Research Areas
Additional Campus Affiliations
Principal Research Scientist, Quaternary Geology, Illinois State Geological Survey
Adjunct Professor, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Recent Publications
Loope, H. M., Antinao, J. L., Hanson, P. R., Jacobs, P. M., & Grimley, D. A. (2026). Last glacial maximum and late glacial aeolian sand activity, south-central Indiana, USA. Quaternary Research (United States). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2025.10063
Conroy, J. L., Karamperidou, C., & Grimley, D. A. (2025). Near-surface winds at the southern Laurentide ice margin through the last deglaciation. Quaternary Research (United States), 125, 87-103. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2024.62
Dendy, S. N., Guenthner, W. R., Grimley, D. A., & Conroy, J. L. (2024). Quantifying Pleistocene loess provenance in midcontinental North America using a mixing model: Implications for glacial lobe evolution along the southern Laurentide ice sheet. Geosphere, 20(6), 1655-1669. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02770.1
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
Rhoads, B. L., Anders, A. M., Banerjee, P., Grimley, D. A., Stumpf, A., & Blair, N. E. (2024). Sensitivity of a meandering lowland river to intensive landscape management: Lateral migration rates before and after watershed-scale agricultural development. Anthropocene, 45, Article 100429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2024.100429