William M. Longo, Ph.D.

wlongo@macalester.edu | (802) 793-2405 | www.williamlongo.com

Department of Environmental Studies, Macalester College

Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Late Quaternary paleoclimatology • Limnology and biogeochemistry

• Organic carbon cycling dynamics • Arctic environments and paleo-environments
• Analytical organic geochemistry • Chromatography and mass spectrometry

EDUCATION

2013-2017 Brown University, Providence, RI

Ph.D. in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Yongsong Huang

2011-2013 Brown University, Providence, RI

Sc.M. in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Yongsong Huang

2003-2007 Haverford College, Haverford, PA

B.Sc. in Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Terry Newirth

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2018-present Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN

Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies

2019-present Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Guest Investigator in Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry

2017-2019 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Postdoctoral Investigator in Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Valier Galy

PUBLICATIONS

(13) Longo, W.M., Huang, Y., Russell, J.M., Morrill, C., Daniels, W.C., Giblin, A.E., Crowther, J.
(2020). Insolation and greenhouse gases drove Holocene winter and spring warming in
Arctic Alaska. Quaternary Science Reviews. 242, 106438.

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(12) Liao, S., Yao, Y., Wang, L., Wang, K.J., Amaral-Zettler, L., Longo, W.M., Huang, Y. (2020).
C41 methyl and C42 ethyl alkenones are biomarkers for Group II Isochrysidales.
Organic Geochemistry. 104081.

(11) Yao, Y., Zhao, J., Longo, W.M., Li, G., Wang, X., Vachula, R.S., Wang, K.J., Huang,
Y. (2019). New insights into environmental controls on the occurrence and abundance
of Group I alkenones and their paleoclimate applications: Evidence from volcanic
lakes of northeastern China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 527, 115792.

(10) Wang, K.J., O'Donnell, J.A., Longo, W.M., Amaral-Zettler, L., Li, G., Yao, Y., Huang, Y.
(2019). Group I alkenones and Isochrysidales in the world’s largest maar lakes and their
potential paleoclimate applications. Organic Geochemistry. 2019, 103924.

(9) Richter, N., Longo, W. M., George, S., Shipunova, A., Huang, Y., Amaral-Zettler, L.
(2019). Phylogenetic Diversity in freshwater-dwelling Isochrysidales haptophytes with
implications for alkenone production. Geobiology.

(8) Wang, L., Longo, W. M., Dillon, J. T., Zhao, J., Zheng, Y., Moros, M., Huang, Y.
(2019). An efficient approach to eliminate steryl ethers and wax esters for
comprehensive analysis of alkenones and alkenoates. Journal of Chromatography A.
doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2019.02.064

(7) Vachula, R., Huang, Y., Longo, W. M., Dee, S., Daniels, W. C., Russell, J. M. (2019).
Evidence of Ice Age Humans in Eastern Beringia suggests early migration to North
America. Quaternary Science Reviews. 205, 35-44.

(6) Longo, W. M., Huang, Y., Yao, Y., Zhao, J., Giblin, A.E., Wang, X., Zech, R., Haberzettl., T.,
Jardillier, L., Toney, J., Liu, Z., Krivonogov, S., Chu, G., D’Andrea, W.J., Harada, N.,
Nagashima, K., Sato, M., Yonenobu, H., Yamada, K., Gotanda, K., Shinozuka, Y. (2018).
Widespread occurrence of distinct alkenones from Group I haptophytes in freshwater
lakes: Implications for paleoclimatic and paleo-environmental reconstructions. Earth
and Planetary Science Letters, 492, 239-250.

(5) Li, G., Li, L., Torozo, R., Longo, W. M., Wang, K. J., Dong, H., & Huang, Y. (2018). Microbial
production of long-chain n-alkanes: implication for interpreting sedimentary leaf wax
signals. Organic Geochemistry, 115, 24-31.

(4) Longo, W. M., Theroux, S., Giblin, A. E., Zheng, Y., Dillon, J. T., Huang, Y. (2016).
Temperature calibration and phylogenetically distinct distributions for freshwater
alkenones: Evidence from northern Alaskan lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
180, 177-196.

(3) Dillon, J. T., Longo, W. M., Zhang, Y., Torozo, R., & Huang, Y. (2016). Identification of
double-bond positions in isomeric alkenones from a lacustrine haptophyte. Rapid
Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 30(1), 112-118.

