Imperiled Ecosystems in a Shifting Climate
2016 Atlantic White Cedar Symposium
May 24-26, 2016

Hotel 1620, 180 Water St., Plymouth, MA

Keynote Speaker: Jeff Donnelly

Dr. Donnelly is a tenured Associate Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the Geology and Geophysics Department and an Adjunct Professor of Geological Sciences at Brown University. The overarching goal of his research program is to understand how climate variability changes tropical cyclone activity, alters sea levels, and affects water availability. In addition, he seeks to understand the impact of changing climate on terrestrial and coastal landforms and ecosystems. Storms, sea-level fluctuations, and changing freshwater inputs play key roles in driving changes in many coastal systems, yet very little is known about how these environments respond to the complex interactions of these forcing mechanisms. Dr. Donnelly’s work is providing a process-based understanding of how and why past environmental changes have occurred provides a framework for projecting future changes.

Dr. Donnelly has an undergraduate degree in Earth Science from the University of Massachusetts, a master’s degree focused on coastal and watershed systems from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Brown University.