I received my Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of MN in 2004, completed a PostDoc at the Large Lakes Observataory, and started at Brown in 2006. I am a geochemist, paleoecologist, and climate scientist with broad interest in climate and environmental change in the tropics. My research group uses lipid biomarkers – organic compounds preserved in sediments – to reconstruct temperature, rainfall, and ecological change in tropical Africa, southeast Asia, and South America. We have pioneered techniques to reconstruct continental temperature, and use a variety of stable isotope methods, alongside climate models, to reconstruct spatiotemporal variations in rainfall. Our current projects include analyses of the Plio-Pleistocene evolution of the North African monsoon and ecological impacts of Pleistocene and Holocene climate change in tropical Africa and South America.
Brown's Earth Systems History Group
El Nino-Southern Oscillation
Lake Towuti Drilling Project
Tropical Mountain Glaciers
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Kelly, M., Russell, J. M., Loomis, S. L., Nakileza, R., Lukaye, J.
"Climatic controls on
equatorial glaciers of the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda-Congo." Geology, vol. 42, 2104, pp. 519-522.
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| Vachula, Richard S., Russell, James M., Huang, Yongsong, Richter, Nora. "Assessing the spatial fidelity of sedimentary charcoal size fractions as fire history proxies with a high-resolution sediment record and historical data." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 508, 2018, pp. 166-175. |
| Russell, James M., Hopmans, Ellen C., Loomis, Shannon E., Liang, Jie, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S. "Corrigendum to “Distributions of 5- and 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in East African lake sediment: Effects of temperature, pH, and new lacustrine paleotemperature calibrations” [Org. Geochem. 117 (2018) 56–69]." Organic Geochemistry, vol. 125, 2018, pp. 299. |
| Russell, James M., Hopmans, Ellen C., Loomis, Shannon E., Liang, Jie, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S. "Distributions of 5- and 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in East African lake sediment: Effects of temperature, pH, and new lacustrine paleotemperature calibrations." Organic Geochemistry, vol. 117, 2018, pp. 56-69. |
| Daniels, William C., Huang, Yongsong, Russell, James M., Giblin, Anne E. "Effect of continuous light on leaf wax isotope ratios in Betula nana and Eriophorum vaginatum: implications for Arctic paleoclimate reconstructions." Organic Geochemistry, vol. 125, 2018, pp. 70-81. |
| Watson, Benjamin I., Williams, John W., Russell, James M., Jackson, Stephen T., Shane, Linda, Lowell, Thomas V. "Temperature variations in the southern Great Lakes during the last deglaciation: Comparison between pollen and GDGT proxies." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 182, 2018, pp. 78-92. |
| Dee SG, Nusbaumer J, Bailey A, Russell JM, Lee JE, Konecky B, Buenning NH, Noone DC. "Tracking the Strength of the Walker Circulation with Stable Isotopes in Water Vapor." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 123, no. 14, 2018, pp. 7254-7270. |
| Goudge, Timothy A., Russell, James M., Mustard, John F., Head, James W., Bijaksana, Satria. "A 40,000 yr record of clay mineralogy at Lake Towuti, Indonesia: Paleoclimate reconstruction from reflectance spectroscopy and perspectives on paleolakes on Mars." Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 129, no. 7-8, 2017, pp. 806-819. |
| Daniels, William C., Russell, James M., Giblin, Anne E., Welker, Jeffrey M., Klein, Eric S., Huang, Yongsong. "Hydrogen isotope fractionation in leaf waxes in the Alaskan Arctic tundra." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 213, 2017, pp. 216-236. |
