CURRICULUM VITAE
Jason Ortegren, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Tree Ring Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory (TRAIL)
February 11, 2015
ADDRESS:
Office:
Department of Environmental Studies
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: (850) 474-2491
e-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 2008, Geography, University of North Carolin at Greensboro. Dissertation: Tree-ring based reconstruction of summer drought in Piedmont and Coastal Plain climate divisions of the southeastern U.S., 1690-2006. Advisor: Dr. Paul Knapp
M.A. 2004, Geography, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Thesis: Analysis of long-term temperature trends in urbanized and urbanizing areas of North Carolina. Advisor: Dr. Zhi-Jun Liu
B.S. 2001, Geography, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Undergraduate Thesis: Identification of an urban heat core in an alpine environment, Silverton, Colorado. Advisor: Dr. Mark Hildebrandt
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Climatology / Meteorology
Paleoclimatology and Dendrochronology
Drought and Freshwater Resources
Natural Resources Geography
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2009 – Present Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of West Florida
2008 – 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Western Michigan University
2006 – 2008 Teaching Assistant / Research Assistant, Carolina Tree-Ring Science Laboratory, UNC-Greensbor
2003 – 2005 Teaching Assistant / Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Geography.
2001 – 2003 Graduate Assistant / Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Geography
2000 – 2001 Park Ranger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Great Rivers Museum & Melvin Price Locks & Dam, Alton, IL
TEACHING
COURSES TAUGHT
University of West Florida (2009 – present)
GEO 1200 Physical Geography with Lab
GEO 3250 Weather & Climate with Lab
GEO 3372 Conservation of Natural Resources
GEO 3421 Cultural Geography
GEO 4251 Advanced Climatology and Climate Change
GEO 4333 Seminar in Environmental Issues: Hydroclimatology and Water Resources
EVR 4870 Land Use Management
GEO 5165 Geostatistics
GEO 5256 Advanced Climatology and Climate Change
GEO 5930 Seminar in Environmental Issues: Hydroclimatology and Water Resources
EVR 5990 Urban Planning
EVR 6390 Special Topics in Dendrochronology
EVR 6390 Special Topics in Land Use Management
EVS 6196 Environmental Sampling and Analysis--Dendrochronology
Western Michigan University (2008 – 2009)
GEOG 1000 Issues in World Ecology
GEOG 1050 Physical Geography
GEOG 2250 Weather & Climate
GEOG 3500 Resource Conservation & Environmental Management
GEOG 5550 Contemporary Issues in Resources Management
TEACHING HONORS AND AWARDS
-Nominated for 2011-2012 Outstanding Teaching Award sponsored by the UWF Student Government Association.
-Earned “Distinguished” (5 on a 5-point scale) rating for teaching contributions during academic years 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 as evaluated by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of West Florida
-Nominated by Department Chairperson for -2013 Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Advising Award sponsored by the UWF Division of Academic Affairs.
RESEARCH
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES (ACCEPTED AND SUBMITTED)
2016 Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., Ortegren, J.T., and Soulé, P.T. Spatio-temporal Changes in Comfortable Weather Duration in the Continental U.S. and Implications for Human Wellness. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 106(1): 1-18.
2014 Ortegren, J.T., and Maxwell, J.T. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Drought / Tropical Cyclone Co-occurrence in the Southeastern U.S.A.: Linkages to North Atlantic Climate Variability. Geography Compass 8(8): 540–559.
2014 Ortegren, J. T., Weatherall, A., and Maxwell, J.T. Subregionalization of Low-Frequency Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern United States. The Professional Geographer 66(2): 323–332.
2013 Maxwell, J.T., Ortegren, J.T., Knapp, P.A., and Soulé, P.T. Tropical cyclones and drought amelioration in the Gulf and Southeastern Coastal United States. Journal of Climate 26(21): 8440–8452.
2013 Maxwell, J.T., Knapp, P.A., and Ortegren, J.T. Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Tupelo Honey Production from AD 1800-2010. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 174: 129–134.
2012 Maxwell, J.T., Soulé, P.T., Ortegren, J.T., and Knapp, P.A. Drought-Busting Tropical Cyclones in the Southeastern Atlantic United States: 1950-2008. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 102(2): 259–275.
