Contact Information
Research Interests
paleoclimate variability on interannual to millennial timescales, paleolimnology, stable isotope hydrology, stable isotope geochemistry
Education
Ph.D. 2011, University of Arizona
M.S., 2006, University of Arizona
B.A., 2003, College of Wooster
Awards and Honors
2019 NSF CAREER award
2017 Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
2015, 2017, 2018 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent
2013 Arnold O. Beckman Award, UIUC Campus Research Board
2013 Selected participant, DISCCRS VIII (DISsertations initiative for the advancement of Climate Change ReSearch)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Professor, Plant Biology
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Recent Publications
Grimley, D. A., & Conroy, J. L. (2026). Last glacial maximum summer temperature gradients from terrestrial gastropod assemblages in Peoria Silt (loess), Midcontinent USA. Quaternary Science Reviews, 381, Article 109934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109934
Bailey, A., Noone, D., Dee, S., Nusbaumer, J., Conroy, J., Stevenson, S., & Atwood, A. (2025). Toward a process-oriented understanding of water in the climate system: recent insights from stable isotopes. Environmental Research: Climate, 4(1), Article 012002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ada17b
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
Mukhopadhyay, S., Pandey, P., Sukumaran, P., Phartiyal, B., Verma, S., Vyas, V., Naidoo, N., Binani, A., Conroy, J. L., & Chauhan, P. R. (2025). Late Quaternary fluvio-aeolian interactions and possible aridification in west-central India: Implications for prehistoric human adaptations in the Central Tapi Valley. Quaternary International, 739, Article 109878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2025.109878
Murray, N. K., Conroy, J. L., Colin, P. L., Cobb, K. M., & Noone, D. C. (2025). Western Pacific Warm Pool δ18O Response to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(3), Article e2024GL113366. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113366