| Morrissey, Amy, Scholz, Christopher A., Russell, James M. "Late Quaternary TEX86 paleotemperatures from the world’s largest desert lake, Lake Turkana, Kenya." Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 59, no. 1, 2017, pp. 103-117. |
| Loomis SE, Russell JM, Verschuren D, Morrill C, De Cort G, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Olago D, Eggermont H, Street-Perrott FA, Kelly MA. "The tropical lapse rate steepened during the Last Glacial Maximum." Science Advances, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. e1600815. |
| Zhang, Xiaonan, Zhou, Aifeng, Wang, Xin, Song, Mu, Zhao, Yongtao, Xie, Haichao, Russell, James M., Chen, Fahu. "Unmixing grain-size distributions in lake sediments: a new method of endmember modeling using hierarchical clustering." Quaternary Research, vol. 89, no. 01, 2017, pp. 365-373. |
| Cohen AS, Gergurich EL, Kraemer BM, McGlue MM, McIntyre PB, Russell JM, Simmons JD, Swarzenski PW. "Climate warming reduces fish production and benthic habitat in Lake Tanganyika, one of the most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 113, no. 34, 2016, pp. 9563-8. |
| Battistel, Dario, Argiriadis, Elena, Kehrwald, Natalie, Spigariol, Maddalena, Russell, James M, Barbante, Carlo. "Fire and human record at Lake Victoria, East Africa, during the Early Iron Age: Did humans or climate cause massive ecosystem changes?." The Holocene, vol. 27, no. 7, 2016, pp. 997-1007. |
| Konecky, Bronwen, Russell, James, Bijaksana, Satria. "Glacial aridity in central Indonesia coeval with intensified monsoon circulation." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 437, 2016, pp. 15-24. |
| Webb, Megan, Barker, Philip A., Wynn, Peter M., Heiri, Oliver, van Hardenbroek, Maarten, Pick, Frances, Russell, James M., Stott, Andy W., Leng, Melanie J. "Interpretation and application of carbon isotope ratios in freshwater diatom silica." J. Quaternary Sci., vol. 31, no. 4, 2016, pp. 300-309. |
| Wicaksono, Satrio A., Russell, James M., Bijaksana, Satria. "Compound-specific carbon isotope records of vegetation and hydrologic change in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, since 53,000 yr BP." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 430, 2015, pp. 47-56. |
| Vogel, Hendrik, Russell, James M., Cahyarini, Sri Yudawati, Bijaksana, Satria, Wattrus, Nigel, Rethemeyer, Janet, Melles, Martin. "Depositional modes and lake-level variability at Lake Towuti, Indonesia, during the past ~29 kyr BP." Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 54, no. 4, 2015, pp. 359-377. |
| Costa, K.M., Russell, J.M., Vogel, H., Bijaksana, S. "Hydrological connectivity and mixing of Lake Towuti, Indonesia in response to paleoclimatic changes over the last 60,000years." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 417, 2015, pp. 467-475. |
| Loomis, Shannon E., Russell, James M., Lamb, Henry F. "Northeast African temperature variability since the Late Pleistocene." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 423, 2015, pp. 80-90. |
| Tamuntuan, Gerald, Bijaksana, Satria, King, John, Russell, James, Fauzi, Umar, Maryunani, Khoiril, Aufa, Nurul, Safiuddin, La Ode. "Variation of magnetic properties in sediments from Lake Towuti, Indonesia, and its paleoclimatic significance." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 420, 2015, pp. 163-172. |
| Otto-Bliesner, B., Russell, J. M., Clark, P.U., Liu, Z., Overpeck, J..T, Konecky, B., deMenocal, P. B., Nicholson, S. E., He, F., Lu, Z. "Coherent changes of Northern and Eastern Equatorial African rainfall during the last deglaciation." Science, vol. 346, 2014, pp. 1223-1227. |
| Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Russell, J. M., Clark, P. U., Liu, Z., Overpeck, J. T., Konecky, B., deMenocal, P., Nicholson, S. E., He, F., Lu, Z. "Coherent changes of southeastern equatorial and northern African rainfall during the last deglaciation." Science, vol. 346, no. 6214, 2014, pp. 1223-1227. |
