Assistant Research Scientist, Climatology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Research Scientist, Climatology, Illinois State Water Survey
Research Assistant Professor, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Affiliate, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute

Recent Publications

Ford, T. W., Muth, M. F., Woloszyn, M., Widhalm, M., Wilson, A. B., & Todey, D. (2025). Advancing Climate Services Toward the Fulfillment of Sustainability Goals. In T. L. Killeen, D. J. Wuebbles, & J. E. Lane (Eds.), Pathways to Sustainability: Collaborative Solutions for a Resilient Future University of Illinois Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/136245

Ford, T. W., Chen, L., Fernandez, E., Wahle, E., Luedeling, E., Todey, D., & Nowatzkie, L. (2025). Historical and Projected Changes in Chill Accumulation and Spring Freeze Risk in the Midwest United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 368, Article 110532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110532

Lisonbee, J., Parker, B., Fleishman, E., Ford, T. W., Bocinsky, R. K., Follingstad, G., Frazier, A. G., Hoylman, Z. H., Hudson, A. R., Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., Umphlett, N. A., Wickham, E., Bamzai-Dodson, A., Fontenot, R., Fuchs, B., Hammond, J., Herrick, J. E., Hobbins, M., Hoell, A., ... Pulwarty, R. (2025). Prioritization of Research on Drought Assessment in a Changing Climate. Earth's Future, 13(3), Article e2024EF005276. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005276

Alexander, N., Dickinson, A., Benson, T. J., Ford, T. W., Mateus-Pinilla, N., Arneson, J., & Davis, M. A. (Accepted/In press). Waterbird disease in the United States Laurentian Great Lakes under climate change. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(6), Article 102450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102450

Christian, J. I., Hobbins, M., Hoell, A., Otkin, J. A., Ford, T. W., Cravens, A. E., Powlen, K. A., Wang, H., & Mishra, V. (2024). Flash drought: A state of the science review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 11(3), Article e1714. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1714

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