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Colin B. Phillips Northwestern University Email: [email protected] Civil and Environmental Engineering Web: sites.google.com/view/colinbphillips A221 Technological Institute 2145 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL. 60208 Degrees Ph.D., Earth & Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania May 2014 Adviser – Douglas J. Jerolmack B.A., Earth & Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley May 2009 Employment Postdoctoral Fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2016-Present Northwestern University. Mentor – Aaron I. Packman NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, 2014-2016 University of Minnesota. Mentors – Chris Paola & Kimberly M. Hill Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania 2009-2014 Awards and Honors NatureNet Science Fellowship, The Nature Conservancy 2018-2020 EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation 2014-2016 Graduate Student Research Grant, GSA 2012 Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania 2009-2014 Orville Phillips Fellow, University of Pennsylvania 2011-2012 Geolympian, Geolympics, University of California, Berkeley 2008 Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, University of California, Berkeley 2006-2008 Publications Refereed (11) – 225 citations | h-index 6 | i10-index 5. Google scholar Journals – Science, Nature Geoscience, Geophysical Research Letters (3), Water Resources Research (3), Earth Surface Dynamics, Soils and Sediments, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Preziosi-Ribero, A., A. I. Packman, J. A. Escobar-Vargas, C.B. Phillips, L. Donado, and S. Arnon, (in revision), Fine Sediment Deposition and Filtration Under Losing and Gaining Flow Conditions: A Particle-Tracking Model Approach, Water Resources Research. Phillips, C. B., and D. J. Jerolmack, (in review), Bankfull transport capacity and the threshold of motion in coarse grained rivers, Water Resources Research. Phillips, C. B., J. D. Dallmann, D. J. Jerolmack, and A. I. Packman (in review), Fine particle deposition, retention, and resuspension are determined by stream bed morphodynamics, Water Resources Research. Hernandez, L. M., V. A. Rivera, C. B. Phillips, L. A. Haug, S. L. Hatch, L. Yeager, H. Chang, J. Alvarez, K. J. Gnaedinger, W. M. Miller, and A. I. Packman (2019), Characterization of soil profiles and Phillips – CV 1 elemental concentrations reveals deposition of heavy metals and phosphorus in a Chicago-area nature preserve, Gensburg Markham Prairie, Journal of Soils and Sediments. Phillips, C. B., K. M. Hill, C. Paola, M. B. Singer, and D. J. Jerolmack (2018), Effect of flood hydrograph duration, magnitude, and shape on bed-load transport dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, 45 doi:10.1029/2018GL078976 – [selected for EOS Editors’ Highlights] Fox, A., A. I. Packman, F. Boano, C. B. Phillips, and S. Arnon, (2018) Interactions between suspended kaolinite deposition and hyporheic exchange flux under losing and gaining flow conditions, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2018GL077951 Phillips, C. B., and D. J. Jerolmack, (2016) Self-organization of river channels as a critical filter on climate signals, Science, 352, 694-697, doi:10.1126/science.aad3348 Phillips, C. B., and D. J. Jerolmack (2014), Dynamics and mechanics of bed-load tracer particles, Earth Surface Dynamics, 2, 513-530, doi10.5194/esurf-2-513-2014. Phillips, C. B., R. L. Martin, and D. J. Jerolmack (2013), Impulse framework for unsteady flows reveals superdiffusive bed load transport, Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (7), 1328–1333, doi:10.1002/grl.50323. Phillips, C. B., and F. N. Scatena (2013), Reduced channel morphological response to urbanization in a flood-dominated humid tropical environment, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi:10.1002/esp.3345. Jerolmack, D. J., R. C. Ewing, F. Falcini, R. L. Martin, C. Masteller, C. B. Phillips, M. D. Reitz, and I. Buynevich (2012), Internal boundary layer model for the evolution of desert dune fields, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo1381. In process (1) - (complete draft) Dallmann, J. D., C. B. Phillips, Y. Teitelbaum, S. Arnon, and A. I. Packman, Impacts of fine particle accumulation on hyporheic exchange and sand-bed morphodynamics, and bed form morphodynamics in mobile mixed clay-sand beds, Water Resources Research. Non-refereed (3) Phillips, C. B., (2014), The control of grain-scale mechanics on channel form, landscape dynamics, and climatic perturbations in gravel-bedded rivers, University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. Thesis. Harpold, A. A., D. Karwan, J. Perdrial, J. A. Marshall, J. Driscoll, A. Neal, and C. B. Phillips (2013), Graduate Research Group white paper: Cross-CZO Research Potential, Internal Critical Zone Observatories Publication. Phillips, C. B., and