| Loomis, Shannon E., Russell, James M., Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S. "Effects of temperature, pH and nutrient concentration on branched GDGT distributions in East African lakes: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction." Organic Geochemistry, vol. 66, 2014, pp. 25-37. |
| Kelly, M. A., Russell, J. M., Baber, M. B., Howley, J. A., Loomis, S. E., Zimmerman, S., Nakileza, B., Lukaye, J. "Expanded glaciers during a dry and cold Last Glacial Maximum in equatorial East Africa." Geology, vol. 42, no. 6, 2014, pp. 519-522. |
| Russell, J. M., Vogel, H., Konecky, B. L., Bijaksana, S., Huang, Y., Melles, M., Wattrus, N., Costa, K., King, J. W. "Glacial forcing of central Indonesian hydroclimate since 60,000 y B.P." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 111, no. 14, 2014, pp. 5100-5105. |
| Konecky*, B., Russell, J.M., Huang, Y., Vuille, M., Cohen, L., Street-Perrott, F. A. "Impact of Common Era monsoon variations, temperature, and CO2 on the climate and vegetation of Mt. Kenya." Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 396, 2014, pp. 17-25. |
| Konecky, Bronwen, Russell, James, Huang, Yongsong, Vuille, Mathias, Cohen, Lily, Street-Perrott, F. Alayne. "Impact of monsoons, temperature, and CO2 on the rainfall and ecosystems of Mt. Kenya during the Common Era." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 396, 2014, pp. 17-25. |
| Costa, K.*, Russell, J. M., Konecky, B., Lamb, H. F. "Isotopic reconstruction of the African Humid Period at Lake Tana, Ethiopia." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 83, 2014, pp. 58-67. |
| Costa, Kassandra, Russell, James, Konecky, Bronwen, Lamb, Henry. "Isotopic reconstruction of the African Humid Period and Congo Air Boundary migration at Lake Tana, Ethiopia." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 83, 2014, pp. 58-67. |
| Konecky, B., Russell, J. M., Vuillle, M., Rehfeld, K. "Multi-decadal to centennial variability in the Indian Ocean Zonal Mode over the past millennium through observed and modeled precipitation isotopes." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 103, 2014, pp. 1-18. |
| Loomis, S.E., Russell, J.M., Hereux, A. M.*, D’Andrea, W. J., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S. "Seasonal variability of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in a temperate lake system." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014. |
| Loomis, Shannon E., Russell, James M., Heureux, Ana M., D’Andrea, William J., Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S. "Seasonal variability of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in a temperate lake system." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 144, 2014, pp. 173-187. |
| Loomis, S. E., Russell, J. M., Eggermont, H. R., 2014. "The effects of temperature, pH, and nutrient concentrations on branched GDGT distributions in East African lakes: implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions." Organic Geochemistry, vol. 66, 2014, pp. 25-37. |
| Konecky, Bronwen, Russell, James, Vuille, Mathias, Rehfeld, Kira. "The Indian Ocean Zonal Mode over the past millennium in observed and modeled precipitation isotopes." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 103, 2014, pp. 1-18. |
| Rodysill, Jessica R., Russell, James M., Crausbay, Shelley D., Bijaksana, Satria, Vuille, Mathias, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Cheng, Hai. "A severe drought during the last millennium in East Java, Indonesia." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 80, 2013, pp. 102-111. |
| Loomis, Shannon E., Russell, James M., Ladd, Bethany, Street-Perrott, F. Alayne, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S. "Calibration and application of the branched GDGT temperature proxy on East African lake sediments." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 357-358, 2012, pp. 277-288. |
