Anne Jefferson

Born 1979, Anne Jefferson grew up in Winona, Minnesota.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wksu.org/post/anne-jefferson-phd-overuse-road-salt|title=Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., on Overuse of Road Salt|last=Gunderman|first=Joe|website=wksu.org|date=17 November 2018 |access-date=2019-05-03}} Jefferson has a long interest in landslides, snowmelt runoff channels and river and groundwater flow.{{Cite web|url=http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-anne-jefferson/|title=211: Dr. Anne Jefferson: Studying Stormwater Systems and Urban Streams|date=2015-01-26|website=People Behind the Science Podcast|access-date=2019-05-03}} In May 1997, Jefferson won the top prize at the 48th annual International Science and Engineering Fair (the Glenn T. Seaborg Nobel Trip Award).{{Cite web|url=https://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/1997/CO051597.HTM|title=More Than $2 Million Awarded at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair|website=intel.com|access-date=2019-05-03}} Her project was titled "Pool 6 – Mississippi River Sediment Budget: Movement and Storage," which examined at the activity of sediment in the Upper Mississippi River.

Upon graduating from Winona Senior High school, Jefferson went on to earn her B.A. in Earth and Planetary Science from Johns Hopkins University (advisor: Hope Jahren) with university and departmental honors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?86838-1/title-ix-anniversary|title=Title IX Anniversary {{!}} C-SPAN.org|website=c-span.org|access-date=2019-05-03}} She then earned an M.S. in Water Resource Science from the University of Minnesota in 2002, and four years later completed her Ph.D. in geology from Oregon State University and wrote her dissertation on the “Hydrology and Geomorphic Evolution of Basaltic Landscapes, High Cascades, Oregon."{{Cite web|url=https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/bc386p38m?locale=en|title=Hydrology and geomorphic evolution of basaltic landscapes, High Cascades, Oregon|last=Jefferson|first=Anne (Anne Jarvis)|website=ir.library.oregonstate.edu|access-date=2019-05-03}}

Since 2023, Jefferson has worked as professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/Rubenstein-School-of-Environment-and-Natural-Resources/Faculty%20Staff%20Profile/JeffersonCV2022.pdf|title=Dr. Anne J. Jefferson {{!}} University of Vermont|website=uvm.edu|access-date=2023-07-11}} Prior to that, from 2016 to 2022, she was an Associate Professor and graduate studies coordinator in the Department of Geology (later Earth Sciences) at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kent.edu/geology/profile/anne-jefferson|title=Anne Jefferson {{!}} Department of Geology {{!}} Kent State University|website=kent.edu|access-date=2019-05-03}} Prior to that, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Science at the University of North Carolina, in Charlotte, North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/intro/courses/23677.html|title=Earth Sciences - Geography|website=Courses|access-date=2019-05-03}}{{Cite journal|last1=McMillan|first1=Sara|last2=Manda|first2=Alex|last3=Jefferson|first3=Anne|last4=Clinton|first4=Sandra|last5=O’Driscoll|first5=Michael|date=September 2010|title=Urbanization Effects on Watershed Hydrology and In-Stream Processes in the Southern United States|journal=Water|volume=2|issue=3|pages=605–648|doi=10.3390/w2030605|doi-access=free|hdl=10535/6619|hdl-access=free}} She was also a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oregon State University.

Jefferson's lab focuses on watershed hydrology, urban hydrology and hydroecology, climate change impacts, isotope hydrology,  and landscape evolution in human-affected and volcanic landscapes. Current projects in her lab focus on green infrastructure,  stormwater management,{{Cite journal|last1=Jefferson|first1=Anne J.|last2=Bhaskar|first2=Aditi S.|last3=Hopkins|first3=Kristina G.|last4=Fanelli|first4=Rosemary|last5=Avellaneda|first5=Pedro M.|last6=McMillan|first6=Sara K.|date=2017|title=Stormwater management network effectiveness and implications for urban watershed function: A critical review|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hyp.11347|journal=Hydrological Processes|language=en|volume=31|issue=23|pages=4056–4080|doi=10.1002/hyp.11347|bibcode=2017HyPr...31.4056J |s2cid=135011856|issn=1099-1085|url-access=subscription}} and how urbanization and restoration efforts affect  flow, sediment, and water quality. Her research has  been supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and various state and local organizations.

