Julia Moriarty

Assistant Professor •
• Coastal oceanography • Numerical modeling • Sediment transport • Biogeochemistry

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Pronouns: she/her

Bio

My research interests include the transport and fate of sediment and nutrients in estuaries, continental shelves, deltas, and wetlands; as well as coupled hydrodynamic-sediment transport-biogeochemistry models and the development of numerical modeling approaches.

I also lead the Coastal Oceanography Modeling Group. For more about me, see an interview I did with INSTAAR news: "Meet Julia Moriarty."

Education

PhD: Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, the College of William & Mary, 2017
MS: Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, the College of William & Mary, 2012
BS: University of Chicago, 2009

Awards

Early Career Research Program Award, Department of Energy, 2023
Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, U.S. Geological Survey, 2017
Student Modeler Award, Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System, 2017
Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, AGU, J. of Geophysical Research, 2016
George R. Healy Fellowship Award, College of William & Mary, 2016
Ray Krone Award, International Conference on Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes, 2015
Anchor QEA Scholarship Recipient, Anchor QEA, 2016
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellow, NSF, 2013

Publications

Recent publications

Modeling Marsh Dynamics Using a 3-D Coupled Wave-Flow-Sediment Model

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Kalra TS; Ganju NK; Aretxabaleta AL; Carr JA; Defne Z; Moriarty JM

Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
Publication Date: 2021-11-02
Type: Journal Article

The Chesapeake Bay program modeling system: Overview and recommendations for future development

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Hood RR; Shenk GW; Dixon RL; Smith SMC; Ball WP; Bash JO; Batiuk R; Boomer K; Brady DC; Cerco C

Published in: Ecological Modelling
Publication Date: 2021-07-17
Type: Journal Article

Response of bottom hypoxia off the Changjiang River Estuary to multiple factors: A numerical study

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Zhang W; Moriarty JM; Wu H; Feng Y

Published in: Ocean Modelling
Publication Date: 2021-03-01
Type: Journal Article

Seabed Resuspension in the Chesapeake Bay: Implications for Biogeochemical Cycling and Hypoxia

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Moriarty JM; Friedrichs MAM; Harris CK

Published in: Estuaries and Coasts
Publication Date: 2020-06-09
Type: Journal Article

Hydrodynamic and Morphologic Response of a Back-Barrier Estuary to an Extratropical Storm

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Defne Z; Ganju NK; Moriarty JM

Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Publication Date: 2019-11-14
Type: Journal Article

Development of vertical marsh growth dynamics in a 3-D Coupled Wave-Flow-Sediment Transport Model (COAWST)

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Kalra T; Aretxabaleta A; Ganju N; Moriarty J; Carr J; Warner J

Publication Date: 2019-11-01
Type: Conference Proceeding

Marsh-edge erosion and estuarine transport affect sediment availability in back-barrier marshes: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Moriarty J; Ganju N; Kalra T; Defne Z

Publication Date: 2019-11-01
Type: Conference Proceeding

Sediment transport in coastal environments: Advances in numerical modeling and applications to interdisciplinary problems

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Harris C; Moriarty J; Tarpley D

Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Type: Conference Proceeding

Sediment redistribution following marsh-edge erosion and resuspension: Implications for Biogeochemistry

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Moriarty J

Publication Date: 2019-06-01
Type: Conference Proceeding

Role of Tidal Wetland Stability in Lateral Fluxes of Particulate Organic Matter and Carbon

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Ganju NK; Defne Z; Elsey-Quirk T; Moriarty JM

Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Publication Date: 2019-05-01
Type: Journal Article

Contribution of hurricane-induced sediment resuspension to coastal oxygen dynamics

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Bianucci L; Balaguru K; Smith RW; Leung LR; Moriarty JM

Published in: Scientific Reports
Publication Date: 2018-10-24
Type: Journal Article

Impact of Seabed Resuspension on Oxygen and Nitrogen Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Numerical Modeling Study

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Moriarty JM; Harris CK; Friedrichs MAM; Fennel K; Xu K

Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Publication Date: 2018-10-01
Type: Journal Article

The roles of resuspension, diffusion and biogeochemical processes on oxygen dynamics offshore of the Rhone River, France: a numerical modeling study