| Clark PU, Shakun JD, Baker PA, Bartlein PJ, Brewer S, Brook E, Carlson AE, Cheng H, Kaufman DS, Liu Z, Marchitto TM, Mix AC, Morrill C, Otto-Bliesner BL, Pahnke K, Russell JM, Whitlock C, Adkins JF, Blois JL, Clark J, Colman SM, Curry WB, Flower BP, He F, Johnson TC, Lynch-Stieglitz J, Markgraf V, McManus J, Mitrovica JX, Moreno PI, Williams JW. "Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, no. 19, 2012, pp. E1134-42. |
| Konecky, Bronwen Louise, Russell, James M., Rodysill, Jessica R, Vuille, Mathias, Bijaksana, Satria, Huang, Yongsong. "Intensification of southwestern Indonesian rainfall over the past millennium." Geophys. Res. Lett., 2012. |
| Russell, J. M., Cohen, A. S., Johnson, T. C., Scholz, C. A. "Scientific Drilling in the East African Rift Lakes: A Strategic Planning Workshop." Scientific Drilling, vol. 14, 2012, pp. 49-54. |
| Russell, J., Bijaksana, S. "The Towuti Drilling Project: Paleoenvironments, Biological Evolution, and Geomicrobiology of a Tropical Pacific Lake." Scientific Drilling, vol. 14, 2012, pp. 68-71. |
| Russell, J., Bijaksana, S. "The Towuti Drilling Project: Paleoenvironments, Biological Evolution, and Geomicrobiology of a Tropical Pacific Lake." Scientific Drilling, vol. 14, 2012, pp. 68-71. |
| Russell, J., Bijaksana, S. "The Towuti Drilling Project: Paleoenvironments, Biological Evolution, and Geomicrobiology of a Tropical Pacific Lake." Scientific Drilling, vol. 14, 2012, pp. 68-71. |
| Rodysill, Jessica R., Russell, James M., Bijaksana, Satria, Brown, Erik T., Safiuddin, La Ode, Eggermont, Hilde. "A paleolimnological record of rainfall and drought from East Java, Indonesia during the last 1,400 years." Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 47, no. 1, 2011, pp. 125-139. |
| Konecky, Bronwen L., Russell, James M., Johnson, Thomas C., Brown, Erik T., Berke, Melissa A., Werne, Josef P., Huang, Yongsong. "Atmospheric circulation patterns during late Pleistocene climate changes at Lake Malawi, Africa." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 312, no. 3-4, 2011, pp. 318-326. |
| Loomis, Shannon E., Russell, James M., Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S. "Distributions of branched GDGTs in soils and lake sediments from western Uganda: Implications for a lacustrine paleothermometer." Organic Geochemistry, vol. 42, no. 7, 2011, pp. 739-751. |
| Ryves, David B., Mills, Keely, Bennike, Ole, Brodersen, Klaus Peter, Lamb, Angela L., Leng, Melanie J., Russell, James M., Ssemmanda, Immaculate. "Environmental change over the last millennium recorded in two contrasting crater lakes in western Uganda, eastern Africa (Lakes Kasenda and Wandakara)." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 30, no. 5-6, 2011, pp. 555-569. |
| Tierney, Jessica E., Russell, James M., Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S., Huang, Yongsong, Verschuren, Dirk. "Late Quaternary behavior of the East African monsoon and the importance of the Congo Air Boundary." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 30, no. 7-8, 2011, pp. 798-807. |
| Ma, Lichun, Lowenstein, Tim K., Russell, James M. "A Brine Evolution Model and Mineralogy of Chemical Sediments in a Volcanic Crater, Lake Kitagata, Uganda." Aquatic Geochemistry, vol. 17, no. 2, 2010, pp. 129-140. |
| Tierney, Jessica E., Russell, James M., Huang, Yongsong. "A molecular perspective on Late Quaternary climate and vegetation change in the Lake Tanganyika basin, East Africa." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 29, no. 5-6, 2010, pp. 787-800. |
| Tierney, Jessica E., Oppo, Delia W., Rosenthal, Yair, Russell, James M., Linsley, Braddock K. "Coordinated hydrological regimes in the Indo-Pacific region during the past two millennia." Paleoceanography, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010. |
| Tierney, J.E., Russell, J.M., Eggermont, H., Hopmans, E.C., Verschuren, D., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. "Environmental controls on branched tetraether lipid distributions in tropical East African lake sediments." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 74, no. 17, 2010, pp. 4902-4918. |