2011 Ortegren, J.T., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., Tyminski, W.P., and Soulé, P.T. Ocean-Atmosphere Influences on Low- Frequency Warm-Season Drought Variability in the Gulf Coast and Southeastern U.S.A. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 50(6): 1177–1186.
2005 Ortegren, J., Liu, ZJ, and Lennartson, G.J. Spatial variability of temperature trends in urbanized and urbanizing areas of North Carolina. The North Carolina Geographer 13:31–45.
Research Presentations at Professional Meetings (* indicates student co-author):
2014 Mason, H.M.* and Ortegren J.T. “Dendrochronological Analysis and Growth-Climate Response of Chamaecyparis Thyoides and Chamaecyparis Thyoides var. Henryae in Northwest Florida.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Tampa, FL, April 7–12, 2014 (paper).
2014 Mullins, J.* and Ortegren, J.T. “Associations Between Oceanic-Atmospheric Climate Indices and the Frequency of Category 5 Hurricane Development in the North Atlantic Basin: A Literature Review and Synthesis.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Tampa, FL, April 7–12, 2014 (poster).
2013 Maxwell, J.T., Knapp, P.A., Ortegren, J.T. “Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Tupelo Honey Production from AD 1800–2010.” AmeriDendro 2013, Second American Dendrochronology Conference, Tucson, AZ, May 14, 2013 (paper).
2013 Maxwell, J.T., Ortegren, J.T., Knapp, P.A., and Soulé, P.T. “Tropical cyclones and drought amelioration in the Gulf and Southeastern Coastal United States, 1895-2011.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Los Angeles, CA, April 11 (paper).
2012 Ortegren, J.T., Weatherall, A.*, and Maxwell, J.T. “Subregionalization of Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A.” Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG), Asheville, NC, November 18 (poster).
2012 Ortegren, J.T. and Weatherall, A.* “Subregional warm-season drought variability in the southeastern U.S.A., 1900-2008: Implications for seasonal forecasting and water resources management.” Annual meeting of the AAG, New York, NY, February 25 (paper).
2012 Gallagher, T.*, and Ortegren, J.T. “Significant Temperature Trends in Metropolitan Areas of the Southeastern U.S.A., 1960- 2010.” Annual meeting of the AAG, New York, NY, February 27 (paper).
2011 Gallagher, T.*, and Ortegren, J.T. “Spatial Variability in Long-Term Temperature Trends in Urbanized and Urbanizing Areas of the Southeastern U.S.A. SEDAAG, Savanna, GA, November 20 (poster).
2011 Weatherall, A.*, and Ortegren, J. T. “Multidecadal Warm-Season Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A.: Regionalization and Ocean-Atmosphere Influences.” SEDAAG, Savanna, GA, November 20 (poster).
2011 Ortegren, J.T., and Tyminski, W.P. “Potential CO2 Fertilization in Open-Grown Longleaf Pine in Central North Carolina.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Seattle, WA, April 13 (poster).
2010 Tyminski, W.P., and Ortegren, J.T. “Maple Sugaring in the Piedmont of North Carolina.” SEDAAG, Birmingham, AL, November 19 (poster).
2010 Ortegren, J., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., and Soulé, P.T. “Synoptic Causes of Low-Frequency Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Washington, D.C., April 15 (paper).
2009 Ortegren, J., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., and Soulé, P.T. “Homogeneous Summer Drought Regions in the Contiguous U.S.A., and Their Relative Susceptibility to Multi-Year Sustained Drought Events.” SEDAAG, Knoxville, TN, November 22 (paper).
2008 Ortegren, J. “Potential drought core zones in the Piedmont region of the southeastern U.S. identified from tree-ring records.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Boston, MA, April 19 (paper).
2008 Ortegren, J. “Long-term changes in the frequency of prolonged summer droughts in heavily populated Piedmont and Coastal Plain climate divisions of the southeastern U.S., 1690-2006.” Annual Meeting, East Lakes Division of the AAG, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, October 18 (paper).
GRANT PROPOSALS
Internal
February 15, 2012 Ortegren, J.T. (Project Director/Principal Investigator) Climate-growth relationship of a species variant of Atlantic White Cedar (Chaemycyparis Thyoides var. Henryae) in the Florida panhandle. Research proposal submitted to the UWF Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee. State funds requested: $1,986; (fully funded).
