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
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