Dr. Catherine O'Reilly
Professor of Geology
Geography-Geology-Environment
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Current Courses
499.004Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
499.007Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
400.002Independent Study
287.003Independent Study - Geology
Ph D Geology
University of Arizona
BA Environmental Studies
Carleton College
Northfield, MN
1/2000th of ½ the Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel
2007
Journal Article
Moshi, H. A., Shilla, D. A., Brehim, J., Kimirei, I., O’Reilly, C., & Loiselle, S. (2023). Sustainable Management of the African Great Lake Coastal Areas: Motivations and Perspectives of Community Citizen Scientists. Environmental Management, 1-15.
Ambrose-Igho, G., Seyoum, W.M., Perry, W.L., O’Reilly, C.M., 2021. Spatiotemporal Analysis of Water Quality Indicators in Small Lakes Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Data: Lake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake, Central Illinois, USA. Environmental Processes, 8(2): 637-660. DOI:10.1007/s40710-021-00519-x
Filazzola, A., O. Mahdiyan**, A. Shuvo**, C. Ewins, L. Moslenko, T. Sadid, K. Blagrave, D. Gray, R. Quinlan, C.M. O’Reilly, and S. Sharma. 2020. A global database of chlorophyll and water chemistry in freshwater lakes. Scientific Data 7: 310.
Hurt*, R., C.M. O’Reilly, and W.L. Perry. 2020. Microplastic prevalence in two fish species in two U.S. reservoirs. Limnology and Oceanography Letters doi: 10.1002/lol2.10140.
Quinlan§, R., A. Filazzola§, A., Mahdiyan**, O., Shuvo**, A., Blagrave, K., Ewins, C., L. Moslenko, D. Gray, C.M. O’Reilly, and S. Sharma. 2020. Relationships of total phosphorus and chlorophyll in lakes worldwide. Limnology and Oceanography, doi.org/10.1002/lno.11611
Magazine/Trade Publication
Weathers, K. C., P. C. Hanson, P. Arzberger, J. Brentrup**, J. Brookes, C. C. Carey, E. Gaiser, D. P. Hamilton, G. S. Hong, B. Ibelings, V. Istvánovics, E. Jennings, B. Kim, T. Kratz, F.-P. Lin, K. Muraoka**, C. M. O’Reilly, C. Piccolo, K. C. Rose, E. Ryder**, G. Zhu. 2013. The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON): The evolution of grassroots network science. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 22(3):71-73.
Presentations
Assessment of spatial and temporal variations in chloride concentration in an agricultural tile-drained area in central Illinois. Illinois Groundwater Association Spring Meeting. Illinois Groundwater Association. (2023)
Using a Tracer Test to Assess the Fate and Transport of Nitrate in a Saturated Buffer Zone. Illinois Groundwater Association Spring Meeting, 2022. Illinois Groundwater Association. (2022)
Commander, O., Peterson, E. W., O'Reilly, C. M., Thayn, J., Perry, W. L., and Twait, R., Assessment of spatial and temporal variations in chloride concentration in an agricultural tile-drained area in central Illinois, in Proceedings The Geological Society of America Connects 2022, Denver, CO, 2022, Volume 54, Geological Society of America, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-380813.
Efobo, O., Peterson, E. W., Perry, W. L., O'Reilly, C. M., and Twait, R., Comparison of erosion potential in two agricultural dominated watersheds, central Illinois, in Proceedings The Geological Society of America Connects 2022, Denver, CO, 2022, Volume 54, Geological Society of America, doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-379644.
Building the team: Conducting international transdisciplinary team-based research on Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.. Association for the science of Limnology and Oceanography. ASLO. (2021)
Natural Nitrate Removal in Shallow Subsurface Stream Flows. 2021 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference (ECEC21). INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. (2021)
Natural nitrate removal in shallow subsurface stream flows. Illinois Groundwater Association Fall 2021 Meeting. Illinois Groundwater Association. (2021)
Natural nitrate removal in shallow subsurface stream flows. 2021 Joint Section Meeting; 55th Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section; 55th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section. Geological Society of America. (2021)
Sustainable management of Lake Tanganyika will require transdisciplinary approaches to improve food security. Association for the science of Limnology and Oceanography. ASLO. (2021)
Total suspended sediment and phosphorous transport in response to storm events in an agriculturally dominated watershed. 2021 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference (ECEC21). INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. (2021)
Grants & Contracts
2020 - 2022 - City of Bloomington: Understanding and monitoring local water quality. City of Bloomington. Local. (2020)
2017 - 2019 - City of Bloomington: Understanding and monitoring local water quality. City of Bloomington. Local. (2017)
The Effect of Cover Crops on Surface Water Quality: A Paired Watershed Experiment in the Lake Bloomington Watershed. Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council. State. (2017)
Projections of Climate Change Effects on Lake Tanganyika (CLEAT).. Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA). Other. (2015)
TUES: The use of high-frequency data to engage students in quantitative reasoning and scientific discourse. NSF. Federal. (2013)