External
September 10, 2013 Maxwell, J.T., Harley, G.L., and Ortegren, J.T. “Examining the ability of tropical cyclones to terminate drought conditions in the eastern United States.” Letter of Intent submitted to NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System RFP, Climate Observations and Monitoring – Data Sets and Indicators, Data Sets for Weather/Climate Extremes Competition. Federal funds requested: $71,000; (not funded).
September 5, 2013 Maxwell, J.T., Ortegren, J.T., and Kirkpatrick, C. (Co-Principal Investigators). “Spatiotemporal Variability of Interactions Between Landfalling Tropical Cyclones and Midlatitude Wave Cyclones: Implications for Hazards Management in a Changing Climate.” Full proposal submitted to NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences Program. Federal funds requested: $65, 000; (not funded).
August 25, 2010 Ortegren, J.T., Waldron, J (Co-Principal Investigators). “Forest Age Structure and Succession in the Edward Ball Nature Preserve University of West Florida.” Research topic proposal submitted to Dr. Pamela Vaughan (UWF Dept. of Chemistry) as part of an Environmental Chemistry/Science proposal to the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. (Topic not funded.)
July 10, 2010 Ortegren, J.T. (Project Director/Principal Investigator). “Forest Response to Atmospheric CO2 Increases in the U.S. Southeast.” Full research proposal submitted to the NASA ROSES 2010 program. RFP: Climate and Biological Response. Federal funds requested: $417,662; (not funded).
STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION
Completion Date
December 14, 2014 Catharine Gross, Coastal Dune Lakes of Northwest Florida: Are They Lakes, Estuaries, or Unique Aquatic Systems? M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Committee member).
September 29, 2014 Brooke Saari, Post-Hurricane Interactions Between Vegetation Dynamics, Dune Recovery, and Physical Gradients on Barrier Islands. M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Committee member).
August 6, 2013 Heather Mason, Climate-growth relationship of a species variant of Atlantic White Cedar (Chaemycyparis Thyoides var. Henryae) in the Florida panhandle. M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Advisor / Committee Chair).
December 18, 2012 Taylor Seamon, “Seasonal variability in the outcomes of prescribed fires in fire-suppressed forests of northwest Florida: A modeling approach.” Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies (Thesis Advisor).
August 1, 2012 Nicole Caldwell, Beachgoers’ perception of the threat of rip currents at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola FL. M.S. in Environmental Science, August 15, 2012 (Thesis Committee member).
June 1, 2012 Courtney Richards, Dendrochronological analysis of Escambia County’s urban forest: influences on growth and the benefits of the urban canopy. (Research Advisor; Collaborative funded research with the Department of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida).
August 15, 2012 Tanya Gallagher. Long-term temperature trends in urbanized and urbanizing areas of the Southeastern U.S. M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Advisor / Committee Chair).
December 13, 2011 Rosemary Collins, Analysis of tree growth rates and comparison with age estimates in the urban forest of Pensacola, FL. (Research Advisor; Project funded by the UWF Office of Undergraduate Research).
December 13, 2011 Michael Koban, Measuring [N] and [P] in Groundwater and their Potential to Sustain Blooms of Karenia Brevis. M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Committee member).
April 29, 2011 Ashley Weatherall, Low-Frequency Ocean-Atmosphere Influences on Warm-Season Drought Variability in Distinct Subregions of the Southeastern U.S.A. B.S. in Environmental Studies, (Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor).
April 29, 2011 David Lee, Effectiveness of Prescribed Burns After Decades of Fire Suppression at the Urban/Wildland Interface in Northwest Florida: Too Little, Too Late? (Research Advisor; Project funded by UWF Office of Undergraduate Research).
May 1, 2010 Tanya Gallagher, Comprehensive Land Use Planning in the City of Pensacola: A glimpse into the future of Pensacola. B.S. in Environmental Studies, (Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor).
SERVICE
Service to Discipline
2013-Present Program Committee Member, SEDAAG
2011-Present Faculty Director, Florida Panhandle Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
2011-2013 Young Scholars Director, AAG Climate Specialty Group
2010-2012 Coordinator of Florida team representing the state in the World Geography Bowl at the SEDAAG Annual Meeting
2012 Research article reviewer, Journal of Climate, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
2011-2012 Honors Committee Member, SEDAAG
2011 Coordinator of SEDAAG regional team representing the Southeast in the World Geography Bowl at the Annual Meeting of the AAG, Seattle, WA, April 13.
