Alberto Reyes

About

ABOUT ME: I'm a Quaternary geologist who uses stratigraphic, paleoenvironmental, and geochemical approaches to address research questions related to landscape and climate change in the north. Timescales of interest range from the early Cenozoic to the late Holocene. I have ongoing interests in developing records of landscape and environmental change in unglaciated northwest North America, permafrost and ice-sheet response to sustained climate warming during Pleistocene interglacials, and Cenozoic analogues for contemporary warming. I'm also interested in studying modern glacier and permafrost change.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Postdoc, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Department of Geoscience)
• Ph.D., University of Alberta (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
• M.Sc., Simon Fraser University (Department of Earth Sciences)
• B.Sc., University of Victoria (Department of Geography)

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Research

I am interested in developing stratigraphic, geomorphic, and geochemical records of northern climate change and associated earth system impacts. My work and research interests span timescales ranging from millions of years to the last several centuries, with a particular focus on periods when climate was similar to or warmer than today, such as Pleistocene "super-interglacials" and Cenozoic greenhouse intervals.

EAS 225 - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Geomorphological processes and landform analysis with special reference to the landscape of Alberta. Fieldwork required. Prerequisite: One of EAS 100, 101, 102, 201, 210 or SCI 100. [Faculty of Science]

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EAS 354 - Environmental Earth Science Field School

Fieldwork in geomorphology, environmental geochemistry, and other aspects of environmental geoscience. Topics and location may vary, but typical focus areas are: environmental biogeochemistry; hydrological and water-quality measurement and monitoring; remote sensing and field mapping of surficial deposits; and field methods for reconstructing paleoenvironmental change. Introductory lectures and ten days of fieldwork. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar. Prerequisites: EAS 225 and consent of Instructor. [Faculty of Science]

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EAS 457 - Global Change

Major processes of change in the contemporary environment, their history and their interrelationships (climate and sea level change, changes in atmospheric composition, deforestation, desertification, water resource depletion, soil erosion, atmospheric and aquatic pollution); global biogeochemical cycles and their role in environmental change. Prerequisite: One of EAS 208, 225 or 250. [Faculty of Science]

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Reyes, A.V., Carlson, A.E., Clark, J., Guillaume, L., Milne, G.A., Tarasov, L., Carlson, E.C.B., He, F., Caffee, M.W., Wilcken, K.M., Rood, D.H.

Quaternary Science Reviews. 2024 March; 328 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108554

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*Staniszewska, K.J., Reyes, A.V., Cooke, C.A.

Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2023 October; 10 10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00427

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Reyes, A.V., Jensen, B.J.L., Woudstra, S., *Bolton, M.S.M., *Buryak, S.D., Cook, M.S., Harvey, J., Westgate, J.A.

Geology. 2023 January; 51

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*Buryak, S.D., Reyes, A.V., Jensen, B.J.L., Davies, J.H.F.L., Westgate, J.A., DuFrane, S.A., Luo, Y., Froese, D.G., Pearson, D.G., Benowitz, J.A.

Quaternary Geochronology. 2022 November; 73

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*Staniszewska, K.S., Reyes, A.V., Cooke, C.A., Miller, B.S., Woywitka, R.J.

Chemical Geology. 2022 May; 596

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*Bilak, G.S., *Niemetz, K., Reimink, J.R., Reyes, A.V., Chacko, T., Dufrane, S.A., Belosevic, M., Ketchum, J.W.F.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2022 April; 23

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Clark, J., Carlson, A.E., Reyes, A.V., Carlson, E.C.B., Guillaume, L., Milne, G.A., Tarasov, L., Caffee, M.W., Wilcken, K., Rood, D.H.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2022 March; 119

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Reyes, A.V., Carlson, A.E., Milne, G.A., Tarasov, L., Reimink, J.R., Caffee, M.W.

Quaternary Science Reviews. 2022 February; 277

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Biller-Celander, N., Shakun, J.D., McGee, D., Wong, C.I., Reyes, A.V., Hardt, B., Tal, I., Ford, D.C., Lauriol, B.

Science Advances. 2021 April; 7

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*Staniszewska, K.S., Cooke, C.A., Reyes, A.V.

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2020 December; 5

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Wolfe, A.P., Reyes, A.V., Royer, D.L., Greenwood, D.R., Doria, G., Gagen, M.H., Siver, P.A., Westgate, J.A.

Geology. 2017 July; 45

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Froese, D.G., Stiller, M., Heintzman, P.D., Reyes, A.V., Zazula, G.D., Soares, A.E.R., Meyer, M., Hall, E., Jensen, B.J.L., Arnold, L.J., MacPhee, R.D.E., Shapiro, B.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2017 March; 114

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Hatfield, R.G., Reyes, A.V., Stoner, J.S., Carlson, A.E., Beard, B.L., Winsor, K., Welke, B.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2016 September; 454

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Zazula, G.D., MacPhee, R.D.E., Metcalfe, J.Z., Reyes, A.V., Brock, F., Drukenmiller, P.S., Groves, P., Harington, C.R., Hodgins, G.W.L., Longstaffe, F.J., Mann, D.H., McDonald, H.G., Nalawade-Chavan, S., Southon, J.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2014 December; 111

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Reyes, A.V., Carlson, A.E., Beard, B.L., Hatfield, R.G., Stoner, J.S., Winsor, K., Welke, B., Ullman, D.J.

Nature. 2014 June; 510

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Reyes, A.V., Froese, D.G., Jensen, B.J.L.

Quaternary Science Reviews. 2010 August; 29

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