Tom Connolly
- Assistant Professor
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- 831-771-4470
- tconnolly@mlml.cal state.edu
About me
I am a coastal physical oceanographer, with a strong interest in interdisciplinary topics such as hypoxia and harmful algal blooms. Much of my research has focused on processes associated with upwelling in the California Current System, including the role of large scale winds and submarine canyons.
Featured publications (3 of 9 publications)
Connolly, T., B. Hickey, I. Shulman and R. Thomson. 2014. Coastal Trapped Waves, Alongshore Pressure Gradients, and the California Undercurrent. Journal of Physical Oceanography 44: 319-342.
Connolly, T. and B. Hickey. 2014. Regional impact of submarine canyons during seasonal upwelling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 119: 953-975.
Connolly, T.P., B.M. Hickey, S.L. Geier and W.P. Cochlan. 2010. Processes influencing seasonal hypoxia in the northern California Current System. Journal of Geophyical Research: Oceans 115: C03021.
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Publications
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Hickey, B., S. Geier, N. Kachel, S. Ramp, P.M. Kosro and T. Connolly. 2016. Alongcoast structure and interannual variability of seasonal midshelf water properties and velocity in the northern California Current System. Journal of Geophysical Research 121: 7408 - 7430.
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Siedlecki, S.A., N.S. Banas, K.A. Davis, S.N. Giddings, B.M. Hickey, P. MacCready, T.P. Connolly and S.L. Geier. 2015. Seasonal and interannual oxygen variability on the Washington and Oregon continental shelves. Journal of Geophyical Research: Oceans 120: 608-633.
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Giddings, S.N., P. MacCready, B.M. Hickey, N.S. Banas, K.A. Davis, S.A. Siedlecki, V.L. Trainer, R. Kudela, N. Pelland and T.P. Connolly. 2014. Hindcasts of potential harmful algal bloom transport on the Pacific Northwest coast. Journal of Geophyical Research: Oceans 119: 2439-2461.
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Connolly, T., B. Hickey, I. Shulman and R. Thomson. 2014. Coastal Trapped Waves, Alongshore Pressure Gradients, and the California Undercurrent. Journal of Physical Oceanography 44: 319-342.
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Connolly, T. and S. Lentz. 2014. Interannual variability of wintertime temperature on the inner continental shelf of the Middle Atlantic Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 119: 6269-6285.
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Connolly, T. and B. Hickey. 2014. Regional impact of submarine canyons during seasonal upwelling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 119: 953-975.
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Connolly, T.P. 2013. Increasing occurrence of coastal hypoxia and anoxia. In Climate Change and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: Interpreting Potential Futures., edited by I.M. Miller, C. Shishido, L. Antrim and E.C. Bowlby. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-13-01. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD.
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Hickey, B., V. Trainer, P. Kosro, N. Adams, T. Connolly, N. Kachel and S. Geier. 2013. A springtime source of toxic Pseudo-nitzschia cells on razor clam beaches in the Pacific Northwest. Harmful Algae 25: 1-14.
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Connolly, T.P., B.M. Hickey, S.L. Geier and W.P. Cochlan. 2010. Processes influencing seasonal hypoxia in the northern California Current System. Journal of Geophyical Research: Oceans 115: C03021.
Educational Background
2012 – Ph.D., University of Washington (Oceanography)
2008 – M.S., University of Washington (Oceanography)
2002 – B.S., Stanford University (Environmental Engineering)
Positions & Honors
2015-present – Assistant Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
2014-2015 – Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2012-2014 – USGS Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2007 – Sarchin Graduate Fellowship in Oceanography, University of Washington
2005-2012 – Graduate Assistant, University of Washington
2005-2006 – Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship, American Meteorological Society
2002 – Summer Student Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2001 – National Engineering Honor Society Member, Tau Beta Pi