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Dr. Sophia Wensman [She/Her]
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cryosphere & Climate Science
Phone 
775-673-7935
E-Mail 
Sophia.Wensman@dri.edu
Campus 
Reno Campus
Division 
Hydrologic Sciences

Professional Interests:

My research focuses on tracing the pathways of heavy metals in the environment to consider and mitigate the consequences of environmental perturbations on life in the ocean and on land. I work in a diverse array of systems from West Coast estuaries to systems to Arctic environments, developing and applying high-resolution geochemical techniques. Currently, I am using lead isotopes in glacial ice to fingerprint historical (500 BCE to the present) changes in lead pollution sources.

Research Websites:

Education

Degree Institution Area
Ph.D. Oregon State University Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
B.S.Ed. University of Michigan Chemistry and Earth & Space Science

Keywords

Ice core, trace metals, lead, history

 

Publications
2022
Wensman, S. M., Shiel, A. E., McConnell, J. R. (2022). Lead isotopic fingerprinting of 250-years of industrial era pollution in Greenland ice, Anthropocene, 38, 10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100340

Conference Proceedings
Wensman, S. M., Shiel, A. E., Chellman, N. J., Brügger, S., McConnell, J. R. (2022). Lead Isotopic Fingerprinting of Industrial (1750-2010) Pollution in Central Greenland Ice, American Geophysical Union: Chicago, IL, December 12, 2022-December 16, 2022

Wensman, S. M., Shiel, A., Chellman, N. J., Brügger, S., McConnell, J. R. (2022). Industrial Lead Pollution in Modern Central Greenland Ice, International Partnerships in Ice Core Science: Crans Montana, Switzerland, October 2, 2022-October 7, 2022

McConnell, J. R., Chellman, N. J., Brügger, S., Wensman, S. M., McDonald, B., Wilson, A., Stohl, A., Osman, M., Opel, T., Kipfstuhl, S., Steffensen, J., Vinther, B., Spolaor, A., Barbante, C. (2022). Aerosols and Ancient History in Arctic Ice, International Partnerships in Ice Core Science: Crans Montana, Switzerland, October 2, 2022-October 7, 2022

McConnell, J. R., Sigl, M., Plunkett, G., Mastin, L., Chellman, N. J., Wensman, S. M., Brügger, S., McDonald, B., Burke, A., Kipfstuhl, S., Wilhelms, F., Opel, T., Meyer, H., Astrid Kjaer, H., Svensson, A., Steffensen, J., Raible, C., Wilson, A., Manning, J. (2022). Assessing impacts of explosive volcanism on climate and society at the end of the Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom, International Partnerships in Ice Core Science: Crans Montana, Switzerland, October 2, 2022-October 7, 2022

Brügger, S., Chellman, N. J., Plach, A., Henne, P., Stohl, A., Vinther, B., Blunier, T., Wensman, S. M., McConnell, J. R. (2022). Microfossils in Greenland ice cores reveal high-latitude ecosystem responses to past climate and human impact, International Partnerships in Ice Core Science: Crans Montana, Switzerland, October 2, 2022-October 7, 2022