Service to UWF / Community
2011-Present Natural Sciences representative, College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council
2012-Present College of Arts and Sciences faculty representative, UWF Academic Misconduct Committee
2010-2013 Judge, UWF Student Research Symposium
2010-2012 Voting member, UWF Environmental Conservation and Beautification Committee
2011 UWF School of Science and Engineering “Science Showcase presentation, Pryor Middle School, Fort Walton Beach, FL
2011 Weather and Climate Presentation, UWF Society of Women Engineers symposium
2011 Tree ring science presentation, Ferry Pass Elementary School 2nd Grade, Pensacola, FL,
2009-2011 Departmental Liaison, UWF task force on the Office of Research Integrity’s Responsible Conduct of Research initiative
2009-2010 Scholars of Engineering, Applied Sciences & Technology Annual Research Symposium (SEASTARS) committee member
Invited Guest Lectures
2015 "Historic Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.: Ocean-Atmosphere Influences and Subregional Patterns." NOAA
Climate Change Adaptation/Mitigation Training, UWF, Pensacola, FL, March 3.
2012 “Decline of the longleaf pine ecosystem in Florida.” UWF Earth Day Information Session presentation, UWF, Pensacola, FL, April 17.
2012 “Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A., 1690-2006: Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Water Resource Implications.” Science Fridays seminar presentation, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL, January 20.
2011 “A statistical model for predicting warm-season drought in the southeastern U.S.A.” Gulf Coast Science Café presentation, Pensacola, FL, October 17.
2010 “Perspectives on Drought in the Southeast: Past, Present…and Future?” Plenary Presentation, Annual meeting, Southeast Division of the North American Lakes Management Society, Winston-Salem, NC, May 6, 2010.
2007 “Historic Foundations of Water Rights Policy in the Arid and Semi-arid Western U.S: Geography, Climate, and Law.” University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Political Science, September 28.
Jason Ortegren, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Tree Ring Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory (TRAIL)
February 11, 2015
ADDRESS:
Office:
Department of Environmental Studies
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: (850) 474-2491
e-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 2008, Geography, University of North Carolin at Greensboro. Dissertation: Tree-ring based reconstruction of summer drought in Piedmont and Coastal Plain climate divisions of the southeastern U.S., 1690-2006. Advisor: Dr. Paul Knapp
M.A. 2004, Geography, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Thesis: Analysis of long-term temperature trends in urbanized and urbanizing areas of North Carolina. Advisor: Dr. Zhi-Jun Liu
B.S. 2001, Geography, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Undergraduate Thesis: Identification of an urban heat core in an alpine environment, Silverton, Colorado. Advisor: Dr. Mark Hildebrandt
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Climatology / Meteorology
Paleoclimatology and Dendrochronology
Drought and Freshwater Resources
Natural Resources Geography
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2009 – Present Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of West Florida
2008 – 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Western Michigan University
2006 – 2008 Teaching Assistant / Research Assistant, Carolina Tree-Ring Science Laboratory, UNC-Greensbor
2003 – 2005 Teaching Assistant / Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Geography.
2001 – 2003 Graduate Assistant / Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Geography
2000 – 2001 Park Ranger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Great Rivers Museum & Melvin Price Locks & Dam, Alton, IL
TEACHING
COURSES TAUGHT
University of West Florida (2009 – present)
GEO 1200 Physical Geography with Lab
GEO 3250 Weather & Climate with Lab
GEO 3372 Conservation of Natural Resources
GEO 3421 Cultural Geography
GEO 4251 Advanced Climatology and Climate Change
GEO 4333 Seminar in Environmental Issues: Hydroclimatology and Water Resources
EVR 4870 Land Use Management
GEO 5165 Geostatistics
GEO 5256 Advanced Climatology and Climate Change
GEO 5930 Seminar in Environmental Issues: Hydroclimatology and Water Resources
EVR 5990 Urban Planning
EVR 6390 Special Topics in Dendrochronology
EVR 6390 Special Topics in Land Use Management
EVS 6196 Environmental Sampling and Analysis--Dendrochronology
Western Michigan University (2008 – 2009)
GEOG 1000 Issues in World Ecology
GEOG 1050 Physical Geography
GEOG 2250 Weather & Climate
GEOG 3500 Resource Conservation & Environmental Management
GEOG 5550 Contemporary Issues in Resources Management
TEACHING HONORS AND AWARDS
-Nominated for 2011-2012 Outstanding Teaching Award sponsored by the UWF Student Government Association.
