudge,
TJ and Taylor, K. A high resolution stable isotope record from central West Antarctica
covering the last 62,000 years. (Oral) European Geophysical Union General Assembly
2012, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.

Neff, PD, Steig, EJ, Clark, DH, McConnell, JR, Pettit, EC, and Menounos, B. An ice core
record of net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at Mount Waddington,
southwest British Columbia, Canada. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2011
Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 5-9, 2011.

Neff, PD, Steig, EJ, Clark, DH, McConnell, JR, and Pettit, EC. An ice core record of net
snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry: Mt. Waddington, British Columbia,
Canada. Northwest Glaciologists’ Meeting, Portland State University, October 14-15, 2011.

McConnell, JR, Flanner, M, Fritzsche, D, Kahl, J, Kreutz, K, Lamarque, JF, Layman, P, Neff,
P, Nolan, M, Pasteris, D, Steffensen, JP, Steffen, K, Steig, E, Vallelonga, P, A history of
industrial heavy metal pollution in the Arctic since 1750 from a developing array of ice cores,
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark,
May 4-6, 2011.

Neff, PD, Steig, EJ, Clark, DH, McConnell, JR, and Pettit, EC. 2010. Mt. Waddington Ice
Core Project: NWG 2010 Update. (Oral) Northwest Glaciologists’ Meeting, University of
Alaska, Fairbanks, October 8-9, 2010.

ADVISING

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Current PhD Student, primary adviser
Julia Andreasen
University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Land and Atmospheric Science

SERVICE, OUTREACH, MEDIA

Twitter (@icy_pete): 7,200 followers

Instagram (@icy_pete): 20,200 followers
TikTok (@icy_pete): 160,400 followers (TikTok partner, #LearnOnTikTok)

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

UMN Soil, Water, & Climate Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, 2020-present

American Geophysical Union Cryosphere Section Secretary, 2019-present

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Workshop Organizing Committee, 2020-present

Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2020 Gold Level Circle of
Excellence Award, “Ancient Ice and Viral Videos from Antarctica” Category Video /
Video on a Shoestring. Video produced by Kiyomi Taguchi and University of Washington News.

Quantarctica Theme Editor, 2016-present Ice core data editor for Antarctic GIS tool,
developed by Norwegian Polar Institute, supported by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research

TikTok Creative Learning Fund #LearnOnTikTok partner (COVID-19 response)

Recruited by TikTok to post educational content during COVID-19 lockdown, June-July 2020.

University of Washington Earth & Space Sciences DEI 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

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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 on September, 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 and now >20,000,000
views. Featured by The Weather Channel, Science Channel, NHK (Japan public broadcasting),
Seeker (1.3 million views), and many other outlets.

Contributor, climatefeedback.org. Reviewing accuracy of media articles on climate change

Undergraduate Mentor, American Geophysical Union Fall Meetings 2016, 2017

American Geophysical Union Congressional Visit, Sept. 13, 2017 Washington, DC.
Meetings with NY house, senate offices (Gillibrand, Schumer, Zeldin, Espaillat, King, Slaughter)

National Public Radio WXXI Rochester, NY Interview, 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; faculty from five departments speaking about science’s role in society

Classroom Visits & Public Events, 2016-present Sammamish High School (Bellevue, WA),
Lopez Island Grange 1060 farm community talk (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)

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 RICE”

Art-science collaboration with Anna McKee, 2009-present Presentations & gallery

showings featuring work of artist Anna McKee, 2009-10 US Antarctic Program Artist in Residence

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