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Charles E. Tilburg
Department of Marine Sciences
School of Marine Programs
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Ph: 706-583-0049
Fax: 706-542-5888
E-mail: tilburg@uga.edu |
Professional Experience:
2003-Present: Assistant Professor. Department of
Marine Sciences, School of Marine Programs, University of Georgia,
Athens, Georgia
2001-2003: Associate Scientist. Graduate College
of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
2000-2001: Postdoctoral Fellow. Center for Ocean-Atmospheric
Prediction Studies, Department of Oceanography, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
1997-2000: Graduate Fellow. Department of Defense,
National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, Department of
Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
1996-1997: Teacher. Brent School, Baguio City, Philippines
1994-1996: Research Engineer. INTERA, Inc., Austin,
Texas
1992-1994: Research/Teaching Assistant. College
of Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Education:
2000: Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography. Florida
State University, Tallahassee, Florida Dissertation: Ocean dynamics
around New Zealand Advisor: James J. O'Brien
1994: Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering. The
University of Texas, Austin, Texas Thesis: Determination and characterization
of dense nonaqueous phase liquids in saturated porous media using
inverse modeling Advisor: Daene C. McKinney
1992: Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering. The
University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Awards, Grants, and Honors
2005: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Sea
Grant Program, A spatial distribution of blue crab larvae in a
Georgia estuary, $10k, 1 year.
2004: University of Georgia Research Foundation - Junior
Faculty Award, Measurement of mixing and transport properties
in a Georgia estuary, $7k, 1 year.
2004: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Sea
Grant Program, Supply of
Larvae to Georgia Estuaries: A Physical Process Model for Blue
Crabs in Coastal Georgia, $10k, 1 year.
2003: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Sea
Grant Program, Supply of larvae to estuarine nursery habitat:
Development of a predictive model for Blue Crabs. $263k, 2 years.
2002: National Science Foundation - Physical Oceanography
Program, Mixing and circulation in a buoyant, coastal plume.
$800k, 4 years.
2000: Florida State University - Outstanding graduate
student in Physical Oceanography.
Service:
Manuscript Reviewer, Marine Ecology Progress Series,
Geophysical Research Letters, Deep Sea Research, Journal of Physical
Oceanography, Progress in Oceanography, and Limnology and Oceanography
Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Coastal Ocean Program),
Maryland Sea Grant
Review Panelist, National Science Foundation
Publications:
Tilburg, C. E., L. T. Houser, C. N. Steppe, R.
W. Garvine, and C. E. Epifanio, Effects of coastal transport on larval
patches: Models and Observations, Limnology and Oceanography, [submitted],
2005.
Tilburg, C. E., J. T. Reager, and M. M. Whitney,
The physics of blue crab larval recruitment in Delaware Bay: A model
study, Journal of Marine Research, [in press], 2005.
Petrone, C., L. B. Jancaitis, M. B. Jones, C. C. Natunewicz, C.
E. Tilburg, and C. E. Epifanio, Dynamics of larval patches:
Spatial distribution of fiddle crab larvae in Delaware Bay and adjacent
waters, Marine Ecological Progress Series, [in press],
2005.
Zamudio, Z., H. E. Hurlburt, E. J. Metzger, and C.E. Tilburg.
Tropical waves induce oceaniceddies at Cabo Corrientes and the MarÃa
Islands, Mexico, Journal of Geophysical Research, [in revision],
2004.
Zamudio, L., H. E. Hurlburt, E. J. Metzger, S. L. Morey, J. J. O'Brien, C.
E. Tilburg, and J. Zavala-Hidalgo, On the interannual
variability of Tehuantepec eddies, Journal of Geophysical Research,
[in revision], 2003.
Houghton, R. W., C. E. Tilburg, R. W. Garvine,
and A. Fong, Delaware River plume response to a strong upwelling favorable
wind event, Geophysical Research Letters, 31(7) Art. No.
L07302, 2004.
Tilburg, C. E. and R. W. Garvine, A simple model
for sea level prediction, Weather and Forecasting, 19, 511-519,
2004.
Tilburg, C. E., Across-shelf transport on a continental
shelf: Do across-shelf winds matter?, Journal of Physical Oceanography,
33, 2675-2688, 2003
Tilburg, C. E. and R. W. Garvine, Three-dimensional
flow in a coastal upwelling zone: Convergence and divergence on the
New Jersey Shelf, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33,
2113-2125, 2003.
Tilburg, C. E., H. E. Hurlburt, J. J. O'Brien,
and J. F. Shriver, Remote topographic forcing of a baroclinic western
boundary current: An explanation for the Southland Current and the
pathway of the Subtropical Front east of New Zealand, Journal
of Physical Oceanography, 32, 3216-3232, 2002.