Jefferson was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at Oregon State University.

In 2016 she was selected as an Alan Leshner Leadership Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/programs/leshner-institute/about|title=Leadership Fellows 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724194226/https://www.aaas.org/programs/leshner-institute/about |archive-date=2019-07-24 |access-date=}}

Jefferson is on the Board of Directors of CUAHSI (Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.).{{Cite web|url=https://www.cuahsi.org/about/governance/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors CUAHSI|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217095908/https://www.cuahsi.org/about/governance/board-of-directors |archive-date=2019-12-17 |access-date=}}

She is a working group member of the “Evolving Urban-Water Systems,” for the International Association for Hydrological Sciences, Panta Rhei Scientific Decade, 2013–2022.{{Cite web|url=https://iahs.info/uploads/Panta%20Rhei/Working%20Groups/wg18.pdf|title=Panta Rhei – Everything Flows Change in Hydrology and Society IAHS Scientific Decade 2013‐2022|last=Jefferson|first=Anne|date=|website=IAHS|access-date=}}

She is a member of the American Geophysical Union,{{Cite web|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?field1=AllField&text1=Anne+Jefferson&field2=AllField&text2=&field3=AllField&text3=&Ppub=&|title=All: Anne Jefferson : Search|last=|first=|date=|website=agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com|access-date=2019-05-03}} the Geological Society of America,{{Cite web|url=https://community.geosociety.org/qggdivision/directory/profile?UserKey=e8d02060-ea6f-4c76-b51f-9c207098ecee|title=Anne Jefferson - Profile {{!}} Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division|website=community.geosociety.org|access-date=2019-05-03}} the Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN),{{Cite web|url=https://eswnonline.org/spotlight/anne-jefferson/|title=Anne Jefferson|last=Jefferson|first=Anne|date=March 8, 2013|website=Earth Science Women's Network|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912053546/http://eswnonline.org/spotlight/anne-jefferson/ |archive-date=2015-09-12 |access-date=}} the American Association for the Advancement of Science{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/news/anne-jefferson-sees-social-science-and-public-engagement-ways-forward|title=Anne Jefferson sees social science and public engagement as ways forward|website=American Association for the Advancement of Science|access-date=2019-05-03}}

Her mother is a plant ecologist who received her PhD in 1974. In large part due to this, Jefferson understands the importance of women in science. When she was 18 Jefferson participated in the 25th Anniversary of Title IX event at The White House on July 18, 1997. Since then, Jefferson has been an advocate for women in science.{{Cite journal|last1=Selin|first1=Noelle E.|last2=Kenney|first2=Melissa A.|last3=Jefferson|first3=Anne J.|last4=Dukes|first4=Jeffrey S.|last5=Hill|first5=Tessa M.|last6=Olabisi|first6=Laura Schmitt|last7=Duffy|first7=Meghan A.|date=2018-09-07|editor-last=Sills|editor-first=Jennifer|title=Call for new AAAS harassment policy|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aav1680|journal=Science|language=en|volume=361|issue=6406|pages=984.1–984|doi=10.1126/science.aav1680|pmid=30190396|bibcode=2018Sci...361..984S |s2cid=52169944|issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.statnews.com/2018/09/20/sexual-harassment-science-aaas/|title=Sexual Harassment and Science|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112134851/https://www.statnews.com/2018/09/20/sexual-harassment-science-aaas/ |archive-date=2019-01-12 |access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://grist.org/living/how-to-be-a-science-girl-in-a-barbie-world/|title=Science "Barbies"|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217204822/http://grist.org/living/how-to-be-a-science-girl-in-a-barbie-world/ |archive-date=2014-12-17 |access-date=}}