(2) Zhao, J., Chengbang, A., Longo, W. M., Dillon, J. T., Zhao, Y., Shi, C., Chen, Y., Huang, Y.

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 (2014). Occurrence of extended chain length C41 and C42 alkenones in hypersaline
lakes. Organic Geochemistry, 75, 48-53.

(1) Longo, W. M., Dillon, J. T., Tarozo, R., Salacup, J. M., Huang, Y. (2013). Unprecedented
separation of long chain alkenones from gas chromatography with a
poly(trifluoropropylmethylsiloxane) stationary phase. Organic Geochemistry, 65, 94-102.

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION

(In preparation) Longo, W. M., Huang, Y., Daniels, W. C., Russell, J.M., Giblin, A. E., McNichol, A., Xu., L.
Millennial-scale responses of permafrost carbon to warming in Arctic Alaska: Insights
from the composition and radiocarbon content of lignin phenols. (To be submitted to
Quaternary Science Reviews).

(In preparation) Longo, W. M., Galy, V. V., McNichol, A. Comprehensive quantification of exogenous
carbon in compound specific radiocarbon analysis of n-alkanoic acids from isotope
mass balance and empirical approaches. (To be submitted to Radiocarbon).

(In preparation) Longo, W. M., Galy, V. V., Dubois, N., Oppo, D. W., Eglinton, T., Mohtadi, M., Rosenthal, Y.,
Weimerskirch, L., Arbuszewski, J. Hydroclimatic effects on post-glacial terrestrial carbon
cycling in the Indonesian archipelago: two mechanisms for efficient carbon storage.

HONORS, AWARDS AND FUNDING

2016 Brown University Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Dissertation
Fellowship
2015 Paul G. Benedum Graduate Travel and Research Fellowship ($2K)
2015 Elected to Sigma Xi
2015 National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant: Reconciling conflicting
Arctic temperature and fire reconstructions using multi-proxy records from lake
sediments north of the Brooks Range, Alaska (Award# 1503846; $556K)
PI: Y. Huang; Co-PI: J. Russell; Co-I: W. Longo
2014 National Geographic Society Exploration Grant: Lake sediments north of the Brooks
Range, Alaska as quantitative climatic and biogeochemical archives (#9397-13; $20K)
PI: Y. Huang; Co-I: W. Longo
2014 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, NOSAMS Graduate Student Internship
2013 Geological Society of America, Graduate Student Research Grant ($2.5K)
2013 Geological Society of America, Charles A. and June R.P. Ross Award
2011 Brown University, First Year Graduate Student Fellowship
2010 Segal AmeriCorps Education Award ($5K)

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2019 Organic Geochemist, JOIDES Resolution JR100 Expedition 379T: Extending high resolution
paleoclimate records from the Chilean Margin to the Eemian.
• Shipboard organic and inorganic geochemical analysis of sediment cores and pore
waters.
• Contributed to and edited site reports.

2017-2019 Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA

• Investigated the effects of hydroclimatic change on terrestrial carbon cycling
dynamics in the Indonesian Archipelago since the Last Glacial Maximum.
• Developed and employed methods for compound specific radiocarbon analysis.

2011-2017 Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University, Providence, RI

• Developed and employed novel organic geochemical methods to investigate
environmental change and climate variability in Arctic Alaska using sediment cores
from lakes.
• Maintained gas chromatography and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
laboratories.
• Planned and lead 2 field expeditions to Northern Alaska. (4 total field expeditions).

2014-2017 NSF-IGERT Trainee, Brown University, Providence, RI

Investigated the responses of aquatic microbial communities to disturbance in the
sedimentary record of a coastal pond using next generation DNA sequencing.

2015-2016 Visiting Graduate Student, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA
Investigated the degradation and transport of permafrost-derived organic matter in
Sedimentary records from Northern Alaska using compound specific radiocarbon
analysis.

2010-2011 Research Assistant, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

Investigated arctic lakes affected by wildfire disturbance (2 field expeditions).

2007-2008 Summer Field Assistant, Toolik Lake Field Station, AK

Maintained aquatic chemistry laboratory and monitored physical and chemical
parameters of lakes (2 field expeditions).

