Rate Professor Jess Adkins

Academic Profile

Academic Background: B.S., Haverford College, 1990; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998.

Research Interests: Paleoclimatology, ocean chemistry, and geochemistry, focusing on climate change and carbon cycle dynamics using marine sediment records.

Appointments: Smits Family Professor of Geochemistry and Global Environmental Science at Caltech; Previously Assistant Professor (2000-2006) and Associate Professor (2006-2010) at Caltech.

Awards: MacArthur Fellowship (2008); AGU Emiliani Lecture Award.

Publications: Articles in Nature, Science, and Paleoceanography on ocean circulation and climate reconstructions.

Additional Contributions: Leads research expeditions to collect deep-sea corals for climate studies.