Curriculum Vitae- Jeffrey P. Donnelly
Curriculum Vitae- Jeffrey P. Donnelly
Geology and Geophysics Department, MS#22 Tel: (508) 289-2994
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Fax: (508) 457-2187
Woods Hole, MA02543
Professional Preparation
Undergraduate InstitutionMajorDegree & Year
University of Massachusetts Earth ScienceB.S. 1993
Graduate InstitutionsMajorDegree & Year
YaleUniversity Environ. Science – Coastal and Watershed SystemsM.E.S. 1995
Advisors: Gabe Benoit and Aimlee Laderman
BrownUniversity Coastal Geology, Paleoecology, and PaleoclimatologyPh.D. 2000
Advisors:Warren Prell, Mark Bertness, Thompson Webb III
Postdoctoral Institution Area
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.Coastal and Marine Geology2000-2002
Sponsors: Neal Driscoll and Rocky Geyer
Appointments
Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, MA2006-present
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, MA 2002-2006
Adjunct Professor, BrownUniversity, Providence, RI2001-present
Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, MA 2000 - 2002
Visiting Scholar, BrownUniversity, Providence, RI2000 - 2001
Research and Teaching Assistant, BrownUniversity, Providence, RI 1995 - 2000
Research Assistant, YaleUniversity, New Haven, CT 1993 - 1995
Laboratory Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 1991 - 1993
Awards and Fellowships
Fellow of the Ocean and Climate Change and Coastal Ocean Institutes at WHOI2004-2006
WHOI/USGS Postdoctoral Scholar2000-2002
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Hill, J.C., N.W. Driscoll, J. Brigham-Grette, J.P. Donnelly, P.T. Gayes, and R.L. Phillips, 2006, New evidence of very high discharge to the Chukchi shelf since the Last Glacial Maximum: Geology (submitted).
Giosan, L., J.P. Donnelly, E.Vespremeanu, S. Constantinescu, F. Filip, I. Ovejanu, A. Vespremeanu-Stroe,
G.A.T. Duller, 2006, A Revised Chronology for Danube delta: Coastal evolution and implications for the late Holocene Black Sea level: Geology (submitted).
Carman, M.R., S.G. Bullard, and J.P. Donnelly, 2006, Water quality, nitrogen pollution, and ascidian diversity in northwestern Atlantic coastal waters of Massachusetts, USA: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (in press).
Thieler, E.R., B. Butman, W.C. Schwab, M.A. Allison, N.W. Driscoll, J.P. Donnelly, and E. Uchupi, 2006, A catastrophic meltwater flood event and the formation of the HudsonShelfValley: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology and Palaeoecology (in press).
Donnelly, J.P., 2006, A Revised Late Holocene Sea-Level Record for Northern Massachusetts, USA: Journal of Coastal Research (in press).
Shuman, B., and J.P. Donnelly, 2006, The Influence of Seasonal Precipitation and Temperature Regimes on LakeLevels in the Northeastern United States during the Holocene: Quaternary Research, v. 65, p. 44-56.
Donnelly, J.P., 2005, Evidence of Past Intense Tropical Cyclones from Backbarrier Salt Pond Sediments: A Case Study from Isla de Culebrita, Puerto Rico, USA: Journal of Coastal Research, SI42, p. 201-210.
Giosan, L., E. Vespremeanu, J.P. Donnelly, J. Bhattacharya, and F. Buonaiuto, 2005, Morphodynamics and evolution of Danube delta: Journal of Sedimentary Research, SP 83, p. 391-410.
Shuman, B., P. Newby, J.P. Donnelly, A. Tarbox, and T. Webb III, 2005, A Record of Late-Quaternary Moisture-Balance Change and Vegetation Response from the White Mountains, New Hampshire: Annals of American Association of Geographers, v. 95, p. 237-248.
Donnelly, J.P., Driscoll, N., Uchupi, E., Keigwin, L., Schwab, W., Thieler, E.R.,Swift, S., 2005, Catastrophic Meltwater Discharge down the Hudson RiverValley: A Potential Trigger for the Intra-AllerØd Cold Period: Geology v. 33, p. 89-92.
Donnelly, J.P., and Webb III, T., 2004, Backbarrier sedimentary records of intense hurricane landfalls in the northeastern United States. In: Murnane, R. and Liu, K. (eds.), Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past Present and Potential, New York: Columbia Press, pp. 58-96.
Donnelly, J.P., J. Butler, S. Roll, Micah Wengren, and T. Webb III, 2004, A backbarrier overwash record of intense storms from Brigantine, New Jersey: Marine Geology,v. 210, p. 107-121.
