GEMMA O'CONNOR
  • About me
  • Research
    • Antarctic Wind and Pressure Reconstructions
    • The 2015/16 El Niño in coral oxygen isotopes
    • Hercules Dome Ice Core Site Selection
  • Field Work
  • CV
  • Blog

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. candidate, Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Ph.D. advisor: Eric Steig
2017 - present​

B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Honors Program, Cooperative education program
Research advisor: Kim Cobb, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2012 - 2017

Publications

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Holland, P. R., O'Connor, G. K., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dutrieux, P., Naughten, K. A., Steig, E. J., Schneider, D. P., Jenkins, A., Smith, J. A. Anthropogenic and internal drivers of wind changes over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, during the 20th and 21st centuries. (2022). The Cryosphere, 16, 5085–5105, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-5085-2022.

Fudge, T.J., Hills, B., Horlings, A.N., Holschuh, N., Christian, J.E., Davidge, L., Hoffman, A., O’Connor, G.K., Christianson, K., Steig, E.J. A site for deep ice coring at West Hercules Dome: Results from ground-based geophysics and modeling. (2022). Journal of Glaciology, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.80.
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Hills, B.H., Christianson, K., Hoffman, A., Fudge, T.J., Holschuh, N., Kahle, E.C., Conway, H., Christian, J., Horlings, A., O’Connor, G.K., Steig, E.J.  Geophysics and thermodynamics at South Pole Lake indicate stability and a regionally thawed bed. (2022). Geophysical Research Letters, 49, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096218.

Hitt, N.T., Sayani, H.R., Atwood, A.R., Grothe, P.R., Maupin, C., O’Connor, G.K., Walter, R., Gebregiorgis, D., Hardt, M., Lu, Y., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., Cobb, K.M. Central equatorial Pacific warming and freshening in the 20th century: Insights from a coral ensemble approach. (2022). Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL094051.​ doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094051

O’Connor, G.K. Steig, E.J., Hakim, G.J. Strengthening Southern Hemisphere westerlies and Amundsen Sea Low deepening over the 20th century revealed by proxy-data assimilation. (2021). Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL095999. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095999

O’Connor, G.K., Cobb, K.M., Sayani, H.R., Atwood, A.R., Grothe, P.R., Stevenson, S., Baum, J., Chen, T., Claar, C., Hitt, N., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Mortlock, R., Schmidt, G., Walter, R. Coral oxygen isotopic records capture the 2015/16 El Niño event in the central equatorial Pacific. (2021). Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094036. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094036

Grothe, P. R., Cobb, K. M., Liguori, G., Di Lorenzo, E., Capotondi, A., Lu, Y., Cheng, H., Edwards, R. L., Southon, J. R., Santos, G. M., Deocampo, D. M., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Chen, T., Sayani, H. R., Thompson, D. M., Conroy, J. L., Moore, A. L., Townsend, K., Hagos, M., O’Connor, G., Toth, L. T. (2019). Enhanced El Niño–Southern Oscillation Variability in Recent Decades. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083906 


Awards

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2017 - 2021
2017 - 2021
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2019
2017
2017
2012 - 2017
​2012
David A. Johnston Award for Research Excellence ($5,000)
Robert G. and Nadine E. Bassett Endowed Fund (1 quarter RA)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (3 years RA, $138,000)
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellowship ($18,000)
Boeing International Research Fellowship (1 quarter RA abroad)
UW Earth and Space Sciences Peter Misch Fellowship (1 quarter RA)
Best Student Talk, West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop
UW Top Scholar Award (1 quarter RA)
Georgia Tech President's Undergraduate Research Salary Award (1 semester RA)
Zell Miller Scholarship (100% tuition covered)
NSF Mentoring through Critical Transition Points (MCTP) Mathematics Scholarship ($2,000)
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Teaching Experience

Fall 2020               ESS 431/505 Principles of Glaciology 
                                Teaching assistant (shared appointment) and guest lecturer
Spring 2020         ESS 102 Space and Space Travel
                                Teaching assistant
2013 - 2015           Yoga instructor and instructor trainer
                                 Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center
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 Leadership and Service

2022
2019 - 2021
2020 - 2021
2021

2018
​2018
Reviewer: Nature Communications, Nature Communications Earth and Environment, & Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Earth and Space Sciences DEI Committee graduate representative
College of the Environment peer mentor
Undergraduate research mentor
Project: Geothermal flux constraints at Hercules Dome, Antarctica
Cryosphere session chair, Graduate Climate Conference 2018
Planning committee member, Graduate Climate Conference 2018

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  • About me
  • Research
    • Antarctic Wind and Pressure Reconstructions
    • The 2015/16 El Niño in coral oxygen isotopes
    • Hercules Dome Ice Core Site Selection
  • Field Work
  • CV
  • Blog