Patrick A. Rafter
Curriculum vitae
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Department of Geosciences
prafter(AtSiqn)princeton.edu
Guyot Hall, Princeton University
Phone: 001 858 405 0539
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Web: http://www.princeton.edu/~prafter
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EDUCATION
2009-present
Post-doctoral Research
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Advisors: Daniel M. Sigman / Gerald H. Haug
Research: Marine nitrate biogeochemistry and tropical Pacific paleoceanography.
2002-2009
Ph.D. Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA
Advisor: Christopher D. Charles
Dissertation title: Tropical Pacific nutrient dynamics of the modern and Pleistocene ocean: insights from the nitrogen isotope system
2000
B.S. Environmental Science / B.S. Marine Environmental Studies
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA
PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED)
Rafter, P.A., C.D. Charles, D.M. Sigman, G.H. Haug and J. Kaiser, (In Press) Subsurface tropical Pacific nitrogen isotopic composition of nitrate: biogeochemical signals and their transport, Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
Rafter, P.A., S.L. Jaccard, E.D. Galbraith, T. Kiefer, and M. Kienast, (In Press) The nitrogen cycle in the ocean, past and present: 2nd NICOPP meeting report, PAGES Newsletter.
Rafter, P.A. and C.D. Charles, (In Review) Pleistocene equatorial Pacific dynamics described by zonal gradients in nitrogen isotopes, Nature.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Rafter, P.A and D.M. Sigman, (In Prep) Dual nitrate isotope distribution from the high to low latitude Pacific Ocean.
Rafter, P.A, D.M. Sigman, L. Aluwihare, R. Goericke (In Prep) ENSO and the marine N cycle: nitrate isotope time-series of California Under Current.
Rafter, P.A. and A. Martinez-Garcia (In Prep) Insights to “Paleo-ENSO” from a central equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature reconstruction.
Rafter, P.A. and G.H. Haug. (In Prep) Investigating the Permanent Pliocene El Nino with sedimentary N isotopes.
CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS
-nutrient biogeochemistry
-tropical Pacific paleoceanography
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008
Teaching Assistant for Chris Charles, ESYS 10: Introduction to Environmental Systems, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
2007
Teaching Assistant for Lihini Aluwihare, SIO 101: California Coastal Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
2007
Teaching Assistant for Chris Charles, ESYS 10: Introduction to Environmental Systems, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
2006
Teaching Assistant for Lynne Talley, ESYS 10: Introduction to Environmental Systems, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
2005
Teaching Assistant for Gabi Laske, ERTH/SIO 10: Natural Disasters, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
2004
Teaching Assistant for Gabi Laske, ERTH/SIO 10: The Earth, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
2003
Teaching Assistant for Sam Iacobellis, ERTH/SIO 20: The Atmosphere, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
HONORS / AWARDS / GRANTS
2006-2007 Fellowship: Ocean Drilling Program—Joint Oceanographic Institutions Schlanger Fellowship
2005/2003 Grants: SIO Whole Earth Society—Graduate Student Research Grant
2004 Fellowship: California Space Institute
2000 Fellowship: EPA – National Network of Environmental Management Studies Fellow
1999/2000 Awards: Florida Institute of Technology – Outstanding Junior / Senior in Environmental Science
PRESENTATIONS (First author)
2011
Poster. Gordon Conference on Chemical Oceanography: Dual nitrate isotopes from the high to low latitude Pacific Ocean.
2011
Talk. Dalhousie University: Nitrogen Cycle in the Ocean, Past and Present Workshop.
2010
Talk. Rutgers University: Invited Speaker–Tropical reign? A 1.2 million year record of nutrient dynamics in the eastern equatorial Pacific
2010
Poster. International Conference on Paleoceanography: A sedimentary template for tropical Pacific nitrate consumption and thermocline depth in the late Pleistocene: is it the high or low latitudes?
2010
Talk. CICESE (Center of Science and Higher Education, Ensenada, Mexico): Invited Speaker–A 1.2 Ma record of eastern equatorial Pacific thermocline depth from sediment nitrogen isotopes
2010 Talk. Ocean Sciences Conference: A Survey of the tropical Pacific nitrogen isotopic composition of nitrate
2009 Talk. UCLA: Invited Speaker—New insight to tropical Pacific circulation using isotopic tracers
2008 Poster. AGU Fall Conference—Tropical Pacific nutrient dynamics from the Late Quaternary to the modern ocean
2008 Talk. USC: Invited Speaker—Tropical Pacific nutrient dynamics of the past 1 Ma
2006 Talk. Ocean Sciences Conference—Tropical Pacific nutrient dynamics of the past 140kyr.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Select)
2008 Ocean. Multi-coring, box-coring, seawater sampling in the Santa Barbara Basin. 5 days on the RV Sproul.
2009 Ocean. Gravity-coring, dredge recovery, Arabian Sea seawater sampling. 21 days on the RV Roger Revelle2007 Lake. Lacustrine freeze-coring on Swamp Lake, Yosemite National Park. 4 days remote field work.
2005 Ocean. CTD technician, seawater sampling in the eastern tropical Pacific. 40 days on the RV Ka’imimoana2002
2002 Ocean. Sediment pore-water and seawater preparation. 8 days on the RV Atlantis.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2009-Present Organizer: Princeton University—Reviewing Nitrate Isotopes Seminar
2005 Student Representative: SIO Faculty Committee on Planning and Budget
2007 Lead Student Representative: SIO Climate / Geological Research Division Faculty Search Committee
2003-2005 Organizer: SIO New Topics in Paleoclimatology Seminar |
