Dr. Julia Guimond
Assistant Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Contact Information:
Work: 508-289-3492
julia.guimond@whoi.edu
Location: Bigelow 105D
Mailing Address:
266 Woods Hole Road, MS #12
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Lab: COFDL
Research Interests
Coastal groundwater dynamics, permafrost hydrology, saltwater intrusion, coastal and submarine groundwater-surface water exchange, coastal wetland hydrology, climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems, hydrological-biogeochemical interactions.
Awards & Honors
- Kohout Early Career Hydrogeology Award, Geological Society of America, 2024
- NSF Earth Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dalhousie University, 2020-2022
- Doctoral Fellowship, University of Delaware, 2018-2019
- Delaware Sea Grant & National Estuarine Research Reserve Fellowship, 2017-2018
- Carski Family Fellowship, DENIN, 2016-2018
- Wharry Research Grant, 2017
- Graduate Research Grant, Geological Society of America, 2016
- NASA RI Space Grant/Brown University Teaching and Research Award, 2012
Education
Ph.D. Geological Sciences, 2020, University of Delaware
B.S. Geology-Biology Honors, 2013, Brown University
Recent News
The Climate Challenge Facing Our Coasts, Athlete Climate Academy Podcast
Living on the edge, Oceanus Magazine
Sea-level rise causing permafrost to thaw is threatening ecosystems, CityNews Everywhere
Sea-level rise causing frozen grounds along Arctic coastlines to thaw, study suggests, Global News
Biography
Dr. Julia Guimond is a groundwater hydrologist studying how hydrologic systems along Earth's coastlines are impacted by climate change including the implications for the health and services of coastal ecosystems. Specifically, she seeks to better understand the influence of sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and permafrost thaw on coastal groundwater dynamics and salinity distributions. Her research incorporates field campaigns to coastal temperate and polar environments, and utilizes numerical models to expand process-based understanding in space and time. Julia's interdisciplinary research interests require collaboration and knowledge transfer between ecologists, biogeochemists, oceanographers, and climatologists.