Dr Anna Pieńkowski
Position: associate professor
Principal Investigator of APHRODITE and CHARME project
Steering Committee member of PAGES Working Group ACME (Arctic Cryosphere Change and Coastal Marine Ecosystems)
Scientific interests
I studied Marine Biology and Oceanography (Bangor University, UK) before branching into Marine Geology for my PhD (University of Alberta, Canada). My research focuses on polar regions of both hemispheres, employing micropaleontology and biogeochemistry. My interests include studying environmental and climatic response of marine polar regions to global change, past and present, the effect of connection and severance of oceanic gateways on polar environments and ecosystems, fidelity and appropriate use of paleoenvironmental and paleoceanographic proxies, and marine radiocarbon chronologies.
Publications
- Pieńkowski, A.J., Szczuciński, W., Breszka, A., Chyleński, M., Juras, A., Romel, P., Rozwalak, P., Trzebny, A., Dabert, M., Belt, S.T., Jagodziński, R., Smik, L. and Włodarski, W., 2024. Sedimentary ancient DNA and HBI biomarkers as sea-ice indicators: A complementary approach in Antarctic fjord environments. Limnology and Oceanography Letters [link]
- Farnsworth, W. R., Ingólfsson, Ó., Mannerfelt, E. S., Kalliokoski, M. H., Guðmundsdóttir, E. R., Retelle, M., Allaart, L., Brynjólfsson, S., Furze, M. F. A., Hancock, H. J., Kjær, K. H., Pieńkowski, A., Schomacker, A., 2022. Vedde Ash constrains Younger Dryas glacier re-advance and rapid glacio-isostatic rebound on Svalbard. Quaternary Science Advances, 5, 1–11. [link]
- Pieńkowski, A., Coulthard, R. D., Furze, M. F. A., 2022. Revised marine reservoir offset (ΔR) values for molluscs and marine mammals from Arctic North America. Boreas, 1–23. [link]
- Heikkilä, M., Ribeiro Santos, A. S., Weckström, K., Pieńkowski, A., 2022. Predicting the future of coastal marine ecosystems in the rapidly changing Arctic: The potential of palaeoenvironmental records. Anthropocene, 37, 1–13. [link]
2021
- Pieńkowski, A.J.,Husum, K., Furze, M.F.A., Missana, A.F.J.M., Irvali, N., Divine, D.V., Eilertsen, V.T., 2021. Revised ΔR values for the Barents Sea and its archipelagos as a pre-requisite for accurate and robust marine-based 14C chronologies. Quaternary Geochronology 1-17;[link]
- Pieńkowski, A.J., Husum, K., Belt, Ninnemann, U., Köseoğlu, D., Divine, D.V., Smik, L., Knies, J., Hogan, K., Noormets, R., 2021. Seasonal sea ice persisted through the Holocene Thermal Maximum at 80°N. Communications Earth & Environment 2, 124;[link]
- Martens, J., Romankevich, E., Semiletov, I., Wild, B., van Dongen, B., Vonk, J., Tesi, T., Shakhova, N., Dudarev, O.V., Kosmach, D., Vetrov, A., Lobkovsky, L., Belyaev, N., Macdonald, R.W., Pieńkowski, A.J., Eglinton, T.I., Haghipour, N., Dahle, S., Carroll, M.L., Åström, E.K.L., Grebmeier, J.M., Cooper, L.W., Possnert, G., Gustafsson, Ö., 2021. CASCADE – The Circum-Arctic Sediment CArbon DatabasE. Earth System Science Data 13, 2561–2572;[link]
- Cage, A.G., Pieńkowski, A.J., Jennings, A., Knudsen, K.L., Seidenkrantz, M.-S. 2021. Comparative analysis of six common foraminiferal species of the genera Cassidulina, Paracassidulina, and Islandiella from the Arctic-North Atlantic domain. Journal of Micropalaeontology 40, 37–60,[link]
2020
- Pieńkowski, A.J., Kennaway, S., Lang, S.I. 2020. Aquatic palynomorphs from modern marine sediments in a reconnaissance transect across the Northwest Passage – Baffin Bay region. Marine Micropaleontology 156, 101825;[link]
2019
- Scourse, J.D., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K.J.J., Lockhart, E., Purcell, C., Callard, L., Roseby, Z., Allinson, B., Pieńkowski, A.J., O’Cofaigh, C., Praeg, D., Chiverrell, R., Clark, C. 2019. Advance and retreat of the marine-terminating Irish Sea Ice Stream into the Celtic Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum: timing and maximum extent. Marine Geology 412, 53–68;[link]
2018
- El Bani Altuna, N., Pieńkowski, A.J., Eynaud, F., Thiessen, R. 2018. The morphotypes of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma: isotopic signature and distribution patterns in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and adjacent regions. Marine Micropaleontology 142, 13-24;[link]
- Lakeman, T.R., Pieńkowski, A.J., Nixon, F.C., Furze, M.F.A., Blasco, S., Andrews, J.T., King, E.L. 2018. Collapse of a marine-based ice stream during the early Younger Dryas chronozone, western Canadian Arctic. Geology 46(3), 211–214;[link]
