Draft:Bess Koffman

Bess Koffman is a paleoclimatologist and geochemist employed as an Associate Professor of Geology at Colby College. Koffman graduated with her PhD from the University of Maine Orono in 2013 after completing a thesis reconstructing atmospheric dust deposition over the past two millennia in West Antarctica. She specializes in the impact of dust and volcanic ash on the marine environment  and reconstructing the atmospheric circulation of paleoclimate. She has over 20 publications with more than 800 citations. She is an expert with the US Ice Drilling Program where she has helped close the gender gap in ice core research.