Education
- 2002 Ph. D. University of Washington, School of Oceanography
- 1997 M. S. University of Washington, School of Oceanography
- 1994 B. S. Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Professional Experience
- September 2005 - present
- Staff scientist, Earth and Space Research, Seattle
- September 2003 - August 2005
- Postdoctoral research fellow, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
- June & July 2003
- Guest researcher, Institut für Meereskunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel
- June 2002 - May 2003
- Postdoctoral research associate, School of Oceanography & Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle
- June 2001 - June 2002
- Research assistant (half-time), Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle
- September 1994 - June 2001
- Graduate research assistant, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle
Honors and Awards
- 2004 Conseil Scientifique de l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2002 Chateaubriand Fellowship for scientific research in France
- Embassy of France in the United States / 2003-2004 tenure
- 1995 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate
- Fellowship, Department of Defense / 1995-1998 tenure
- 1994 Hammer Award for outstanding senior thesis presentation
- Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Publications
- Lilly, J. M. and J.-C. Gascard (2006).
Wavelet ridge diagnosis of time-varying elliptical signals with application to an oceanic eddy.
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 13, 467--483.
- Bunge, L., C. Provost, J. M. Lilly, M. D'Orgeville, A. Kartavtseff, and J.-L. Mélice (2006).
Variability of the horizontal velocity structure in the Upper 1600 m of the water column on the Equator at 10° W.
Journal of Physical Oceanography 36, 1287--1304.
- Lilly, J. M., and E. E. Lettvin (2004). The "switch-on" problem for linear time-invariant operators. Signal Processing 84, 763--784.
- Lilly, J. M., P. B. Rhines, F. Schott, K. Lavender, J. Lazier, U. Send, and E. D'Asaro (2003).
Observations of the Labrador Sea eddy field. Progress in Oceanography 59, 75--176.
- Lilly, J. M. and P. B. Rhines (2002).
Coherent eddies in the Labrador Sea observed from a mooring.
Journal of Physical Oceanography 32, 585--598.
- Lilly, J. M., P. B. Rhines, M. Visbeck, R. E. Davis, J. R. N. Lazier,
F. Schott and D. Farmer (1999).
Observing deep convection in the Labrador Sea during winter 1994-95.
Journal of Physical Oceanography 29, 2065--2098.
- Lilly, J. M. and J. Park (1995).
Multiwavelet spectral and polarization analysis.
Geophysical Journal International 122, 1001--1021.
- Bolton, E. W., K. A. Maasch and J. M. Lilly (1995). A wavelet analysis of Plio- Pleistocene climate indicators: A new view of periodicity evolution. Geophysical Research Letters 22, 2753--2756.
Invited talks
- 20 Oct. 2007 Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen
- 21 Sept. 2007 Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
- 18 Sept. 2007 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- 18 May 2006 Institutt for Fysikk og Teknologi, Universitetet i Tromsø
- 16 May 2006 Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen
- 19 Feb. 2004 Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysique et Industriels, Grenoble
- 16 Mar. 2004 Laboratoire d'Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie, Paris
- 23 June 2003 Institut für Meereskunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel
- 22 May 2003 University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
- 25 Apr. 2003 Florida State University Department of Oceanography
- 25 Oct. 2002 University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
- 22 Oct. 2002 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- 18 Oct. 2002 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- 25 July 2001 Institut für Meereskunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel
- 08 July 2001 Laboratoire d'Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie, Paris