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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Coastal Geomorphology, Environmental Economics, Game Theory, Optimization, High-Performance Computing, Public Policy, Coastal Management, Environmental Justice, Hedonic Modeling, Natural Resource Management

 

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Science and Management, Montclair State University, 2016—Present. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba, Dissertation: Coupling human and natural dynamics to understand developed coastal behaviors.

  • B.S. Environmental Science, Tulane University, 2011-2015. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nicole Gasparini, Senior Capstone Project: Coastal Migration: Protection Structures and Beach Erosion in New Jersey.

 

RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT

  • Research/Teaching Assistant, Lorenzo-Trueba Lab, Montclair State University, 2016 — Present

  • Field/Lab Technician, Psuty Lab, Sandy Hook Cooperative Research Programs, Rutgers University, 2015 — 2016

  • Natural Resource Intern, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, NPS, 2015 — 2015

  • Research Intern, Gasparini Lab, Tulane University, 2013 — 2014

  • Research Intern, Sambrotto Lab, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 2010 — 2012

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

  • The Graduate School, Montclair State University, “Quantifying extinct inlet breach risk for urban coasts facing sea-level rise”; PI: Arye Janoff; $9,180, 01 July 2019 — 30 August 2019

 

COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC SERVICE

  • Special Advisor, Bradley Beach Democratic District Delegates, 2020 — Present

  • Secretary, Bradley Beach Environmental Commission, 2019 — Present

  • Volunteer, Bradley Beach Oceanfront Development Task Force, 2019 — Present

  • Commissioner, Bradley Beach Environmental Commission, 2019 — 2019

 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  • Gasparini, N.M., Fischer, G.C., Adams, J.M., Dawers, N.H., and Janoff, A.M. (2015) Morphological signatures of normal faulting in low-gradient alluvial rivers in Southeastern Louisiana, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.3852.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES IN PREPARATION

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A. (In Preparation) The beach nourishment game: emergent behaviors that amplify vulnerability and possible futures for coastal communities at risk.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A. (In Preparation) The role of shoreface dynamics and overwash rate in beach nourishment decisions: insights from a simple model.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A. (In Preparation) Groins and their downdrift socioeconomic consequence: forced community abandonment.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A., 2020. The effects of wealth inequalities in neighboring coastal communities on the potential economic benefits of coordinated beach nourishment (SENEGSA), Joint Section Meeting, Reston, VA.**

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A., 2019. Suboptimal beach nourishment decisions: When self-interested actions enhance a neighbor's welfare; CSDMS, Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A., 2019. The unintended consequences of forced coastal abandonment; Montclair State University College of Science and Mathematics Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A., 2018. Exploring Optimal Community Coordination along Developed Sandy Coasts: Long-term management within a Groin Field; American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A., 2018. A Coastal Geo-economic Model for Coordinated Community Response to Local Erosion and Sea Level Rise; Middle States Division Association of American Geographers (MSAAG), Annual Meeting, Montclair, NJ.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A.. Groins and the Erosion Hotspot Problem: a Coupled Geo-economic Model for Community-Scale Response; Montclair State University Student Research Symposium (MSUSRS), Montclair, NJ.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A., 2018. A Coastal Geo-economic Model: Property Protection, Federal Buyouts, and Managed Retreat; CSDMS, Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A.. A Geo-economic Model to Explore Hard Structure Impacts on Coastal Evolution, Real Estate Markets, and Community Abandonment in New Jersey; AGU, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

  • Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Kolodin, J., Janoff, A., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., Ashton, A. 2017. Using coupled geo-economic models to explore the interplay between coastal protection, natural processes, and economic values along developed shorelines; CSDMS, Annual meeting, Boulder, CO.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A. A Geo-economic Model to Explore Hard Structure Impacts on Coastal Evolution and Management; MSUSRS, Montclair, NJ.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A., 2017. A Geo-economic Model to Explore Hard Structure Impacts on Coastal Evolution and Management in Long Beach Island, New Jersey; Super Storm Sandy: Five Years Later Meadowlands Conference, Lyndhurst, NJ.

  • Janoff, A., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Hoagland, P., Jin, D., & Ashton, A. A Geo-economic Model to Explore Hard Structure Impacts on Coastal Evolution and Management; Association of American Geographers (AAG), Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

 

AWARDS

  • Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System Annual Meeting Student Scholarship, 2018

  • Montclair State University Student Research Symposium Graduate Poster Award, 2017

  • Founders Scholarship, Tulane University, 2011 — 2015

  • Environmental Studies Scholarship, Surfers’ Environmental Alliance, 2012

  • Dean’s List, Newcomb Tulane College, 2012

 

TEACHING AND INVITED TALKS

  • What does it mean to be a research scientist? (invited), 2020 (Bradley Beach Elementary School)

  • EAES 551-01, Coastal Geomorphology (guest lecture), 2018 (Montclair State University)

  • A Geo-economic Model to Explore Hard Structure Impacts on Coastal Evolution and Management (invited), 2017 (Surfrider Foundation Jersey Shore Chapter)

  • EAES 107-02, Earth and the Environment Lab, 2017 (Montclair State University)

  • EAES 250-01, Introduction to Marine Science Lab, 2016 (Montclair State University)

 

PRESS/MEDIA AND NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

 

SKILLS

Programming (Matlab, Python, SAS, Google Earth Engine); Network Protocols (SSH); Remote Server Clients (PuTTY); File Transfer Protocol (SFTP/SCP, WinSCP); High Performance and Parallel Computing (Matlab parfor/parpool); X-Window Applications (VcXsrv); Operating Systems (Windows, Mac OS/Unix, Linux); Data Management/Visualization (Microsoft Excel/Word/Powerpoint/Image Composite Editor); Spatial Analysis (ArcGIS, QGIS); Sediment coring (Geoprobe, Vibracore); GPS surveying (Trimble, Leica); Bacterial Analysis (Enterolert); Graphic/Creative Design (Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/Lightroom, Inkscape)

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** In-person conference canceled due to COVID-19, transitioned to virtual session format on Twitter: #GSAgeocoast

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Revised: 04/19/2020

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