Tilburg, C. E. and J. J. O'Brien, A comparison
of climatic wind and sea surface temperature data sets using a numerical
model, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, Research
Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, World Meteorological
Organization, ed. H. Ritchie, 32, 2.27-2.28, 2002.
Tilburg, C. E., B. Subrahmanyam, and J. J. O'Brien,
Ocean color variability in the Tasman Sea, Geophysical Research
Letters, 2 9(10) 10.1029/2001GL014071, 2002.
Tilburg, C. E., H. E. Hurlburt, J. J. O'Brien,
and J. F. Shriver, The dynamics of the East Australian Current System:
The Tasman Front, the East Auckland Current, and the East Cape Current, Journal
of Physical Oceanography, 2917-2943, 2001.
Tilburg, C. E., H. E. Hurlburt, and J. J. O'Brien, The
Southern Hemisphere Subtropical Front east of New Zealand, CAS/JSC
Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, Research Activities in
Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, World Meteorological Organization,
ed. H. Ritchie, 31, 8.19-8.20, 2001.
Tilburg, C. E., H. E. Hurlburt, and J. J. O'Brien,
The role of New Zealand in the separation of the East Australian Current, CAS/JSC
Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, Research Activities in
Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, World Meteorological Organization,
ed. H. Ritchie, 30, 8.37-8.38, 2000.
Jin, M., M. Delshad, V. Dawarakanath, D. C. McKinney, G. A. Pope,
K. Sepehrnoori, C. E. Tilburg and R. E. Jackson,
Partitioning tracer test for detection, estimation, and remediation
performance assessment of subsurface nonaqueous phase liquids, Water
Resources Research, 31(5), 1201-1211, 1995.

Presentations and Contributed Abstracts:
Houser, L. T., C. E. Epifanio, and C. E. Tilburg,
Field investigation of the patch dynamics of larval crabs, ASLO Summer
Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, 2005.
Houser, L. T., C. E. Epifanio, and C. E. Tilburg,
Can larval crabs alter their horizontal swimming behavior in response
to biochemical cues?, ASLO Ocean Sciences Conference, Savannah, GA,
2004.
Tilburg, C. E., Development of hydrodynamic models
for carrying capacity studies, National Fisheries Research and Development
Institute, Busan, South Korea, 2004.
Houghton, R. W., C. E. Tilburg, R. W. Garvine,
and A. Eguiluz, The Impact of Coastal Upwelling Circulation on Mixing
of a Freshwater Plume with Coastal Sea water: A dye tracer study, AGU
Ocean Sciences Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2004.
Tilburg, C. E., R. W. Houghton, R. W. Garvine,
and A. Fong, Response of the Delaware River plume to a strong upwelling
wind event using a dye tracer, Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography
and Meteorology Meeting, Dartmouth, MA, 2003.
Tilburg, C. E. and R. W. Garvine, Biological recruitment
in buoyancy driven coastal systems: Do across-shelf winds matter?,
AGU Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2003.
Tilburg, C. E., Across-shelf transport from across-shelf
winds: A modeling study, Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography
and Meteorology Meeting, Norfolk, VA 2002.
Tilburg, C. E., H. E. Hurlburt, J. J. O'Brien,
and J. F. Shriver, Remote topographic forcing of a baroclinic western
boundary current: An explanation for the Southland Current, Western
Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 2002.
Tilburg, C. E., H. E. Hurlburt, J. J. O'Brien,
and J. F. Shriver, Investigation of the flow field around New Zealand
using an ocean general circulation model, Western Pacific Geophysics
Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand, 2002.
Tilburg, C. E. and R. W. Garvine, Three-dimensional
flow in a coastal upwelling zone: Convergence and divergence on the
New Jersey Shelf, AGU Ocean Sciences Conference, Honolulu, HI, 2002.
Tilburg, C. E. and R. W. Garvine, Three-dimensional
flow on the New Jersey Shelf, Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography
Meeting, Groton, CT, 2001.
Tilburg, C. E., H. E. Hurlburt, J. J. O'Brien,
and J. F. Shriver, The dynamics surrounding New Zealand, AGU Fall
Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2000.
Tilburg, C. E., T. L. Jones, and L. C. Meigs, Integration
of single-well and convergent-flow tracer tests to determine subsurface
parameters in the Culebra dolomite at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(WIPP), AGU Spring Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1996.
Jackson, R. E., Butler, G. W., and C. E. Tilburg,
Development and testing of a conceptual model of a DNAPL zone, Second
Tracer Workshop, Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering,
Austin, Texas, 1994.

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