-Earned “Distinguished” (5 on a 5-point scale) rating for teaching contributions during academic years 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 as evaluated by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of West Florida
-Nominated by Department Chairperson for -2013 Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Advising Award sponsored by the UWF Division of Academic Affairs.
RESEARCH
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES (ACCEPTED AND SUBMITTED)
2016 Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., Ortegren, J.T., and Soulé, P.T. Spatio-temporal Changes in Comfortable Weather Duration in the Continental U.S. and Implications for Human Wellness. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 106(1): 1-18.
2014 Ortegren, J.T., and Maxwell, J.T. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Drought / Tropical Cyclone Co-occurrence in the Southeastern U.S.A.: Linkages to North Atlantic Climate Variability. Geography Compass 8(8): 540–559.
2014 Ortegren, J. T., Weatherall, A., and Maxwell, J.T. Subregionalization of Low-Frequency Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern United States. The Professional Geographer 66(2): 323–332.
2013 Maxwell, J.T., Ortegren, J.T., Knapp, P.A., and Soulé, P.T. Tropical cyclones and drought amelioration in the Gulf and Southeastern Coastal United States. Journal of Climate 26(21): 8440–8452.
2013 Maxwell, J.T., Knapp, P.A., and Ortegren, J.T. Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Tupelo Honey Production from AD 1800-2010. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 174: 129–134.
2012 Maxwell, J.T., Soulé, P.T., Ortegren, J.T., and Knapp, P.A. Drought-Busting Tropical Cyclones in the Southeastern Atlantic United States: 1950-2008. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 102(2): 259–275.
2011 Ortegren, J.T., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., Tyminski, W.P., and Soulé, P.T. Ocean-Atmosphere Influences on Low- Frequency Warm-Season Drought Variability in the Gulf Coast and Southeastern U.S.A. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 50(6): 1177–1186.
2005 Ortegren, J., Liu, ZJ, and Lennartson, G.J. Spatial variability of temperature trends in urbanized and urbanizing areas of North Carolina. The North Carolina Geographer 13:31–45.
Research Presentations at Professional Meetings (* indicates student co-author):
2014 Mason, H.M.* and Ortegren J.T. “Dendrochronological Analysis and Growth-Climate Response of Chamaecyparis Thyoides and Chamaecyparis Thyoides var. Henryae in Northwest Florida.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Tampa, FL, April 7–12, 2014 (paper).
2014 Mullins, J.* and Ortegren, J.T. “Associations Between Oceanic-Atmospheric Climate Indices and the Frequency of Category 5 Hurricane Development in the North Atlantic Basin: A Literature Review and Synthesis.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Tampa, FL, April 7–12, 2014 (poster).
2013 Maxwell, J.T., Knapp, P.A., Ortegren, J.T. “Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Tupelo Honey Production from AD 1800–2010.” AmeriDendro 2013, Second American Dendrochronology Conference, Tucson, AZ, May 14, 2013 (paper).
2013 Maxwell, J.T., Ortegren, J.T., Knapp, P.A., and Soulé, P.T. “Tropical cyclones and drought amelioration in the Gulf and Southeastern Coastal United States, 1895-2011.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Los Angeles, CA, April 11 (paper).
2012 Ortegren, J.T., Weatherall, A.*, and Maxwell, J.T. “Subregionalization of Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A.” Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG), Asheville, NC, November 18 (poster).
2012 Ortegren, J.T. and Weatherall, A.* “Subregional warm-season drought variability in the southeastern U.S.A., 1900-2008: Implications for seasonal forecasting and water resources management.” Annual meeting of the AAG, New York, NY, February 25 (paper).
2012 Gallagher, T.*, and Ortegren, J.T. “Significant Temperature Trends in Metropolitan Areas of the Southeastern U.S.A., 1960- 2010.” Annual meeting of the AAG, New York, NY, February 27 (paper).
