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Bill Thomas Anderson Jr
Professor, Florida International University
Member, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee; Chair, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Dansgaard Mid-Career Award Committee
Major areas of interest include paleoclimatology of organic archives, calibration of modern systems with novel stable isotopic approaches, and high-resolution archives. B.A. Geology, University of Kansas, 1992; M.S. Geology, Syracuse University, 1995; Ph.D. (Dktr.) natural sciences, ETH-Zurich, 2000. Assistant professor (2000 to 2006) Earth Sciences Department, FIU; Associate Professor (2006 to present) Earth and Environment Department, Marine Sciences Program, FIU; Director of SERC Stable Isotope Laboratory, a university core facility (2000 to present), FIU. Member of AGU since 1993; Workshop leader/co-organizer, Stable isotope applications for Long Term Ecological Research, NSF LTER-ASM (2003); member of AGU - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Foucus Group’s Student Awards Committee (2007 to present); Climate and Disturbance Working Group Leader FCE II – NSF LTER Program (2006 to 2012). Authored or co-authored over 24 peer-reviewed publications, many in AGU journals; Authored or co-authored 5 major government reports; Guest editor for Journal of Paleolimnology – Special Issue on Everglades Paleolimnology (2012). I have graduated 3 M.S. students and 1 Ph.D. since obtaining my position at FIU. I presently advise 2 Ph.D. students and 2 M.S. students (and serve on over 16 graduate committees at my home university and other institutions. Additional AGU service includes many reviews for JGR. I have not previously held an elected office at AGU.
Professional Experience
Florida International University
Professor
2000 - Present
Education
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Doctorate
2000
Publications
East Asian Monsoon History and Paleoceanography of the Japan Sea Over the Last 460,000 Years

The Japan Sea is directly influenced by the Asian monsoon, a system that transports moisture and heat across southeast Asia during the boreal summe...

July 04, 2018
AGU Abstracts
Re-visiting Lake Mojave using a basin analysis approach: trying to resolve a complex history of lake level change during the late Glacial through Early Holocene.
LACUSTRINE RECORDS OF PALEOHYDROCLIMATE FROM THE PLEISTOCENE TO PRESENT I ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 12 december 2023
Matthew Kirby, Edward J. Knell, Jenifer Leidelmeij...
Glacial Lake Mojave has long been studied (e.g., Brown et al., 1990). A well-dated comparison, however, between lake sediment cores and beach, or near...
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East Asian Monsoon History and Paleoceanography of the Japan Sea Over the Last 460,000 Years
AGU CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE EVOLUTION OF ASIAN MONSOONS
07 january 2020
Stephen J. Gallagher, Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian, ...
The Japan Sea is directly influenced by the Asian monsoon, a system that transports moisture and heat across southeast Asia during the boreal summer, a...
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The Mid-Pleistocene Transition and the Resulting Paleoproductivity Cycles Within the Japan Sea.
FALL MEETING 2018
12 december 2018
Heather D. Black, William T. Anderson
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2025
Chair
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Dansgaard Mid-Career Award Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee
2022 - 2023
Chair
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Dansgaard Mid-Career Award Committee
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