PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 

8. Familkhalili, R., Storlazzi, C.D., Nemeth, M., Viehman, S. (2025), Assessing the effect of coral reef restoration location on coastal flood hazard along the San Juan Coastline, Puerto Rico. Front. Mar. Sci. 12:1528460. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1528460, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1528460 

7. Sloey, T.M., Hildebrandt, S., Morris, R.L. et al. (2025), A Blueprint to Greener Shorelines: Advancing the Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Widespread Adoption of Coastal Nature-Based Solutions Through Transdisciplinary Research. Estuaries and Coasts 48, 133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01571-8

6. Familkhalili R., Davis J., Currin C. A., Heppe M. E., and Cohen S. (2023), Quantifying the benefits of wetland restoration under projected sea level rise, Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1187276. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1187276. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1187276

5. Familkhalili, R., Talke, S. A., and Jay, D. A. (2022), Compound flooding in convergent estuaries: insights from an analytical model, Ocean Sci., 18, 1203–1220, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1203-2022

4. Familkhalili, R., Tahvildari, N., (2022), Computational Modeling of Coupled Waves and Vegetation Stem Dynamics in Highly Flexible Submerged Meadows, Advances in Water Resources, 2022, 104222, ISSN 0309-1708, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104222.

3. Talke, S. A., Familkhalili, R., & Jay, D. A. (2021). The influence of channel deepening on tides, river discharge effects, and storm surge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016328. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016328 

2. Familkhalili, R., Talke, S. A., & Jay, D. A. (2020). Tide‐Storm Surge Interactions in Highly Altered Estuaries: How Channel Deepening Increases Surge Vulnerability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC015286. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015286

1. Familkhalili, R., and Talke, S. (2016) The effect of channel deepening on tides and storm surge: A case study of Wilmington, NC, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 9138–9147, doi:10.1002/2016GL069494.  https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069494

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

24. Familkhalili, R., Passeri, D., Buffington,K., Herold, N., (2024), Assessing Tidal Marsh Dynamics: A Multi-Model Synthesis Approach for Climate Resilience, ESS Open Archive. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.173924288.80364963/v1

23. Meckley, T., Buckel, C., Familkhalili, R., et al., (2024) An Interagency Collaboration Toward a National Coastal Ecosystem Prediction System, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC.

22. Familkhalili, R., Davis, J., Currin, C., Heppe, M., Cohen, S., (2023), Evaluation of nature-based solutions to boost wetland resilience to sea-level rise, 27th Biennial Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation Conference, Portland, OR.  https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169711720.08141268/v1

21. Familkhalili, R., Davis, J., Currin, C., Heppe, M., Cohen, S., (2023), Resilience Benefits of Keeping Dredged Sediment in the System, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

20. Currin, CA., Cerny-Chipman, K., Davis, J., Whitin, S., Cohen, S., Familkhalili, R., (2023), When keeping up and migrating aren’t enough; changing regulatory policy to promote marsh resilience, 27th Biennial Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation Conference, OR. DOI: 10.22541/au.170000968.83465902/v1 

19. Familkhalili, R., Davis, J., Currin, C., Heppe, M., Cohen, S., (2023), Resilience Benefits of Keeping Dredged Sediment in the System, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

18. Tahvildari, N., Familkhalili, R., (2022), Spatiotemporal Variation of Drag in a Submerged Flexible Vegetation Meadow and its Linkage to Stem Dynamics: a Computational Modeling Study. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AGUFMEP32B..08T/abstract

17. Familkhalili, R., Tahvildari, N., (2021), Characterize Hydrodynamic Effects of Waves on Seagrasses Growth Through Field Measurements and Computational Modelling, AGU, https://doi/10.1002/essoar.10509624.1

16. Talke, S., Jay, D., and Familkhalili, R., (2021), Alteration in tides and flood dynamics caused by channel deepening:  case study of the Saint Johns River, Florida, EGU General Assembly 2021, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14012, 2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14012, 2021.

15. Familkhalili, R., Tahvildari., (2021), High-Resolution Prediction of Coastal Compound Flooding under Future Relative Sea Level Rise, 26th Biennial Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference., 2021. DOI: 10.22541/au.169945446.63472247/v2

14. Familkhalili, R., Tahvildari, N., (2020), Effects of Spatially Variable Drag Coefficient of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation on Surface Wave Dissipation, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. https://www.essoar.org/doi/10.1002/essoar.10506133.1

13. Greiling, S., Tahvildari, N., Familkhalili, R., Schafran, G., Downing, A., (2020), Hydrodynamics of Hypolimnetic Aeration and its Relation to Oxygen Transfer, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2020AGUFMH114.0013G

12. Tahvildari, N., Familkhalili, R., and Ma, G. (2020). Non-hydrostatic Modeling of Flow Interactions with Highly Flexible Vegetation. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, (36v), waves.59. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36v.waves.59

11. Talke, S., Familkhalili, R., Helaire, L., Jay, D., Orton, P., Ralston, D., (2020) The influence of human induced landscape and bathymetry changes on tides, surge, and extreme water levels. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA.

10. Familkhalili, R, (2019) Analytical and Numerical Modeling of Long-Term Changes to Tides, Storm Surge, and Total Water Level Due to Bathymetric Changes and Surge Characteristics. Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5014. pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5014.  https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6890

9. Talke, S., Jay, D., Familkhalili, R., (2019) Secular Change in Estuary Storm Tides: the effect of tides and friction, IUGG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada.

8. Jay, D., Talke, S., Familkhalili, R., (2019) Separating Tide and Surge using Wavelet Tidal Analysis, IUGG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada.

7. Talke, S., Jay, D., Ralston, D., Orton, P., Familkhalili, R., (2018) Spatially-varying Non-Stationarity in Estuarine Extreme Sea Levels, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AGUFMNH41A..08T

6. Familkhalili, R., Talke, S., Jay, D., (2018) Changes in Inundation Risk in the Delaware River Estuary: Past and Future, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR.

5. Talke, S., Familkhalili, R., Jay, D., (2018) The influence of channel deepening on high water marks:  case study of hurricane Irma, Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas Conference, Galveston, TX.

4. Talke, S., Jay, D., Helaire, L., Familkhalili, R., (2016) Secular changes to Long Waves in Estuaries: Case studies on the US East and West Coast,18th Conf. on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Netherlands

3. Talke, S., Jay, D., Familkhalili, R., Helaire, L., (2016) Trends in North American tides and storm surge, 1844-present, American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences, Louisiana.

2. Talke, S., Jay, D., Helaire, L., Familkhalili, R., (2016) The effect of changing topography on coastal tides and storm surge: a historical perspective,  Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Portland, OR. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016APS..DFDKP1101T/abstract

1- Familkhalili, R., Talke, S. (2015) Increased tides and storm surge in the Cape Fear River Estuary over the past century, Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation, Portland, OR.