| Tierney, Jessica E., Mayes, Marc T., Meyer, Natacha, Johnson, Christopher, Swarzenski, Peter W., Cohen, Andrew S., Russell, James M. "Late-twentieth-century warming in Lake Tanganyika unprecedented since AD 500." Nature Geoscience, vol. 3, no. 6, 2010, pp. 422-425. |
| Eggermont, Hilde, Verschuren, Dirk, Audenaert, Leen, Lens, Luc, Russell, James, Klaassen, Gerrit, Heiri, Oliver. "Limnological and ecological sensitivity of Rwenzori mountain lakes to climate warming." Hydrobiologia, vol. 648, no. 1, 2010, pp. 123-142. |
| Russell, James M., Werne, Josef P. "Climate change and productivity variations recorded by sedimentary sulfur in Lake Edward, Uganda/D. R. Congo." Chemical Geology, vol. 264, no. 1-4, 2009, pp. 337-346. |
| Tierney, Jessica E., Russell, James M. "Distributions of branched GDGTs in a tropical lake system: Implications for lacustrine application of the MBT/CBT paleoproxy." Organic Geochemistry, vol. 40, no. 9, 2009, pp. 1032-1036. |
| Verschuren, Dirk, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S., Moernaut, Jasper, Kristen, Iris, Blaauw, Maarten, Fagot, Maureen, Haug, Gerald H., van Geel, Bas, De Batist, Marc, Barker, Philip, Vuille, Mathias, Conley, Daniel J., Olago, Daniel O., Milne, Isla, Plessen, Birgit, Eggermont, Hilde, Wolff, Christian, Hurrell, Elizabeth, Ossebaar, Jort, Lyaruu, Anna, van der Plicht, Johannes, Cumming, Brian F., Brauer, Achim, Rucina, Stephen M., Russell, James M., Keppens, Edward, Hus, Joseph, Bradley, Raymond S., Leng, Melanie, Mingram, Jens, Nowaczyk, Norbert R. "Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African Equator." J. Geophys. Res., vol. 462, no. 7273, 2009, pp. 637-641. |
| Russell, James M., McCoy, S.J., Verschuren, D., Bessems, I., Huang, Y. "Human impacts, climate change, and aquatic ecosystem response during the past 2000 yr at Lake Wandakara, Uganda." Quaternary Research, vol. 72, no. 3, 2009, pp. 315-324. |
| Eggermont, Hilde, Heiri, Oliver, Russell, James, Vuille, Mathias, Audenaert, Leen, Verschuren, Dirk. "Paleotemperature reconstruction in tropical Africa using fossil Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera)." Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 43, no. 3, 2009, pp. 413-435. |
| Kro pelin, S., Verschuren, D., Lezine, A.- M., Eggermont, H., Cocquyt, C., Francus, P., Cazet, J.- P., Fagot, M., Rumes, B., Russell, J. M., Darius, F., Conley, D. J., Schuster, M., von Suchodoletz, H., Engstrom, D. R. "Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years." Science, vol. 320, no. 5877, 2008, pp. 765-768. |
| Tierney JE, Russell JM, Huang Y, Damsté JS, Hopmans EC, Cohen AS. "Northern Hemisphere Controls on Tropical Southeast African Climate During the Past 60,000 Years." Science, vol. 322, no. 5899, 2008, pp. 252-5. |
| Bessems, Ilse, Verschuren, Dirk, Russell, James M., Hus, Jozef, Mees, Florias, Cumming, Brian F. "Palaeolimnological evidence for widespread late 18th century drought across equatorial East Africa." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 259, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 107-120. |
| Russell, J., Eggermont, H., Taylor, R., Verschuren, D. "Paleolimnological records of recent glacier recession in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda-D. R. Congo." Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 41, no. 2, 2008, pp. 253-271. |
| Tierney, Jessica E., Russell, James M. "Abrupt climate change in southeast tropical Africa influenced by Indian monsoon variability and ITCZ migration." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 34, no. 15, 2007. |
| Wetter, Laura, Verosub, Ken, Russell, James. "Detection of silica-mediated dissolution of magnetic grains in sediments using FORC diagrams." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 34, no. 12, 2007. |
