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Jess Adkins is a Smits Family Professor at the California Institute of Technology, specializing in Geochemistry and Global Environmental Science. He received his B.S. from Haverford College in 1990 and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. Since joining Caltech in 2000, he has progressed from Assistant Professor to his current position as a Professor. His research focuses on geochemical investigations of past climates, leveraging unique records from corals and sediments to deepen the understanding of deep ocean circulation and rapid climate changes. He is particularly interested in glacial and interglacial cycles spanning hundreds of thousands of years and seeks to improve accuracy in age models while attempting to explain large climatic shifts. His current work emphasizes geochemical archives from deep-sea corals and the response of ocean-atmosphere systems to historical climate changes. Adkins also teaches courses like Marine Geochemistry and Paleoceanography, where he covers topics ranging from the chemical composition of natural waters to the historical study of climatic shifts over millennia.
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