Meredith A. Kelly
Faculty Director, Dartmouth Climate Collaborative
Chair, Department of Earth Sciences
Frederick Hall Professorship in Mineralogy and Geology
Professor of Earth Sciences
My research interests and objectives center upon advancing the knowledge of the terrestrial record of past climate change on timescales that range from centuries to millions of years. This research will benefit our understanding of the modern climate and the mechanisms which cause climate change. I have undertaken research in various geographic locations in order to develop well-dated records of the past extents of glaciers and ice sheets. Although my research generally involves glacial geologic studies, I have broader interests in Quaternary studies and geomorphology.
Contact
Department(s)
Earth Sciences
Center(s)
The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
Education
- B.S., Tufts University (1995)
- M.S., University of Maine (1999)
- Ph.D., University of Berne, Switzerland (2003)
Selected Publications
Herbert JM, Bromely GMR, Kelly MA, Restrepo-Moreno SA, Doughty AM, Ruiz-Carrascal D, Hidy AJ, Galloway P, 2025. Paleoclimatic implications of glacial fluctuations in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Colombia, during Termination 1: Quaternary Science Reviews 363, 109458. Link here
Kelly MA, Lowell TV, Hall BL, Levy LB, Smith CA, Salamido K, Schwartz R, Howley JA, 2025. Relative summer temperature changes from glacial fluctuations in the Scoresby Sund Region, Central East Greenland, during late-glacial time: Quaternary Science Reviews 367, 109531. Link here
Wilner JA, Doughty AM, Kelly MA, Morlighem M, 2025. Disentangling Topographic and Climatic Controls on Glacier Extent: a Case Study in Tropical Alpine Colombia: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 667, 119511. Link here
Mason A, Russell J, Garelick S, Kelly M, Nakileza, Anderson N, 2024. Hydroclimatic change and vegetation response in Tropical African alpine environments over the Holocene: Quaternary Science Reviews 344, 108947. Link here