- Furze, M.F.A., Pieńkowski, A.J., McNeely, M.A., Bennett, R., Cage. A.G. 2018. Deglaciation and ice shelf development at the northeast margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Boreas 47, 271-296;[link]
2017
- Roberts, K.E., Lamoureux, S.F., Kyser, T.K., Muir, D.G.C., Lafreniere, M.J., Iqaluk, D., Pieńkowski, A.J., Normandeau, A. 2017. Climate and permafrost effects on the chemistry and ecosystems of High Arctic Lakes. Scientific Reports 7, 13292;[link]
- Mertens, K.N., Takano, Y., Gu, H., Bagherid, S., Pospelova, V., Pieńkowski, A.J., Leroy, S., Matsuoka, K. 2017. Cyst-theca relationship and phylogenetic position of Impagidinium caspienense incubated from Caspian Sea surface sediments: evidence for heterospory within Gonyaulacoid dinoflagellates. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64, 829-842;[link]
- MacLean, B., Blasco, S., Bennett, R., Lakeman, T., Pieńkowski, A.J., Furze, M.F.A., Hughes Clarke, J., Patton, E. 2017. Seafloor features delineate Late Wisconsinan ice stream configurations in eastern Parry Channel, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Quaternary Science Reviews 160, 67-84;[link]
- Pieńkowski, A.J., Gill, N., Furze, M.F.A., Mugo, S., Marret, F., Perreaux, A. 2017. Arctic sea-ice proxies: a comparison between biogeochemical and micropalaeontological approaches from Arctic Canada. The Holocene 27, 665-682;[link]
2014
- Pieńkowski, A.J., England, J.H., Furze, M.F.A., MacLean, B., Vilks, G., Blasco, S. 2014. The late Quaternary environmental evolution of marine Arctic Canada: Barrow Strait to Lancaster Sound. Quaternary Science Reviews 91, 184-203;[link]
- Furze, M.F.A., Pieńkowski, A.J., Coulthard, R.D. 2014. New cetacean ΔR values for Arctic North America and their implications for marine-mammal-based palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews 91, 218-241;[link]
- Furze, M.F.A., Scourse, J.D., Pieńkowski, A.J., Marret, F., Hobbs, W.O., Carter, R.A., Long, B. 2014. Deglacial to postglacial palaeoenvironments of the Celtic Sea: lacustrine conditions versus a continuous marine sequence. Boreas 43, 149–174;[link]
2013
- Pieńkowski, A.J., England, J.H., Furze, M.F.A., Blasco, S., Mudie, P.J., MacLean, B., 2013. 11,000 years of environmental change in the Northwest Passage: a multiproxy record from central Parry Channel. Marine Geology 341, 68–85;[link]
- Pieńkowski, A.J., Marret, F., Scourse, J.D., Thomas, D.N. 2013. Organic-walled microfossils from the NW Weddell Sea, Antarctica: records from surface sediments after the collapse of the Larsen-A and Prince Gustav Channel ice-shelves. Antarctic Science 25, 565–574;[link]
- Mertens, K.N., Yamaguchi, A., Takano, Y., Pospelova, V., Head, M.J., Radi, T., Pieńkowski, A.J., de Vernal, A., Kawami, H., Matsuoka, K. 2013. A new heterotrophic dinoflagellate from the Northeastern Pacific, Protoperidinium fukuyoi: cyst-theca relationship, phylogeny, distribution and ecology. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 60, 545-563;[link]
2012
- Pieńkowski, A.J., England, J.H., Furze, M.F.A., Marret, F., Eynaud, F., Vilks, G., MacLean, B., Blasco, S., Scourse, J.D. 2012. The deglacial to postglacial environments of SE Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Boreas 41, 141-179;[link]
2011
- Pieńkowski, A.J., Mudie, P.J., England, J.H., Smith, J.N., Furze, M.F.A. 2011. Late Holocene conditions in Coronation Gulf, Canadian Arctic Archipelago: evidence from dinoflagellate cysts, other non-pollen palynomorphs, and pollen. Journal of Quaternary Science 26, 839-853;[link]
2010
- Haapaniemi, A.I., Scourse, J.D., Peck, V.L., Kennedy, H., Kennedy, P., Hemming, S.R., Furze, M.F.A., Pieńkowski, A.J., Austin, W.E.N., Walden, Wadsworth, J.E., Hall, I.R., 2010. Source, timing, frequency and flux of ice-rafted detritus to the Northeast Atlantic margin, 30-12 ka: testing the Heinrich precursor hypothesis. Boreas 39, 576-591;[link]
- Coulthard, R.D, Furze, M.F.A., Pieńkowski, A.J., Nixon, C.F., England, J.H. 2010. New marine ∆R values for Arctic Canada. Quaternary Geochronology 5, 419-434;[link]
- Furze, M.F.A., Pieńkowski, A.J., England, J.H. 2010. Comment: Holocene palaeoceanographic changes in Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic: foraminiferal evidence by Gregory et al. 2010. Journal of Quaternary Science 25, 1189-1192;[link]
2009
- Pieńkowski, A.J., Marret, F., Thomas, D.N., Scourse, J.D., Dieckmann, G.S. 2009. Dinoflagellates from a fast-ice covered inlet in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica). Polar Biology 32, 1331–1343;[link]