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Jeffrey Wade

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4800 Oak Grove Drive

Mail Stop 300-331

Pasadena, CA 91109

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Water & Ecosystems

Postdoctoral Researcher

Biography

Jeffrey joined JPL as a postdoctoral researcher in 2023. His research spans a range of topics in the field of computational hydrology, including groundwater-surface water interactions, river temperatures, heat transport modeling, and wetland policy. At Syracuse University, Jeffrey’s dissertation research focused on developing machine learning and physics-based models of river water temperatures at the continental scale. Before joining JPL, he also worked for several U.S. agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Education

  • Ph.D. Earth Sciences, Syracuse University (2023)
  • B.S. Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2019)

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2023 – present)
  • William M. Lapenta Intern, National Water Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2022)
  • Graduate Researcher, Syracuse University (2019 – 2023)
  • Hydrologist, New England Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey (2019)

Research Interests

Global surface water dynamics, hydrologic satellite remote sensing, hydrologic modeling, water quality and heat transport modeling

Selected Awards

  • Research Excellence Doctoral Funding Fellowship, Syracuse University (2022)
  • Newton E. Chute Award, Syracuse University (2022)
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program Honorable Mention (2021)

Selected Publications

  1. Wade, J., Kelleher, C., Kurylyk, B. (In Review), Incorporating physically-based river water temperature predictions into the National Water Model framework. Environmental Modeling and Software.
  2. Wade, J., Kelleher, C., Hannah, D.M. (2023), Machine learning unravels controls on river water temperature regime dynamics. Journal of Hydrology, 63(129821), DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129821
  3. Wade, J., Kelleher, C., Ward, A. S., Schewe, R. L. (2023). Which wetlands are vulnerable? Mapping recent shifts in protection under US federal wetland law. Global Water Forum, https://www.globalwaterforum.org/2023/02/02/which-wetlands-are-vulnerable-mapping-recent-shifts-in-protection-under-us-federal-law/, UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance.
  4. Ward, A.S., Wade, J., Kelleher, C., Schewe, R.L. (2023), Clarify Jurisdiction of US Clean Water Act. Science, 379(6628), 148-148. DOI: 10.1126/science.adf7391
  5. Wade, J., Kelleher, C., Ward, A. S., Schewe, R. L. (2022), The fluid definition of the ‘waters of the United States’: Non-uniform effects of regulation on US wetland protections. Hydrological Processes, 36(11), e14747. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1474
  6. Wade, J., Lautz, L., Kelleher, C., Vidon, P., Davis, J., Beltran, J., Pearce, C. (2020), Beaver dam analogues drive heterogeneous groundwater–surface water interactions. Hydrological Processes, 34, 5340–5353. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13947
  7. Orio, M., Luna, G. J., Kotulla, R., Gallager, J. S., Zampieri, L., Wade, J. ... Zemko, P., (2017), CXO J004318.8 412016, a steady supersoft X-ray source in M 31. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(2), 2212-2224. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1355

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