| Russell, J.M., Johnson, T.C. "Little Ice Age drought in equatorial Africa: Intertropical Convergence Zone migrations and El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability." Geology, vol. 35, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21. |
| Felton, Anna A., Russell, James M., Cohen, Andrew S., Baker, Mark E., Chesley, John T., Lezzar, Kiram E., McGlue, Michael M., Pigati, Jeffrey S., Quade, Jay, Curt Stager, J., Tiercelin, Jean Jacques. "Paleolimnological evidence for the onset and termination of glacial aridity from Lake Tanganyika, Tropical East Africa." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 252, no. 3-4, 2007, pp. 405-423. |
| Eggermont, Hilde, Russell, James M., Schettler, Georg, Van Damme, Kay, Bessems, Ilse, Verschuren, Dirk. "Physical and chemical limnology of alpine lakes and pools in the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda–DR Congo)." Hydrobiologia, vol. 592, no. 1, 2007, pp. 151-173. |
| McGlue, Michael M., Lezzar, Kiram E., Cohen, Andrew S., Russell, James M., Tiercelin, Jean-Jacques, Felton, Anna A., Mbede, Evelyne, Nkotagu, Hudson H. "Seismic records of late Pleistocene aridity in Lake Tanganyika, tropical East Africa." Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2007, pp. 635-653. |
| Russell, J. M., Verschuren, D., Eggermont, H. "Spatial complexity of 'Little Ice Age' climate in East Africa: sedimentary records from two crater lake basins in western Uganda." The Holocene, vol. 17, no. 2, 2007, pp. 183-193. |
| Russell, James M., Werne, Josef P. "The use of solid phase extraction columns in fatty acid purification." Organic Geochemistry, vol. 38, no. 1, 2007, pp. 48-51. |
| Crausbay, Shelley D., Russell, James M., Schnurrenberger, Douglas W. "A ca. 800-Year Lithologic Record of Drought from Sub-annually Laminated Lake Sediment, East Java." Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 35, no. 3, 2006, pp. 641-659. |
| Russell, James M., Johnson, Thomas C. "The Water Balance and Stable Isotope Hydrology of Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo." Journal of Great Lakes Research, vol. 32, no. 1, 2006, pp. 77-90. |
| Russell, James M., Johnson, Thomas C. "A high-resolution geochemical record from Lake Edward, Uganda Congo and the timing and causes of tropical African drought during the late Holocene." Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 24, no. 12-13, 2005, pp. 1375-1389. |
| Russell, James M. "Late Holocene climate change in the North Atlantic and equatorial Africa: Millennial-scale ITCZ migration." Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 32, no. 17, 2005. |
| Brooks, Keely, Scholz, Christopher A., King, John W., Peck, John, Overpeck, Jonathan T., Russell, James M., Amoako, Philip Y.O. "Late-Quaternary lowstands of lake Bosumtwi, Ghana: evidence from high-resolution seismic-reflection and sediment-core data." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 216, no. 3-4, 2005, pp. 235-249. |
| Beuning, Kristina R.M., Russell, James M. "Vegetation and sedimentation in the Lake Edward Basin, Uganda–Congo during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene." Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 32, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1-18. |
Eggermont, H. R., Verschuren,D., Audenaert, L., Lens, L., Russell, J. M., Klaussen, G., Heiri, O., in press. Thermal and Ecological Sensitivity of Rwenzori mountain lakes to climate warming. Hydrobiologia. In Press
Eggermont, H., Heiri, O., Russell, J. M., Vuille, M., Audenaert, L., Verschuren, D., submitted. Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) as paleothemometers in the African tropics. Journal of Paleolimnology.
*Denotes student author
*Tierney, J.E, D. W. Oppo, Y. Rosenthal, J. M. Russell, and B. K. Linsley, 2009. Coordinated hydrological regimes in the Indo-Pacific region during the past two millennia, Paleoceanography, doi:10.1029/2009PA001871.
Verschuren, D., et al. (31 authors) 2009. Half-precession dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African equator. Nature 462: 637-641.
