Bronwen Konecky

Bronwen Konecky is a paleoclimatologist[1] and climatologist[2] whose particular area of focus lies in the past and present effect of climate change in the tropics.[3] She is an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.[4]

Bronwen Konecky
Born
Bronwen Louise Konecky
Alma materPh.D Brown University (2013)

S.c.M. Brown University (2010)

B.A. Barnard College, Columbia University (2005)
AwardsNanne Weber Early Career Award (2019)

NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsPaleoclimatology, Climatology, Hydrogeology
InstitutionsWashington University
University of Colorado Boulder
ThesisDecadal to Orbital Scale Climate Change in the Indian Ocean Region: Precipitation Isotopic Perspectives from East Africa and Indonesia
Websitehttps://blkonecky.wordpress.com/

Education and academic career

In her senior year of high-school, Konecky took an A.P. Environmental Science class which sparked her curiosity into the sciences.[3] Konecky would then go on to receive a B.A. in Environmental Sciences though Barnard College of Columbia University in 2005. In 2010, she graduated with a Sc.M. in Geological Studies from Brown University before receiving a Ph.D. in Geological Studies from the same institution in 2013. At Brown University, Konecky was a student of James M. Russell. [5] Konecky's dissertation “Decadal to Orbital Scale Climate Change in the Indian Ocean Region: Precipitation Isotopic Perspectives from East Africa and Indonesia” focuses on the effects changes in climate have had on rainfall in the Indian Ocean Region through analysis of stable isotopes in lake sediments.[6]

Career and research

After graduating from Barnard College in 2005, Konecky began working with the African Millennium Villages Project as the Environmental Research Coordinator.[7] The project's goal was to assist communities in rural Africa get out of extreme poverty and she stayed with the project until 2008.[8] In 2013, she worked in the Cobb lab as a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[9] Between 2014 and 2016, Konecky was a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow[10] working closely with Oregon State University and University of Colorado Boulder before becoming a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder.[11] She held this position for a year before becoming an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in 2018, where Konecky works to this day.[4]

Konecky's primary fields of research are Paleoclimateology,[1] Climatology[2] and Hydrogeology.[12] She is known for her work studying ancient and modern rainfall in the tropics, specifically around the Indian Ocean and in Africa.

Publications

Konecky's most cited publications include:

  • Upward range extension of Andean anurans and chytridiomycosis to extreme elevations in response to tropical deglaciation[13]
  • The African Millennium Villages[7]
  • Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5[14]
  • Isotopic reconstruction of the African Humid Period and Congo Air Boundary migration at Lake Tana, Ethiopia[15]
  • Atmospheric circulation patterns during late Pleistocene climate changes at Lake Malawi, Africa[16]

For a more complete list of publications, see Konecky's Google Scholar profile[17]

Awards and honors
  • 2019: Nanne Weber Early Career Award given "in recognition of sustained and unique contributions to paleoceanography and paleoclimatology research" [1][18]
  • 2014–2016: National Science Foundation (NSF) Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow[10]
  • 2009–2012: National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow[19]

Konecky has also received research grants from the National Science Foundation,[20][21] Geologic Society of America[22] and National Geographic Society.[2]

Public engagement

Konecky is active on social media, frequently posting about climate issues, the science community, and music.[23] In her spare time, Konecky also is a singer-songwriter.[24]

References
  1. "2019 AGU Section Awardees and Named Lecturers". Eos. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. Society, National Geographic. "Learn more about Bronwen L. Konecky". www.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "Bronwen Konecky – Progress". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. "Details inside raindrops hint at future water sources". Futurity. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. "Alumni of the Climate & Environment Group at Brown | Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  6. Konecky, Bronwen L. (2014). Decadal to Orbital Scale Climate Change in the Indian Ocean Region: Precipitation Isotopic Perspectives from East Africa and Indonesia (Thesis). Brown University. doi:10.7301/Z0DJ5D05.
  7. Zamba, Colleen; Wangila, Justine; Wang, Karen; Teklehaimanot, Awash; Siriri, David; Said, Amir; Sachs, Sonia Ehrlich; Place, Frank; Okoth, Herine (2007-10-23). "The African Millennium Villages". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (43): 16775–16780. doi:10.1073/pnas.0700423104. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2040451. PMID 17942701.
  8. "Millennium Villages – The Earth Institute – Columbia University". www.earth.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  9. "Cobb Lab Alumni". shadow.eas.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  10. "NSF Award Search: Award#1433408 - AGS-PRF: Indo-Pacific Hydrology in a Warming World: Modeled and Observed Responses to Climate Forcings from the Little Ice Age to Present". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  11. "Bronwyn Konecky". CIRES. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  12. Konecky, B. L.; Noone, D. C.; Cobb, K. M. (2019). "The Influence of Competing Hydroclimate Processes on Stable Isotope Ratios in Tropical Rainfall". Geophysical Research Letters. 46 (3): 1622–1633. Bibcode:2019GeoRL..46.1622K. doi:10.1029/2018GL080188. ISSN 1944-8007.
  13. Seimon, Tracie A.; Seimon, Anton; Daszak, Peter; Halloy, Stephan R. P.; Schloegel, Lisa M.; Aguilar, César A.; Sowell, Preston; Hyatt, Alex D.; Konecky, Bronwen (2007). "Upward range extension of Andean anurans and chytridiomycosis to extreme elevations in response to tropical deglaciation". Global Change Biology. 13 (1): 288–299. Bibcode:2007GCBio..13..288S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01278.x. ISSN 1365-2486.
  14. Yiou, P.; Tremblay, L.-B.; Timmermann, A.; Thompson, D.; Risi, C.; Masson-Delmotte, V.; Mann, M. E.; Lovejoy, S.; Konecky, B. (2014-02-05). "Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5". Climate of the Past. 10 (1): 221–250. Bibcode:2014CliPa..10..221S. doi:10.5194/cp-10-221-2014. ISSN 1814-9324.
  15. Costa, Kassandra; Russell, James; Konecky, Bronwen; Lamb, Henry (2014-01-01). "Isotopic reconstruction of the African Humid Period and Congo Air Boundary migration at Lake Tana, Ethiopia". Quaternary Science Reviews. 83: 58–67. Bibcode:2014QSRv...83...58C. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.031. ISSN 0277-3791.
  16. Konecky, Bronwen L.; Russell, James M.; Johnson, Thomas C.; Brown, Erik T.; Berke, Melissa A.; Werne, Josef P.; Huang, Yongsong (2011-12-15). "Atmospheric circulation patterns during late Pleistocene climate changes at Lake Malawi, Africa". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 312 (3): 318–326. Bibcode:2011E&PSL.312..318K. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.020. ISSN 0012-821X.
  17. "Bronwen L. Konecky – Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  18. "Ren Receives 2018 Nanne Weber Early Career Award". Eos. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  19. "NSF FastLane :: GRFP". www.research.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  20. "NSF Award Search: Award#1740201 - Understanding the Role of Moisture Transport in Rainfall Variability and Agricultural Decision Making". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  21. "NSF Award Search: Award#1805141 - Collaborative Research: P2C2--A Model/Proxy Synthesis of Walker Circulation Trends During the Last Millennium". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  22. "2012 GSA Research Grant Recipients" (PDF). The Geologic Society of America. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  23. "Bronwen Konecky (@other_rock)". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  24. Dacey, James (27 January 2016). "Rocking the status quo in science". Physics World. Institute of Physics. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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