Research Interests
Paleolimnology, paleoclimate, glacial sedimentary environments, environmental geology, digital mapping, ostracodes, databases
Education
PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MS, Purdue University
BS, University of California at Santa Barbara
Additional Campus Affiliations
Adjunct Professor, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Principal Research Scientist, Quaternary Geology, Illinois State Geological Survey
Recent Publications
Curry, B. B., & Anderson, A. C. (2024). Midwest North American full glacial paleohydrology from fresh water ostracodes: Comparison of Clementsian and Gleasonian methodologies. Quaternary Science Reviews, 336, Article 108734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108734
Grimley, D. A., Loope, H. M., Jacobs, P. M., Nash, T. A., Dendy, S. N., Conroy, J. L., & Curry, B. B. (2024). Updated chronology for Peoria Silt (loess) accumulation in Illinois and western Indiana from radiocarbon dating of terrestrial gastropod shells. Quaternary Research (United States), 121, 40-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2024.15
Wiman, C., Harden, T., Shen, Z., Curry, B. B., Reinders, J. B., Beighley, R. E., & Muñoz, S. E. (2024). Large floods on the lower Ohio River inferred from slackwater deposits. Progress in Physical Geography, 48(1), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333231208612
Erber, N. R., Kehew, A. E., Schaetzl, R. J., Gillespie, R., Sultan, M. E., Esch, J., Yellich, J., Brandon Curry, B., Huot, S., & Abotalib, A. Z. (2023). Revisiting the timing of Saginaw lobe ice retreat and implications for drainage adjustments across southern Michigan, USA. Catena, 233, Article 107510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107510
Erber, N. R., Kehew, A. E., Schaetzl, R. J., Gillespie, R., Sultan, M. E., Esch, J., Curry, B. B., Huot, S., & Yellich, J. (2022). Evidence for an Early Saginaw Lobe Ice Retreat and Drainage Adjustments Across Southern Michigan, USA. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4137066