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Prof. Alyssa Atwood
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (EOAS) at Florida State University. My research focuses on developing paleoclimate reconstructions from the tropics based on the stable isotope and trace element geochemistry of corals and lake sediments. I combine these records with theory and climate models of varying complexity to investigate the characteristics and mechanisms of past and future climate variability and change. Prior to arriving at FSU in the Spring of 2019, I completed my Ph.D. in Oceanography at the University of Washington, co-advised by David Battisti and Julian Sachs. Subsequently, I was a NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellow working with Kim Cobb at Georgia Tech and John Chiang at UC Berkeley. In my downtime, I enjoy being outdoors, preferably in the ocean or roaming somewhere in the mountains. |
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I just completed my first year as a Ph.D. student at Florida State University after completing my B.S and M.S. in Geology in the University of Puerto Rico and working in Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. I am working on a variety of projects related to the development, improvement, and application of geochemical proxies in coral skeletons. These proxies offer a window into the planet’s past climate changes, giving us invaluable information that helps contextualize anthropogenically induced modern climate change. For my PhD research, I am looking at the evolution and dynamics of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation during the Holocene. My work consists of applying a variety of geochemical tools to fossil coral from Kiritimati Atoll in the central tropical Pacific, including oxygen isotope ratios, Sr/Ca ratios, and novel multi-trace element paleo-thermometers.
I am an avid hiker, beach goer and coffee enthusiast. I’m looking forward to exploring the natural wonders and beaches of the Southeast. |
Recent publications:
Rodriguez, L. G., Cohen, A. L., Ramirez, W., Oppo, D. W., Pourmand, A., Edwards, R. L., et al. (2019). Mid‐ Holocene, coral‐based sea surface temperatures in the western tropical Atlantic. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34, 1234–1245. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003571
Rodriguez, L. G., Cohen, A. L., Ramirez, W., Oppo, D. W., Pourmand, A., Edwards, R. L., et al. (2019). Mid‐ Holocene, coral‐based sea surface temperatures in the western tropical Atlantic. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34, 1234–1245. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003571
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Andrea Moore (she/her/hers)
M.S. Student alm20em@my.fsu.edu |
I am a first-year graduate student in Dr. Atwood's lab. My research involves combining paleoclimate proxy data with isotope enabled climate models to study tropical Pacific climate variability during a period of abrupt change in the North Atlantic 8,200 years ago. Although my current work is computationally intensive, I feel very at home in the lab and have a special love for the rigors of fieldwork. In May 2019, I earned my bachelor's degree in Environmental Geology at the University of Mary Washington. There, I traveled to Kiritimati (Christmas Island) to help unearth a 5,000-year-old coral core that would form the basis of my undergraduate study of mid-Holocene ENSO variability.
I am a native of upstate New York who has unintentionally moved further and further south over the last decade. Before landing on science as a career choice, I worked as a professional chef for five years. When I'm not busy doing grad student things, you can find me cooking, gaming, or slowly building up a houseplant collection with my partner, Aedan.
Recent publications:
Grothe, P. R., Cobb, K. M., Liguori, G., Di Lorenzo, E., Capotondi, A., Lu, Y., Cheng, A., Edwards, R. L., Southon, J., Santos, G. M., Deocampo, D. M., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Chen, T., Sayani, H. R., Thompson, D. M., Conroy, J. L., Moore, A. L., Townsend, K., Hagos, M., O’Connor, G. O., Toth, L. T. (2020). Enhanced El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability in recent decades. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL083906. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL08390
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gYfvZVcAAAAJ&hl=en
I am a native of upstate New York who has unintentionally moved further and further south over the last decade. Before landing on science as a career choice, I worked as a professional chef for five years. When I'm not busy doing grad student things, you can find me cooking, gaming, or slowly building up a houseplant collection with my partner, Aedan.
Recent publications:
Grothe, P. R., Cobb, K. M., Liguori, G., Di Lorenzo, E., Capotondi, A., Lu, Y., Cheng, A., Edwards, R. L., Southon, J., Santos, G. M., Deocampo, D. M., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Chen, T., Sayani, H. R., Thompson, D. M., Conroy, J. L., Moore, A. L., Townsend, K., Hagos, M., O’Connor, G. O., Toth, L. T. (2020). Enhanced El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability in recent decades. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL083906. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL08390
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gYfvZVcAAAAJ&hl=en