2011 Gallagher, T.*, and Ortegren, J.T. “Spatial Variability in Long-Term Temperature Trends in Urbanized and Urbanizing Areas of the Southeastern U.S.A. SEDAAG, Savanna, GA, November 20 (poster).
2011 Weatherall, A.*, and Ortegren, J. T. “Multidecadal Warm-Season Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A.: Regionalization and Ocean-Atmosphere Influences.” SEDAAG, Savanna, GA, November 20 (poster).
2011 Ortegren, J.T., and Tyminski, W.P. “Potential CO2 Fertilization in Open-Grown Longleaf Pine in Central North Carolina.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Seattle, WA, April 13 (poster).
2010 Tyminski, W.P., and Ortegren, J.T. “Maple Sugaring in the Piedmont of North Carolina.” SEDAAG, Birmingham, AL, November 19 (poster).
2010 Ortegren, J., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., and Soulé, P.T. “Synoptic Causes of Low-Frequency Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Washington, D.C., April 15 (paper).
2009 Ortegren, J., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., and Soulé, P.T. “Homogeneous Summer Drought Regions in the Contiguous U.S.A., and Their Relative Susceptibility to Multi-Year Sustained Drought Events.” SEDAAG, Knoxville, TN, November 22 (paper).
2008 Ortegren, J. “Potential drought core zones in the Piedmont region of the southeastern U.S. identified from tree-ring records.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Boston, MA, April 19 (paper).
2008 Ortegren, J. “Long-term changes in the frequency of prolonged summer droughts in heavily populated Piedmont and Coastal Plain climate divisions of the southeastern U.S., 1690-2006.” Annual Meeting, East Lakes Division of the AAG, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, October 18 (paper).
GRANT PROPOSALS
Internal
February 15, 2012 Ortegren, J.T. (Project Director/Principal Investigator) Climate-growth relationship of a species variant of Atlantic White Cedar (Chaemycyparis Thyoides var. Henryae) in the Florida panhandle. Research proposal submitted to the UWF Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee. State funds requested: $1,986; (fully funded).
External
September 10, 2013 Maxwell, J.T., Harley, G.L., and Ortegren, J.T. “Examining the ability of tropical cyclones to terminate drought conditions in the eastern United States.” Letter of Intent submitted to NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System RFP, Climate Observations and Monitoring – Data Sets and Indicators, Data Sets for Weather/Climate Extremes Competition. Federal funds requested: $71,000; (not funded).
September 5, 2013 Maxwell, J.T., Ortegren, J.T., and Kirkpatrick, C. (Co-Principal Investigators). “Spatiotemporal Variability of Interactions Between Landfalling Tropical Cyclones and Midlatitude Wave Cyclones: Implications for Hazards Management in a Changing Climate.” Full proposal submitted to NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences Program. Federal funds requested: $65, 000; (not funded).
August 25, 2010 Ortegren, J.T., Waldron, J (Co-Principal Investigators). “Forest Age Structure and Succession in the Edward Ball Nature Preserve University of West Florida.” Research topic proposal submitted to Dr. Pamela Vaughan (UWF Dept. of Chemistry) as part of an Environmental Chemistry/Science proposal to the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. (Topic not funded.)
July 10, 2010 Ortegren, J.T. (Project Director/Principal Investigator). “Forest Response to Atmospheric CO2 Increases in the U.S. Southeast.” Full research proposal submitted to the NASA ROSES 2010 program. RFP: Climate and Biological Response. Federal funds requested: $417,662; (not funded).
STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION
Completion Date
December 14, 2014 Catharine Gross, Coastal Dune Lakes of Northwest Florida: Are They Lakes, Estuaries, or Unique Aquatic Systems? M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Committee member).
September 29, 2014 Brooke Saari, Post-Hurricane Interactions Between Vegetation Dynamics, Dune Recovery, and Physical Gradients on Barrier Islands. M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Committee member).
August 6, 2013 Heather Mason, Climate-growth relationship of a species variant of Atlantic White Cedar (Chaemycyparis Thyoides var. Henryae) in the Florida panhandle. M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Advisor / Committee Chair).
