Jillian Gregg

Dr. Jillian W. Gregg

• B.S. Biology, University of Utah
• M.S. Biology, University of Utah
• Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
• Postdoctoral research, US EPA.

Founding CEO, Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates (TERA) Research group determining the impacts and ecosystem carbon storage feedbacks of human-caused climate change.

$2+M total in climate change, pollutant impacts, and water relations research (see CV):

• Pollutant and climate change impacts on plant growth in urban compared to rural ecosystems
  • Independently funded dissertation research became cover article for Nature Magazine
• Impacts of asymmetric global warming on carbon sequestration in grassland ecosystems
  • Renovated and operated US EPA’s multimillion dollar climate change research facility
• Use of stable isotopes to decipher source contributions across a range of pollutant and climate change factors
  • Most frequently cited article based on the Thomson Reuters database (Sci. Cit. Index Expanded) and Springer Ecology Stars
  • US EPA Science and Technology Achievement Level I Award, with Congressional Reception on Capitol Hill
• Model development to assess accuracy of soil carbon storage calculations
  • Important for assessing the potential for soil carbon storage

Non-climate change related research Dr. Gregg has led include water relations of mistletoe-host relationships in the desert southwestern US, and energy balance of leaf size and shape in relation to light and moisture tradeoffs in the tropical rainforests of Panama.

Dr. Gregg joined the OSU Sustainability Double Degree (SDD) program in fall 2015 to develop the course on Introduction to Climate Change (SUS 103).  This course attracts >1000 OSU students per year via on-campus and eCampus delivery.  She has also taught Introduction to Sustainability (SUS 102) both on-campus and eCampus and has co-taught Ecology (BIO 350) and Stable Isotope Ecology (FS 499) at OSU.  Before coming to OSU she taught laboratory courses in Plant Ecology, Plant Physiological Ecology, and Introductory Biology at Cornell University and the University of Utah.

When she is not teaching or doing research you will find her on her mountain bike, hiking, in the yoga studio, cooking/growing healthful food, and enjoying her new solar panels.