James M. Russell

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James M. Russell
Alma mater Wesleyan University (BA)
University of Minnesota (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsPaleoclimatology, climatology
Institutions University of Minnesota Duluth
Brown University
Thesis The Holocene Paleolimnology and Paleoclimatology of Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo  (2004)
Doctoral advisor Thomas C. Johnson  [ Wikidata ]

James Michael Russell is an American paleoclimatologist and climatologist. He is a professor of Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences and is currently the senior associate dean of dean of faculty at Brown University. [1] Russell researches the climate, paleoclimate, and limnology.

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Education

Russell received a B.A. in Earth and Environmental Science from Wesleyan University in 1998. [2] Russell then worked as a Junior Scientist at the Limnological Research Center at the University of Minnesota for one year before beginning his Ph.D. in ecology at the University of Minnesota. [3] Russell's doctoral advisor was Thomas C. Johnson  [ Wikidata ]. [3] Russell's dissertation in 2004 was titled The Holocene Paleolimnology and Paleoclimatology of Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo. [4]

Career and research

Russell is a paleoclimatologist and climatologist. [5] [6] After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Russell joined the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota Duluth. [2] In 2006, Russell joined the faculty of Brown University, where he was awarded tenure and the Royce Family Professorship of Teaching Excellence, in recognition of his teaching ability in 2018. He was awarded the AGU Willi Dansgaard Award in 2020. [7]

Russell's primary fields are paleoclimatology, paleolimnology, and paleoecology. He is particularly well known for his work reconstructing climates from Tropical lake sediments. [8]

According to Scopus, he has published 113 research articles so far with 37366 citations and has an H-index of 32. [9]

Editorial activities

Academic honors

Notable Student and Postdoctoral Advisees

Source: [2]

Postdocs

Students

Selected works

Books

Journal articles

References

  1. ↑ "Russell, James". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "James M. Russell CV" (PDF). Researchers at Brown. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Thomas C. Johnson CV" (PDF). University of Minnesota Duluth. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Graduate student alumni directory". University of Minnesota,College of Biological Sciences. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ "James M. Russell". Researchers at Brown. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ "James Russell". Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ "AGU – American Geophysical Union". www.agu.org. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Project seeks climate clues deep in Indonesian lakebed". News from Brown. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Scopus preview – Scopus – Author details (Russell, James M.)". www.scopus.com. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "James Russell" (PDF). July 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Kröpelin, S. Verschuren, D. Lézine, A.-M. Eggermont, H. Cocquyt, C. Francus, P. Cazet, J.-P. Fagot, M. Russell, J.M. Darius, F. Conley, D.J. Schuster, M. Suchodoletz, H. Von Engstrom, D.R. Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara : the past 6000 years. OCLC   695108421.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ Brovkin, V.; Claussen, M. (November 28, 2008). "Comment on "Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years"". Science. 322 (5906): 1326b. Bibcode:2008Sci...322.1326B. doi: 10.1126/science.1163381 . ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   19039121.
  13. ↑ Tierney, J. E.; Russell, J. M.; Huang, Y.; Damste, J. S. S.; Hopmans, E. C.; Cohen, A. S. (October 10, 2008). "Northern Hemisphere Controls on Tropical Southeast African Climate During the Past 60,000 Years". Science. 322 (5899): 252–255. Bibcode:2008Sci...322..252T. doi:10.1126/science.1160485. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   18787132. S2CID   7364713.
  14. ↑ Friedman, Gerald M. (1978). "Classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks". Sedimentology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. pp. 202–216. doi:10.1007/3-540-31079-7_44. ISBN   978-0-87933-152-8.
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