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Member Since 2001
Patrick A. Rafter
Assistant Professor, University of South Florida Tampa
Member, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Emiliani Lecture Committee
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University of South Florida Tampa
Assistant Professor
2024 - Present
University of California Irvine
Assistant Researcher
2014 - 2023
Princeton University
Associate Research Scholar
2011 - 2014
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Doctorate
2009
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Eastern Pacific Radiocarbon and Carbon Chemistry From the Ice Age to Today
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
06 may 2026
Simulating Deglacial Radiocarbon Anomalies With pH‐Neutral Geologic Carbon
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
06 may 2026
Southern Ocean ventilation sets up deglacial deep ocean configuration and CO2 rise
DYNAMICS OF THE OCEAN'S OVERTURNING: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE III POSTER
physical oceanography | 26 february 2026
Changes in global ocean overturning and carbon storage since the last ice age, as recorded by radiocarbon: Finding missing puzzle pieces in the deep Indian Ocean
MARINE CARBON CYCLE: PAST INSIGHTS, PRESENT PATTERNS, AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES VI POSTER
climate and ocean change | 24 february 2026
Increased geologic carbon flux to the ocean alongside seafloor volcanism after the last ice age
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES, MECHANISMS, AND IMPACTS OF QUATERNARY ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE I POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 15 december 2025
Is Indian Ocean overturning different? Testing the anomalously old deep Indian Ocean radiocarbon (14C) ages during the last glacial maximum
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION FROM PAST TO FUTURE: INSIGHTS FROM MULTIPLE APPROACHES II POSTER
ocean sciences | 15 december 2025
Deglacial Changes in the Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Circulation Recorded by Tehuantepec Gap Wind Upwelling
ADVANCING PALEOCLIMATOLOGY BY COMBINING DATA, MODELS, AND THEORY I ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 15 december 2025
Evaluating mCDR Efficiency Using ROMS in the California Current System
MODELING APPROACHES IN SUPPORT OF OCEAN-BASED CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL (CDR) RESEARCH II ORAL
ocean sciences | 13 december 2024
Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2027
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Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Emiliani Lecture Committee
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Received December 2023
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Received December 2016
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2016