Donnelly, J.P., Cleary, P., Newby, P., and Ettinger, R., 2004, Coupling Instrumental and Geological Records of Sea-Level Change: Evidence from southern New England of an increase in the rate of sea-level rise in the late 19th century: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31 L05203 doi:10.1029/2003GL018933.
Donnelly, J.P., and M.D. Bertness, 2001, Rapid shoreward encroachment of salt marsh cordgrass in response to accelerated sea-level rise: Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., v. 98, p. 14218-14223.
Donnelly, J.P., S. Roll, M. Wengren, J. Butler, R. Lederer, and T. Webb III, 2001, Sedimentary evidence of
intense hurricane strikes from New Jersey: Geology, v. 29, p. 615-618.
Donnelly, J.P., S. S. Bryant, J. Butler, J. Dowling, L. Fan, N. Hausmann, P. Newby, B. Shuman, J. Stern, K.
Westover, and T. Webb III, 2001, A 700-Year sedimentary record of intense hurricane landfalls in southern
New England: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 113, p. 714-727.
Donnelly, J.P., T. Webb III, and W.L. Prell, 1999, The influence of accelerated sea-level rise, human modification
and storms on a New England salt marsh: Current Topics in Wetland Biogeochemistry v. 3, p.152-160.
Donnelly, J.P., 1998, Evidence of late Holocene post-glacial isostatic adjustment in coastal wetland deposits of
eastern North America: Georesearch Forum, v. 3-4, p. 393-400.
OtherPublications
Donnelly, J.P., 2005, Paleotempestology: Exploring the Sedimentary Record of Intense Hurricanes: In Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments, Ed. V. Gornitz, Kluwer Academic Press (in press).
Buynevich, I, and J.P. Donnelly, 2004, Geological Signatures of Barrier Breaching and Overwash, Southern Massachusetts, usa: Journal of Coastal Research, SI39, 5 p.
Murnane, R. J., C. Barton, E. Collins, J.P. Donnelly, J. Elsner, K. Emanuel, I. Ginis, S. Howard, C. Landsea, K.
Liu, D. Malmquist, M. McKay, A. Michaels, N. Nelson, J. O’Brien, D. Scott, and T. Webb III, 2000, Model
Estimates Hurricane Wind Speed Probabilities: EOS, v. 81(38) p. 433, 438.
Bravo, J., J.P.Donnelly, J. Dowling, and T. Webb III, 1997, Lithologic and biostratigraphic evidence of the 1938 Hurricane event in New England:Journal American Meteorological Society, 22nd Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Supp.,p. 395-396.
Selected Abstracts Presented:
Donnelly, J.P., Driscoll, N., Uchupi, E., Keigwin, L., Schwab, W., Thieler, E.R.,Swift, S., 2005, Catastrophic Drainage of Glacial LakeIroquois Down the Hudson RiverValley: A Potential Trigger for the Intra-Allerod Cold Period: Proceedings and Abstracts of the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Woodruff, J., J.P. Donnelly, and E. Scileppi, 2004, Sedimentary archives of extreme flooding events in the northeastern Caribbean: Proceedings and Abstracts of the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Scileppi, E., J.P Donnelly, and M. Mahoney, 2004, The role of intense storms on backbarrier morphodynamics: examples from the New York/New Jersey Bight: Proceedings and Abstracts of the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Donnelly, J.P., and P. Cleary, 2002, Extending the Instrumental Record of Sea-Level Change: A 1300-Year Sea-Level Record from Eastern Connecticut. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.
Donnelly J.P., and E. Scileppi, 2002, A sedimentary record of hurricane strikes from western Long Island, New York.Assoc. of Amer. Geographers, 98th Meeting Program and Abstracts. (INVITED)
Donnelly, J.P., R. Ettinger, P. Cleary, 2001, Sedimentary Evidence of Prehistoric Hurricane Strikes inSouthern New England.Assoc. of Amer. Geographers, 97th Meeting Program and Abstracts. (INVITED)
Donnelly, J.P., R. Ettinger, P. Cleary, 2000, Sedimentary Evidence of Prehistoric Hurricane Strikesin Southern New England. Geological Society of America. (INVITED)
Donnelly, J.P., 1999, Geographic variability in late Holocene eastern North American sea level trends. Eos Trans.