December 18, 2012 Taylor Seamon, “Seasonal variability in the outcomes of prescribed fires in fire-suppressed forests of northwest Florida: A modeling approach.” Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies (Thesis Advisor).
August 1, 2012 Nicole Caldwell, Beachgoers’ perception of the threat of rip currents at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola FL. M.S. in Environmental Science, August 15, 2012 (Thesis Committee member).
June 1, 2012 Courtney Richards, Dendrochronological analysis of Escambia County’s urban forest: influences on growth and the benefits of the urban canopy. (Research Advisor; Collaborative funded research with the Department of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida).
August 15, 2012 Tanya Gallagher. Long-term temperature trends in urbanized and urbanizing areas of the Southeastern U.S. M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Advisor / Committee Chair).
December 13, 2011 Rosemary Collins, Analysis of tree growth rates and comparison with age estimates in the urban forest of Pensacola, FL. (Research Advisor; Project funded by the UWF Office of Undergraduate Research).
December 13, 2011 Michael Koban, Measuring [N] and [P] in Groundwater and their Potential to Sustain Blooms of Karenia Brevis. M.S. in Environmental Science (Thesis Committee member).
April 29, 2011 Ashley Weatherall, Low-Frequency Ocean-Atmosphere Influences on Warm-Season Drought Variability in Distinct Subregions of the Southeastern U.S.A. B.S. in Environmental Studies, (Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor).
April 29, 2011 David Lee, Effectiveness of Prescribed Burns After Decades of Fire Suppression at the Urban/Wildland Interface in Northwest Florida: Too Little, Too Late? (Research Advisor; Project funded by UWF Office of Undergraduate Research).
May 1, 2010 Tanya Gallagher, Comprehensive Land Use Planning in the City of Pensacola: A glimpse into the future of Pensacola. B.S. in Environmental Studies, (Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor).
SERVICE
Service to Discipline
2013-Present Program Committee Member, SEDAAG
2011-Present Faculty Director, Florida Panhandle Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
2011-2013 Young Scholars Director, AAG Climate Specialty Group
2010-2012 Coordinator of Florida team representing the state in the World Geography Bowl at the SEDAAG Annual Meeting
2012 Research article reviewer, Journal of Climate, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
2011-2012 Honors Committee Member, SEDAAG
2011 Coordinator of SEDAAG regional team representing the Southeast in the World Geography Bowl at the Annual Meeting of the AAG, Seattle, WA, April 13.
Service to UWF / Community
2011-Present Natural Sciences representative, College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council
2012-Present College of Arts and Sciences faculty representative, UWF Academic Misconduct Committee
2010-2013 Judge, UWF Student Research Symposium
2010-2012 Voting member, UWF Environmental Conservation and Beautification Committee
2011 UWF School of Science and Engineering “Science Showcase presentation, Pryor Middle School, Fort Walton Beach, FL
2011 Weather and Climate Presentation, UWF Society of Women Engineers symposium
2011 Tree ring science presentation, Ferry Pass Elementary School 2nd Grade, Pensacola, FL,
2009-2011 Departmental Liaison, UWF task force on the Office of Research Integrity’s Responsible Conduct of Research initiative
2009-2010 Scholars of Engineering, Applied Sciences & Technology Annual Research Symposium (SEASTARS) committee member
Invited Guest Lectures
2015 "Historic Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.: Ocean-Atmosphere Influences and Subregional Patterns." NOAA
Climate Change Adaptation/Mitigation Training, UWF, Pensacola, FL, March 3.
2012 “Decline of the longleaf pine ecosystem in Florida.” UWF Earth Day Information Session presentation, UWF, Pensacola, FL, April 17.
2012 “Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A., 1690-2006: Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Water Resource Implications.” Science Fridays seminar presentation, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL, January 20.
2011 “A statistical model for predicting warm-season drought in the southeastern U.S.A.” Gulf Coast Science Café presentation, Pensacola, FL, October 17.
2010 “Perspectives on Drought in the Southeast: Past, Present…and Future?” Plenary Presentation, Annual meeting, Southeast Division of the North American Lakes Management Society, Winston-Salem, NC, May 6, 2010.
2007 “Historic Foundations of Water Rights Policy in the Arid and Semi-arid Western U.S: Geography, Climate, and Law.” University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Political Science, September 28.