Russell, J. M., McCoy, S. J., Verschuren, D., Bessems, I., Huang, Y., 2009. Human impacts, climate change, and aquatic ecosystem response during the past 2,000 years at Lake Wandakara, Uganda. Quaternary Research.
Bessems, I., Verschuren, D., Russell, J. M., Hus, J., Cumming, B. F., 2008. Paleolimnological evidence for widespread late-18th century drought across equatorial Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 259: 107-120.
Russell, J.M., Eggermont, H.R., Verschuren, D., 2008. Comparative paleolimnological records of recent glacial recession in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda-D.R. Congo. Journal of Paleolimnology. doi: 10.10007/s10933-008-9224-4
Kröpelin, S., Verschuren, D., Lézine, A.-M., Eggermont, H., Cocquyt, C., Francus, P., Cazet, J.-P., Fagot, M., Rumes, B., Russell, J. M., Conley, D., Schuster, M., von Suchdoletz, H., Engstrom, D., 2008. Climate-driven ecosystem succession in the Sahara: the last 6000 years BP. Science 320: doi 10.1126/science.1154913
*Tierney, J., Russell, J. M., Huang, Y., Hopmans, E., Schouten, S., Sinninghe-Damsté, J., Cohen, A. S., 2008. Southeast African surface temperatures and rainfall during the past 60,000 yr BP. Science 322: doi:10.1126/science.1160485
McGlue, M., Lezzar, K., Cohen, A. S., Russell, J. M., Tiercelin, J. J., Felton, A., 2008. Seismic records of late Pleistocene aridity in Lake Tanganyika, tropical East Africa. Journal of Paleolimnology. doi 10.100/s10933-007-9187-x
Russell, J. M., Johnson, T. C., 2007. Little Ice Age Drought in Equatorial Africa: ITCZ migrations and ENSO variability. Geology 35: 21-24.
*Felton, A., Russell, J. M., Cohen, A. S., Baker, M. E., Chesley, J., McGlue, M. M., Lezzar, K. E., Pigati, J., Quade, J., Stager, J. C., 2007. Geochemical and Sedimentological Records of Late Quaternary Climate Change, Lake Tanganyika, Tropical East Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 252: 405-423.
*Wetter, L., Verosub, K., Russell, J. M., 2007. Detection of silica-mediated dissolution of magnetic grains in sediments using FORC diagrams. Geophysical Research Letters 34: L12707, doi:10.1029/2007GL029984.
*Tierney, J., Russell, J. M., 2007. Abrupt Climate change in Southeast Tropical Africa influenced by Indian monsoon variability and ITCZ migration. Geophysical Research Letters 34: L15709, doi:10.1029/2007GL029508.
Eggermont, H., Russell, J. M., Schetter, G., Vandamme, K., Verschuren, D., 2007. Physical and chemical limnology of alpine lakes and pools in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda-Congo. Hydrobiologia 592: 151-173.
Russell, J. M., Verschuren, D., Eggermont, H. E., 2007. Spatial complexity of Little Ice Age climate in East Africa: sedimentary records from two crater lake basins in Western Uganda. The Holocene 17: 183-193.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | PhD | University of Minnesota |
| 1998 | BA | Wesleyan University |
2024, Distinguished Alumnus, University of Minnesota
2023, Fellow, Geological Society of America
2020, American Geophysical Union Willi Dansgaard Award in Paleoclimatology
2018, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence, Brown University
2008, Joukowsky Family Assistant Professorship in Geological Sciences
2005, Best Dissertation in the Biological and Medical Sciences. University of Minnesota.
2000, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. University of Minnesota.
| EEPS 0240 - Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet |
| EEPS 1240 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation |
| EEPS 2350 - Quaternary Climatology Seminar |
| GEOL 0240 - Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet |
| GEOL 1150 - Limnology: The Study of Lakes |
| GEOL 1240 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation |
| GEOL 1950M - Special Topics in Geological Sciences: Geoengineering Or, The Unnatural World |
| GEOL 2350 - Quaternary Climatology Seminar |