AGU, 80(17), Spring Meet. Suppl., S85. (INVITED)
Donnelly, J.P., and T. Webb III, 1998, Sedimentary evidence of prehistoric hurricane strikes in the northeastern
United States. Eos Trans. AGU,79(45), Fall Meet. Suppl., F489. (INVITED)
Donnelly, J.P., and T. Webb III, 1998, A stratigraphic record of hurricane disturbance in a New England salt
marsh. Assoc. of Amer. Geographers, 94th Meeting Program and Abstracts. (INVITED)
Donnelly, J.P., and T. Webb III, 1997, Determination of late Holocene paleo-hurricane frequency in southern New
England utilizing coastal wetland deposits. Assoc. of Amer. Geographers, 93rd Meeting Program and Abstracts.
(INVITED)
Donnelly, J.P., 1996, Spatial and temporal trends in late Holocene sea level in the northeastern United States. Eos
Trans. AGU, 77(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., F140. (INVITED)
Invited Talks
Wesleyan, MIT, Princeton, U. New Hampshire, BostonUniversity, Brown University, North Carolina State, LDEO (Columbia), University of North Carolina, University of Virginia, Risk Management Solutions, Applied Insurance Risk (AIR)
Professional Memberships:
Geological Society of AmericaAmerican Quaternary Association
American Geophysical UnionNew England Estuarine Research Society
Estuarine Research FederationCoastal Education and Research Foundation
Association of American GeographersSigma Xi
Teaching and Mentoring Experience:
Thesis Advisor:
I have advised twenty fiveundergraduate student theses over the last nineyears. Thirteen have been from groups underrepresented in the geosciences, nine are currently in graduate school in the geological or biological sciences, and several others are involved inscience education or are practicing geologists.
Current Graduate Students: Jon Woodruff (WHOI/MIT),Phil Lane (WHOI/MIT)
Elyse Scileppi (Brown),Paige Newby (Brown)
Courses Taught: Late Quaternary Environmental Change, BrownUniversity, Spring 2004
Coastal Geology, BrownUniversity, Spring 2005
Teaching Assistant (BrownU.): Introduction to Oceanography, Estuarine Oceanography,
Quaternary Climatology Seminar, Physical Processes and Environmental Consequences
Field Trip Leader (BrownU.): East Coast Geology: North Carolina to the Florida Keys,
Quaternary History of Cape Cod (I and II), Fossil Record, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Lecturer (BrownU.): Hydrology, Coastal Hazards and Coastal Wetland Dynamics
Professional and Community Service:
Referee for Quaternary Research, Marine Geology, Current Topics in Wetland Biogeochemistry, Estuaries, Ecology, Wetlands, Geology, Journal of Paleolimnology, Estuaries, and the Journal of Environmental Quality
Proposal Reviewerfor NSF (EAR, ESH, MG&G; Geography), Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS), Long Island Sound Study (LISS) – EPA, Connecticut Sea Grant - NOAA, and the Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) – Bermuda Bio. Station for Research
Session Chair for 1999 ERF session on sea-level rise and climate change
Session Chair for 1999 Spring AGU session on East Coast Dynamics
Session Chair for 1999 NE GSA theme session on late Holocene salt marsh dynamics
Session Chair for 1998 International Coastal Symposium session on coastal processes
Guest Lecturer and Educator for community education and natural history organizations
New England Aquarium Rhode Island Natural History Survey
Cape CodMuseum of Natural History WheelerSchool, Providence, RI
VartanGregorianElementary School, Providence, RI
Expert Consultant(pro bono) for The Nature Conservancy, Ecological Integrity Assessment (EIA) of salt marsh communities, Long Island, NY
Expert Consultant(pro bono) for Matthew F. Pawa, P.C., for State of Connecticut, State of New York, People of the State of California, State of Iowa, State of New Jersey, State of Rhode Island, State of Vermont, State of Wisconsin, City of New York v. American Electric Power Company, Inc., American Electric Power Service Corporation, The Southern Company, Tennessee Valley Authority, Xcel Energy Inc., Cinergy Corporation (United States District Court for the southern District of New York) – Law suit against energy companies to recover damages and losses to coastal ecosystems associated with CO2 induced global warming and sea-level rise.
Expert Consultant(pro bono) for Rhode Island Attorney General on Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, 533 U.S. 606 (US Supreme Court remanded to Rhode Island Supreme Court) – Challenge to the right of RI to restrict property owners from filling coastal wetlands.
Expert Consultant(pro bono) Archaeological Resources and Coastal Environments - Naushon Reservation
Contributor - Union of Concerned Scientists Northeastern U.S. climate change impacts assessment
Public Education: My work has been featured by numerous media outlets including: Providence Journal, New York Times, International Tribune, Cape Cod Times, Christian Science Monitor, CBS Evening News, WBZ News-Boston, WLNE-Providence, ScienCentral News,Cape and Islands National Public Radio (NPR), Puerto Rico Herald,
Earth and Sky (NPR), WHOI Currents, Oceanus
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