F.N. Scatena (2010), Flashiness indices for urban and rural streams in Puerto Rico, American Water Resources Association, Summer Specialty Conference 2010, San Juan. Grants & Funding (more than $560,000 in research funding) The Nature Conservancy, NatureNet Science Fellow Research Grant, (2018-2020), Effects of river flow variability and sediment dynamics on habitat stability under changing climate and hydropower development [$40,000]. National Science Foundation-Division of Earth Sciences, EAR-BSF-1734300, Collaborative Research, (2017-2020), Coupled Sand and Clay Motion, Bed Morphodynamics, and Porewater Exchange [$349,666]. *Awarded to A. I. Packman. National Science Foundation-Division of Earth Sciences, EAR-1349776, Postdoctoral Fellowship, (2014- 2016), Quantifying the effects of flow transience on sediment transport [$174,000]. Geological Society of America, Graduate Student Research Grant, (2012), Flood shape and sediment transport dynamics [$746]. Phillips – CV 2 University of Pennsylvania, Student travel grants, (2010-2013), Travel grants for the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting [$2200]. Service & Outreach Scientific Meetings & Workshops 2019. AGU Fall Meeting Co-convener, Signatures of Environmental Signals on Earth's Surface and Subsurface SUSPIRE: Sustainable Urban Systems: Predictive, Interconnected, Resilient and Evolving Group Facilitator 2018. AGU Fall Meeting Co-convener, Signatures of Climate Change in Surface Processes [AGU Editors’ Pick] 8th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics Co-convener, River Networks, Sediment Transport, and Ecosystems 2017. Upper Midwest Stream Restoration Symposium Scientific program committee AGU Fall Meeting Co-convener, Sediment dynamics across landscapes: Steep and Low-relief terrains. Co-convener, Autogenic processes and self-organization in natural systems: From vegetation patterns to the geological record. 2014. AGU Fall Meeting Co-convener, Critical Zone Research Student presentation judge, AGU & EGU (5 yrs, 38 presentations) Technical Consultation Environmental Advocacy Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law. (2017-2019). Acknowledged technical support in - Chizewer, D. M., M. Templeton, et al. on behalf of the East Chicago Calumet Coalition Community Advisory Group, (2018) Comments on DuPont, East Chicago (EPA ID IND 005 174 354) Statement of Basis. 18 p. Reviewer (38 reviews across 14 Journals & Agencies) Science, Nature Geoscience, National Science Foundation, Scientific Reports, Geophysical Research Letters, Water Resources Research, JGR-Earth Surface, Earth Surface Dynamics, Geomorphology, Climatic Change, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Landscape and Urban Planning, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. Community Outreach Science Policy Outreach Task Force, Science presentations to Senior Citizens, Northwestern (2019) National Student Leadership Conference, 45 participants/yr ages 15-18, Northwestern (2017-2019) Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day, 45 participants/yr ages 8-16, Northwestern (2017-2018) Laboratory Tours, ~15-30 participants/yr General public, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (2014-2016) Mentoring (5 Ph.D. students, 9 Undergraduates) Other Graduate Student Representative (2010-2014), Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory (CZO), Cross CZO Research Group. Teaching Summary – Instructor and Co-Instructor (2), Guest Lecture/Instructor (10), TA/GSI (4) courses. CIV ENV 395-Water in Israel and the Middle East: Resilience, Sustainability, and Security, Northwestern University, (Spring 2019). Co-Instructor, upper level seminar. 14 undergraduates. [Score - 5.6/6] CIV ENV 346-Ecohydrology, Northwestern University, (Spring 2019). Guest instructor. Phillips – CV 3 CIV ENV 361-Public and Environmental Health, Northwestern University, (Winter 2018 & 2019). Guest lectures (3) on water resources & waterborne pathogens in rivers. 20 undergraduates. CIV ENV 440-Environmental Transport Processes, Northwestern University, (Fall 2017 & 2019). Guest lectures & lab experiments (3) on water resources, sediment transport, & intro to N-S equations. 15 Ph.D. students. GEOL 305-Earth Surface Processes, University of Pennsylvania, (Spring 2013). Coordinate and TA week long field trip to White Sands National Monument. 18 undergraduates. ENVS 200-Introduction to Environmental Earth Science, University of Pennsylvania, (Fall 2010 & 2011). TA Weekly discussion sections & two course lectures. 130-150 undergraduates. [Score - 4.25/5] ENVS 301-Environmental Case Studies, University of Pennsylvania, (Spring 2010). Invited speaker in 2011. TA weekly section, give course lectures as needed, & created exams. 30 undergraduates. Yongmudo-Hapkido, Temple University, (2010-Summer 2014). Instructor for weekly beginner and advanced self-defense classes. 10-20 mixed undergrad