2006-2007 Research Assistant, Dr. Terry Newirth, Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Carried out multi-step organic syntheses and optimized reactions.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018-present Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Macalester College

2016 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advising in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences:
Fatima Husein, High-resolution 10,000 year temperature reconstructions from northern
Alaska

2015 Guest Lecturer, Environmental Geochemistry, Brown University

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2015 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advising in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences:
Josue Crowther, Reconstructing temperature variability and fire occurrence in the
northern Alaska Tundra ecosystem for the past 15 thousand years

2015 Graduate Student Leader, Brown University Geology Spring Break Field Trip

2014 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advising in Chemistry: David Feigenbaum, How do light
limitation and leaf wax removal from Sugar Cane leaves affect their carbon and
hydrogen isotopic ratios

2014, 2016 Guest Lecturer, Limnology, Brown University

2014 Teaching Assistant, Limnology, Brown University

2013-2014 Brown University Sheridan Teaching Certificate I

2013 Teaching Assistant, Physical Processes in Geology, Brown University

2012 Teaching Assistant, Environmental Geochemistry, Brown University

2007 Teaching Assistant, Semester in Environmental Science, Marine Biological Lab, Woods
Hole, MA

INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS

2020 Climate change and carbon cycling in the tundra and the tropics: Insights from
molecular fossils. Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University. Feb.
10, 2020. San Diego, CA.

2020 Climate change and carbon cycling in the tundra and the tropics: Insights from
molecular fossils. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Chicago Illinois. Jan. 30, 2020. Chicago, IL.

2019 How a little Arctic lake addresses big problems in climate science and human
history. EnviroThursday Seminar Series, Macalester College. Oct. 17, 2019. St. Paul, MN.

2019 Biomarker-based reconstructions of post-glacial climate and carbon cycling from Lake
E5, Arctic Alaska. Research Round Table Seminar, St. Croix Watershed Research Station,
Science Museum of Minnesota. Apr. 8, 2019. Marine on St. Croix, MN.

2019 16,000 years of cold season climate change in Arctic Alaska: insights from biomarker
proxies and modeling approaches. Soft Rock Seminar, Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Minnesota, Feb. 25, 2019. Minneapolis, MN.

2017 Tracing the permafrost carbon cycle with 14C age offsets: New insights from arctic lakes
and next steps. Geology and Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution. May 3, 2017. Woods Hole, MA.

2016 Millennial-scale responses of arctic terrestrial carbon cycling dynamics to warming:

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 Evidence from lacustrine sediment records from northern Alaska. Geological Sciences
Department, University of Florida. Nov. 14, 2016. Gainesville, FL.

2016 Reconstructions of Northern Alaskan temperature variability and terrestrial carbon

cycling since the Last Glacial Maximum. Marine Biological Laboratory Ecosystems
Center Seminar Series. Oct. 25, 2016. Woods Hole, MA.

2016 Northern Alaskan temperature variability and terrestrial carbon cycling since the Last
Glacial Maximum: Insights from ultra-small and compound specific radiocarbon
analyses. NOSAMS National Advisory and Planning Board Meeting. Sep. 28, 2016.
Woods Hole, MA.

2014 Alkenones and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons record temperature and fire in
northeastern Alaskan lakes. Geological Society of America Northeastern Section
Meeting. Mar. 20-23, 2014. Lancaster, PA.

ABSTRACTS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (first and presenting author)

2019 Longo, W. M., Galy, V. V., Dubois, N., Oppo, D. W., Eglinton, T. I., Mohtadi, M., Rosenthal,
Y., Weimerskirch, L., Arbuszewski, J. (2018). Hydroclimatic effects on post-glacial
terrestrial carbon cycling in the Indonesian archipelago: Two mechanisms for efficient
carbon storage. Talk presented at the 2019 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Dec. 9-13, 2019. San Francisco, CA, USA.

2018 Longo, W. M., Galy, V. V., Dubois, N., Oppo, D. W., Mohtadi, M., Rosenthal, Y.,
Arbuszewski, J. (2018). Hydroclimatic effects on post-glacial terrestrial carbon cycling in
the Indonesian archipelago: Initial insights from compound specific radiocarbon
analysis of leaf wax fatty acids. Poster presented at the 2018 Gordon Research
Conference on Organic Geochemistry. Jul. 29 - Aug. 3, 2018. Holderness, NH, USA.