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Moriarty JM; Harris CK; Fennel K; Friedrichs MAM; Xu K; Rabouille C

Published in: Biogeosciences
Publication Date: 2017-04-07
Type: Journal Article

The Roles of Resuspension, Diffusion and Biogeochemical Processes on Oxygen Dynamics Offshore of the Rhone River, France: A Numerical Modeling Study

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Moriarty JM; Harris CK; Rabouille C; Fennel K; Friedrichs MAM; Xu K

Publication Date: 2016-11-15
Type: Journal Article

A source-to-sink perspective of the Waipaoa River margin

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors:

Kuehl SA; Alexander CR; Blair NE; Harris CK; Marsaglia KM; Ogston AS; Orpin AR; Roering JJ; Bever AJ; Bilderback EL...

Kuehl SA
Alexander CR
Blair NE
Harris CK
Marsaglia KM
Ogston AS
Orpin AR
Roering JJ
Bever AJ
Bilderback EL

Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
Publication Date: 2016-02-01
Type: Journal Article

Event-to-seasonal sediment dispersal on the Waipaoa River Shelf, New Zealand: A numerical modeling study

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Moriarty JM; Harris CK; Hadfield MG

Published in: Continental Shelf Research
Publication Date: 2015-11-01
Type: Journal Article

A Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Model for the Waipaoa Shelf, New Zealand: Sensitivity of Fluxes to Spatially-Varying Erodibility and Model Nesting

CU Boulder Authors: Moriarty, Julia M.

All Authors: Moriarty JM; Harris CK; Hadfield MG

Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Publication Date: 2014-06-01
Type: Journal Article

Teaching

Courses taught

ATOC 1060: Our Changing Environment
- Introduction to the climate system and past, present, and future climate change.
ATOC 4500/5500: Coastal Oceanography
- Introduction to physical, geological, chemical and biological aspects of coastal oceanography.
ATOC 4850/5850: Numerical Methods and Modeling Lab
- Introduction to numerical methods in ATOC, for undergraduate and graduate students. Learn to create, write, and use numerical models of complex systems. Focuses on climate, ocean, and atmospheric models. Formerly ATOC 4500/7500.
ATOC 5051: Introduction to Physical Oceanography
- Core course for ATOC graduate students that covers the fundamental concepts of physical oceanography.
ATOC 6020: Seminar in Coastal Oceanography
- Covers selected advanced topics in estuarine and shelf science.

Current students & postdocs

Tina Geller

Graduate Student

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Coastal Oceanography Modeling Group Advisor: Julia Moriarty

christina.geller@colorado.edu

Laura Sunberg

Postdoctoral Scholar •
• Environmental fluid mechanics • Coastal oceanography • Particle transport

Coastal Oceanography Modeling Group Advisor: Julia Moriarty

laura.sunberg@colorado.edu

Brianna Undzis

PhD Student •
• Arctic coastal ocean sediment transport modeling

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Coastal Oceanography Modeling Group Advisor: Julia Moriarty Bio Education BS (Physics) and BFA (Dance): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020

brianna.undzis@colorado.edu

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News

Julia Moriarty named a D.O.E. Early Career Research Program scientist (Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine)

Sept. 29, 2023

Julia Moriarty (INSTAAR & ATOC) was named a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Researcher, receiving multiyear funding. The program helps support the next generation of U.S. STEM leaders. She will be working to improve predictability of water quality following floods in coastal urban systems.

Meet Julia Moriarty

Sept. 25, 2020

Learn a bit about Dr. Julia Moriarty, a new INSTAAR scientist and an Assistant Professor in ATOC who studies processes in the coastal oceans.

More Moriarty news >

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Julia Moriarty

Bio

Education

Awards

Publications

Development of vertical marsh growth dynamics in a 3-D Coupled Wave-Flow-Sediment Transport Model (COAWST)

Marsh-edge erosion and estuarine transport affect sediment availability in back-barrier marshes: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

Sediment transport in coastal environments: Advances in numerical modeling and applications to interdisciplinary problems

Sediment redistribution following marsh-edge erosion and resuspension: Implications for Biogeochemistry

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Current students & postdocs

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