Peter "James" Dennedy-Frank
Assistant Professor,
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact
- pjdf@northeastern.edu
- 430 Nahant Rd.
Nahant, MA 01908
Office
- 1 MSC
- 617.373.2426
Research Focus
Ecohydrologic modeling for water resources and conservation
Education
- PhD, Hydrology, Stanford University, 2018
- MS, Earth System Science, Stanford University, 2015
- MS, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006
- BS, California Institute of Technology, 2003
Research Overview
Ecohydrologic modeling for water resources and conservation
Selected Publications
- Dennedy-Frank, P. J. and S. M. Gorelick (2020), Insights on Expected Streamflow Response to Land-Cover Restoration. Journal of Hydrology, 589, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125121
- Dennedy-Frank, P. J. and S. M. Gorelick (2019), Insights from watershed simulations around the world: Watershed service-based restoration does not significantly enhance streamflow. Global Environmental Change, 58, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101938
- Dennedy-Frank, P. J. (2019), Including the Subsurface in Ecosystem Services. Nature Sustainability, 2(6), 443, doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0312-4
- Kroeger, T., C. Klemz, T. Boucher, J. R. B. Fisher, E. Acosta, A. T. Cavassani, P. J. Dennedy-Frank, L. Garbossa, E. Blainski, R. C. Santos, S. Giberti, P. Petry, D. Shemie, and K. C. Dacol (2019), Returns on investment in watershed conservation: Application of a best practices analytical framework to the Rio Camboriu Water Producer program, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Science of the Total Environment, 657, 1368-1381, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.116
- Fisher, J. R. B., E. Acosta, P. J. Dennedy-Frank, T. Kroeger, & T. M. Boucher (2017), Impact of satellite imagery spatial resolution on land use classification accuracy and modeled water quality. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, doi.org/10.1002/rse2.61
- Guswa, A.J., P. Hamel, P.J. Dennedy-Frank (2017), Potential effects of landscape change on water supplies in the presence of reservoir storage. Water Resources Research, 53, 2679-2692, doi:10.1002/2016WR019691
Sep 25, 2024
Fall 2024 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several COE, COS, and Khoury students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Fall 2024 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Sep 11, 2023
How Academics Are Working To Solve America’s Groundwater Crisis
MES/CEE Assistant Professor James Dennedy-Frank is using computer models to research how to better manage groundwater resources in the United States.
Aug 17, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: James Dennedy-Frank
James Dennedy-Frank joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in August 2022 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Marine and Environmental Sciences.