2017 Longo, W. M., Huang, Y., Russell, J.M., Morrill, C., Daniels., W.D. Giblin, A.E., Crowther, J.
(2017). A High-Resolution Lacustrine Alkenone Record Demonstrates Progressive Cold
Season Warming During the Holocene in Arctic Alaska. Talk presented at the 2017
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Dec. 11-15, 2017, New Orleans, LA.

2016 Longo, W. M., Huang, Y., Russell, J.M., Giblin, A.E., McNichol, A.P., Xu, L., Daniels., W.D.
(2016). Differential Millennial-scale Responses of Terrestrial Carbon Cycling Dynamics to
Warming from two Contrasting Lake Catchments in Arctic Alaska. Talk presented at the
2016 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Dec. 12-16, 2016, San Francisco, CA.

2015 Longo, W. M., Russell, J. M., Daniels, W. D., Crowther, J., Giblin, A.E., Morill, C., Zhang, X.,
Wang, X., Huang, Y. (2015). Seasonally Distinct Reconstructions of Northern Alaskan
Temperature Variability Since the Last Glacial Maximum. Poster presented at the 2015
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Dec. 14-18, 2015. San Francisco, CA.

2015 Longo, W. M., Theroux, S., Giblin, A. E., Zheng, Y., Dillon, J. T., Huang, Y. (2015).
Paleoclimatic and taxonomic significance of alkenone isomer ratios from northern
Alaskan freshwater lakes. Poster presented at the 27th International Meeting on Organic
Geochemistry. Prague, Czech Republic, 13-18 Sept.

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2014 Longo, W. M., Dillon, J. T., Giblin, A., E., Huang, Y. (2014). Tracking the lacustrine alkenone
temperature signal from production to deposition: a case study in Toolik Lake, AK.
Poster presented at the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry.
Holderness, NH, USA, 3-8 Aug.

2014 Longo, W. M., Huang, Y. (2013). Alkenones and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
record temperature and fire in northeastern Alaskan lakes. Invited talk at 2014
Geological Society of America NE Section Meeting. Lancaster, PA, USA, 20-23 Mar.

2013 Longo, W. M., Dillon, J., Giblin, A. E., Huang, Y. (2013). Unsaturation ratios of novel tri-
unsaturated alkenones from Northeastern Alaska: insights from water column
calibration and sediments. Abstract PP43B-2091. Poster presented at 2013 Fall Meeting,
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9-13 Dec.

2013 Longo, W. M., Dillon, J., Theroux, S., Giblin, A. E., Huang, Y. (2013). Novel Tri- Unsaturated
Alkenones in Arctic Lakes: Implications for Paleotemperature Reconstruction. Poster
presented at 43rd International Arctic Workshop, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
MA, 11-13 Mar.

2012 Longo, W. M., Theroux, S., Giblin, A. E., Huang, Y. (2012). Long chain alkenones
in the Toolik Lake region of Alaska: characterization, abundance and in situ water
column calibrations from three lakes. Abstract PP43B-2031. Poster presented at 2012 Fall
Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA, 3-7 Dec.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2018 New Faculty Participant, Macalester College New Faculty Teaching Workshops
2016 Workshop Participant, Thermal Analysis of Natural Organic Matter Workshop, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute
2016 Short Course Participant, University of California Irvine Radiocarbon Short Course
2015 Graduate Student Intern, National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy

SERVICE, OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS

2019 Co-convener for AGU 2019 Fall Meeting session PP003: A Warming Arctic: What Records
of the Past Tell Us About the Future
2016-present Reviewer for: (1)Earth and Planetary Science Letters; (2)Geophysical Research Letters;
(3)Geology; (4)Geochemical Perspectives Letters; (5)Organic Geochemistry;
(6)Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; (7)JGR: Biogeosciences; (8)PLOS One;
(9)Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; (10)Aquatic Geochemistry; (11)Polar Research
2016 Toolik Field Station “Talking Shop” Seminar: Molecular Fossils from northern Alaskan lake
sediments record 16,000 years of climate change.
2015 Graduate Student Leader, Geology Spring Break Field Trip

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2014-2016 Permafrost Young Researchers Network Executive Committee
2012-2014 Leader and Coordinator, First-year graduate student mentoring program
2011-2014 Volunteer science teacher, Vartan-Gregorian Elementary School, Providence, RI
2008-2009 Americorps VISTA Volunteer, Philadelphia, PA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Geophysical Union; Association of Polar Early Career Scientists; Permafrost Young Researchers
Network; Americorps Alumni

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