Jefferson is an avid Twitter user and science blogger{{Cite web|url=http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/|title=Jefferson blogging|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713163535/http://all-geo.org:80/highlyallochthonous/ |archive-date=2010-07-13 |access-date=}} and works to make science information accessible to the general public. She chaired the public forum "The Fourth Annual Kent State University Water and Land symposium" in October 2016 where she facilitated a broader conversation on stormwater and climate change. Jefferson has conducted multiple citizen science projects with collaborators, such as Cleveland Metroparks and Cuyahoga Valley National Park, to engage locals communities and has worked on ways in which educational institutions and scientists can engage the public.{{Cite web|url=https://eos.org/opinions/universities-can-lead-the-way-supporting-engaged-geoscientists|title=Universities Can Lead the Way Supporting Engaged Geoscientists|website=Eos|access-date=2019-05-06}}{{Cite journal|last1=Kenney|first1=Melissa A.|last2=Jefferson|first2=Anne J.|date=2018-04-13|title=Efforts large and small speed science reform|journal=Science|volume=360|issue=6385|pages=164|bibcode=2018Sci...360..164J|doi=10.1126/science.aat6341|issn=0036-8075|pmid=29650668|doi-access=free}} Jefferson has been an advocate for government funding of science research and environmental protection, and has written op-eds{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00207-9|title=Jefferson - Nature Worldview|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814094516/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00207-9 |archive-date=2019-08-14 |access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2017/05/continued_federal_investment_i.html|title=Jefferson - Cleveland Plain-Dealer|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125175356/https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2017/05/continued_federal_investment_i.html |archive-date=2021-01-25 |access-date=}} and has given numerous media interviews.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ideastream.org/news/federal-government-shutdown-stalls-great-lakes-research|title=Jefferson - Idea Stream News|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125104150/https://www.ideastream.org/news/federal-government-shutdown-stalls-great-lakes-research |archive-date=2019-01-25 |access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/5493011/scientists-government-shutdown/|title=Jefferson - Time.com|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103231726/http://time.com/5493011/scientists-government-shutdown/ |archive-date=2019-01-03 |access-date=}}

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Jefferson has conducted a wide range of research from volcanic landscapes in the Oregon Cascades to stormwater management and effects of urbanization on watershed hydrology.{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TWUv5ikAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao|title=Anne Jefferson - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2019-08-14}}

• If a tree falls in an urban stream, does it stick around? Mobility, characteristics, and geomorphic influence of large wood in urban streams in northeastern Ohio, USA., Geomorphology. 337: 1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.03.033. 2019. Blauch, G. and Jefferson, A.J.
• Stormwater management network effectiveness and implications for urban watershed function: a critical review, Hydrological Processes. 31 (23): 4056–4080, doi:10.1002/hyp.11347. 2017. Jefferson, A.J., Bhaskar, A., Fanelli, R., Hopkins, K.G., Avellaneda, P.M., and McMillan, S.K.
• Simulation of the cumulative hydrological response to green infrastructure, Water Resources Research. 53, doi:10.1002/2016WR019836. 2017. Avellaneda, P.M., Jefferson, A.J., Grieser, J.M., and Bush, S.A., .
• Assessing the effects of street-scale green infrastructure retrofits on hydrograph characteristics, northeastern Ohio, USA, Hydrologic Processes, 30(10):1536-1550. doi: 10.1002/hyp.10736. 2016. Jarden, K.M., Jefferson, A.J., and Grieser, J.M.
• Application of isotope hydrograph separation to understand urban stormwater dynamics, Hydrological Processes, 29(25): 5290-5306. doi: 10.1002/hyp.10680. 2015. Jefferson, A.J., Bell, C.D., Clinton, S., and McMillan, S.
• Controls on the hydrological landscape evolution of shield volcanoes and volcanic ocean islands, pp. 185–214 in Harpp, K.S., Mittelstaedt, E., d’Ozouville, N., and Graham, D.W. (eds), The Galapágos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series. 2014. Jefferson, A.J., Ferrier, K., Perron, J.T., and Ramalho, R.
• Channel network extent in the context of historical land use, flow generation processes, and landscape evolution, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38(6): 601–613, doi:10.1002/esp.3308. 2013. Jefferson, A.J. and McGee, R.W.
• Seasonal versus transient snow and the elevation dependence of climate sensitivity in maritime mountainous regions, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L16402, doi:10.1029/2011GL048346. 2011. Jefferson, A.J.
• Coevolution of hydrology and topography on a basalt landscape in the Oregon Cascade Range, USA, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,35(7): 803–816. doi: 10.1002/esp.1976. 2010. Jefferson, A.J., Grant, G., Lancaster, S., and Lewis, S.
• Hydrogeologic controls on streamflow sensitivity to climatic variability, Hydrological Processes. 22: 4371–4385. 2008. Jefferson, A.J., Nolin, A., Lewis, S., and Tague, C.

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