Global Institute for Water Security

Web of Science Researcher ID I-6400-2013

EDUCATION
1989 Ph.D., Forest Hydrology. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Thesis: "The age, origin and pathway of subsurface stormflow in a steep humid headwater catchment", 270p.

1985 M.Sc., Watershed Ecosystems Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.
Thesis: "Snowcover ablation and meltwater runoff on a small Precambrian Shield watershed", 127p.

1983 B.Sc. (Honors), Physical Geography (now Physical & Environmental Sciences), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Thesis: "Storm waves, sediment flux and beach morphodynamics in a barred nearshore zone, Wymbolwood Beach, Ontario", 110p.

REGISTRATION
1999- P.H., Registered Professional Hydrologist (reg’n #1506), American Institute of Hydrology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012- Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability; Associate Director (International), Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
1999-2012 Richardson Chair in Watershed Science (1999-12); University Distinguished Professor (2009-12), Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management; Director (2010-12), Institute for Water and Watersheds, Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon.
1993-99 Associate Professor (1993-97); Professor (1997-99), SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
1989-93 Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Resources, Utah State University, Logan Utah.
1989-90 Research Hydrologist, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Universities Space Research Assoc., Huntsville, Alabama.

CURRENT VISITING POSITIONS
University Distinguished Professor (adjunct), Oregon State University, USA Visiting Chair in Water Sciences, University of Birmingham UK Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, China


Distinguished Visiting Professor, Beijing Forestry University, China Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ludong University, China Adjunct Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Catchment Science (SENS graduate course, taught at Beijing Normal University)

Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology, (graduate course, SENS), Univ. of Saskatchewan.

Isotopes in the Biosphere (graduate course, SENS), Univ. of Saskatchewan.

The Future Professoriate (a course for PhD students, Post Docs and Assistant Professors interested in pursuing an academic career; (at Oregon State University and University of Saskatchewan)

Benettin, P., P. Queloz, M. Bensimon, J.J. McDonnell and A. Rinaldo, 2019. Velocities, residence times, tracer breakthroughs in a vegetated lysimeter: a multitracer experiment. Water Resources Research, in press.

Blöschl, G., M. Bierkens, A. Chambel, C. Cudennec, G. Destouni, A. Fiori, J. Kirchner, J.J. McDonnell, H. Savenije, M. Sivapalan, C. Stumpp, E. Toth, E. Volpi, G. Carr, J. Salinas, B. Széles, A. Viglione and 200 others, 2019. 23 unsolved problems in hydrology – a community perspective. Hydrological Sciences Journal, in review.

Coles, A.E., B. McConkey and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. Fifty years of recorded hillslope runoff on seasonally-frozen ground: The Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada dataset. Earth System Science Data, in press.

Evaristo, J. and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. Global analysis of streamflow response to forest management. Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-091-1306-0. [to appear June 17; embargoed information until then].

Evaristo, J., M. Kim, J. van Haren, L. Pangle, C. Harman, P. Troch and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. Characterizing the fluxes and age distribution of soil water, plant water, and deep percolation in a model tropical ecosystem. Water Resources Research, DOI: 10.1029/2018WR023265.

Fan, Y, M. Clark, D. Lawrence, S. Swenson, L. Band, S. Brantley, P. Brooks, W.E. Dietrich, A. Flores, G. Grant, J. Kirchner, D. Mackay, J.J. McDonnell, P. Milly, P. Sullivan, C. Tague, H.



Ajami, N. Chaney, A. Hartmann, P. Hazenberg, J. McNamara, J. Pelletier, J Perket, E. Rouholahnejad-Freund, T. Wagener, X. Zeng, E. Beighley, J. Buzan, M Huang, B. Livneh, B. Mohanty, B. Nijssen, M. Safeeq, C. Shen, W. van Verseveld, J. Volk and D Yamazaki, 2019. Structures and functions of hillslope hydrology with relevance to Earth System Modeling: Syntheses and testable hypotheses. Water Resources Research, doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023903.

Gabrielli, C.P. and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. No linkage between event based runoff and groundwater recharge on the Maimai hillslope. Water Resources Research, in press.

Gabrielli, C.P. and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. Critical contrasts in the critical zone: A simple index to quantify the relationship between geology, landscape structure and water transit time.
Hydrological Processes, in review.

Gaj, M. and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. Soil tension controls the isotopic fractionation factor for evaporation from soil. Hydrological Processes, DOI 10.1002/hyp.13418.

Gaj, M., A. Lamparter, S. Woche, J. Bachmann, J.J. McDonnell and F. Stange, 2018. The role of matric potential, solid interfacial chemistry and wettability on isotopic equilibrium fractionation.
Vadose Zone Journal, DOI:10.2136/vzj2018.04.0083

Lazo, P., G. Mosquera, J.J. McDonnell and P. Crespo, 2019. The role of vegetation, soils, and precipitation on water storage and hydrological services in Andean Páramo catchments. Journal of Hydrology, in press.

Li, H., B. Si, P. Wu and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. Water mining from deep critical zone by apple trees growing on loess in monsoonal climate. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13346.

López-Días, V., N. Martínez-Carreras, F. Barnich, T.Wirtz, J.J. McDonnell and L. Pfister, 2019. Fractionation of 2H/H and 18O/16O isotopic ratios in water through nafion membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 752(128-139, DOI:10.1016/j.memsci.2018.11.003.
McDonnell, J.J., 2019. The Maimai catchment, New Zealand. In Burt, T., D. Thompson and A. Serocka (eds). Curious About Nature: A Passion for Field Work. Field Studies Council Publ, in press.

McDonnell, J.J., C Spence and D. Karran 2019. Fill and spill: A working hypothesis for runoff generation at the scale of the beholder. Water Resources Research [Invited Paper], in review.
Nehemy, M., C. Millar, K. Janzen, M. Gaj, D. Pratt, C. Laroque and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. 17O- excess as a detector for co-extracted organics in vapor analyses of plant isotope signatures. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, in press.

Pfister, L., C. Grave, J. Beisel and J.J. McDonnell, 2019. A global assessment of freshwater mollusk shell oxygen isotope signatures and their relation to precipitation and stream water. Scientific Reports, DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-40369-0.

Sprenger, M., C. Stumpp, S. Allen, P. Benettin, M. Dubbert, A. Hartmann, M. Hrachowitz, J. Kirchner, J.J. McDonnell, N. Orlowski, D. Penna, S. Pfahl, M. Rinderer, N. Rodriguez, C. Werner and M Weiler, 2019. The demographics of water: A review of water ages in the critical zone. Reviews of Geophysics, DOI.org/10.1029/2018RG000633

McDonnell, J.J., 2017. Beyond the water balance. Nature (Geoscience), 10(6):396, DOI:10.1038/ngeo2964.

McDonnell, J.J., 2017. Paper writing gone Hollywood. Science, 355(6320): 102-102, DOI: 10.1126/science.355.6320.102.

McDonnell, J.J., 2017. The sustainable scientist. Science, 357(6356):1202, DOI: 10.1126/science.357.6356.1202.

Steelman, T., and J.J. McDonnell, 2017. Look for the leaders. Nature, 547(483), DOI:10.1038/nj7664-483a.

2018 Distinguished Researcher Award, University of Saskatchewan

2017 Leonardo Lecture, European Geophysical Union, EGU Leonardo Conference,Saig, Germany

2016 Gallagher Lecturer, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Alberta

2016 International Hydrology Prize (Dooge Medal), International Association of Hydrological Sciences/UNESCO/World Meteorological Organization.

2015 J.W. George Ivany Internationalization Award, University of Saskatchewan

2015 Elected to the Royal Society of Canada (Canada’s National Academy of Science)

2015 Boussinesq Award Lecture, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2015 EGU Dooge Award for best paper in Hydrology and Earth System Science “Hydrological connectivity inferred from diatom transport through the riparian
system”.

2015 Nature, ‘Multimedia Editor’s top picks of 2015’ for “Global separation of plant transpiration from groundwater and streamflow”

2014 Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America

2014 Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (UK)

2013 Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Lecture and Award, UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University

2012 Borland Lecture Award, Hydrology Days, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO

2011 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, Geological Society of America (50 university lecture tour)

2011 EPA Scientific and Technological Achievement Award (for 2010 Nature-Geoscience paper)

McDonnell, J.J., 2019. Launching an Academic Career: The Brief Guide for PhD students, Post Docs and New Faculty. Wiley, In press for late 2019 publication.

McDonnell, J.J., Editor-in-Chief. 2006-2012. Benchmark Papers in Hydrology Book Series, IAHS Press, 9 volumes 2006-2012.

Anderson, M.G., Editor; J.J. McDonnell, Senior Advisory Editor. 2005. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, John Wiley and Sons, 5 volume set, 3,456 pages.

Kendall, C. and J.J. McDonnell, Editors, 1998. Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology, Elsevier Science Publishers, 816p.