College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Department
of Environmental and
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Distinguished Professor and
Director of Council on Hydrologic Systems
Science Department
of Environmental and Forest Biology Telephone
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● RESEARCH
My research
program is focused on biogeochemical cycles with an emphasis on forest ecosystems, but also includes
work on freshwater. Recent work has
included evaluations of the role of nitrogen, sulfur and other major elements
in watersheds. This work has
included a multidisciplinary approach that includes work with biogeochemistry,
hydrology and stable isotopes. All of the projects are collaborative efforts
including scientists at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry as
well as other institutions including Cornell University, Hokkaido University
(Japan), Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Kyoto University (Japan), Oregon State
University, Technische Universitat Dresden (Germany),
United States Geological Survey, University of Calgary (Canada), University of
Maine, University of Waterloo (Canada), University of West Virginia, SUNY-Buffalo,
SUNY-Cortland and Syracuse University. My research group is composed of
graduate students, technicians and postdoctoral associates. Close cooperation
and integration is an important goal in the research efforts of all members of
the research team. Field research has included studies at the
● PUBLICATIONS
(>240)
Some Recent Examples:
Kang, P.G. and M.J. Mitchell. 2013. Bioavailability and
size-fraction of dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur at the Arbutus
Lake watershed, Adirondack Mountains, NY. Biogeochemistry (In
Press).
Beier, C.M., Woods, A.M., Hotopp, K.P., Gibbs, J.P., Mitchell, M.J., Dovèiak, D., Leopold, D.J.,
Lawrence, G.B., and Page, B.D. 2012. Variability in gastropod and amphibian communities along a soil
calcium gradient in Adirondack northern hardwood forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research (In Press).
Groffman, P.M., Rustad,
L.E., Templer, P.H., Campbell, J.L., Christenson,
L.M., Lany, N.K.,. Socci, A.M., Vadeboncoeur M.A., Schaberg,
P.G., Wilson, G.F., Driscoll, C.T.,
Fahey, T.J., Fisk, M.K., Goodale, C.L., Green, M.B.,
Hamburg, S.H., Johnson1, C.E., Myron J.
Mitchell, M.J. 17, Morse, J.L., Pardo, L.H. and Nicholas L. Rodenhouse, N.L.
2012. Long-Term Integrated Studies Show Complex and Surprising Effects of
Climate Change in the Northern Hardwood Forest.
BioScience 62:1056-1066.
Inamdar, S., N. Finger, S. Singh, M.J. Mitchell, D. Levia
, H. Bais, D. Scott and P. McHale. 2012. Dissolved
organic matter (DOM) concentration and quality in a forested mid-Atlantic
watershed, USA. Biogeochemistry 108:55-76.
Inamdar, S. Dhillon
G., Singh S., Dutta S., Levia L., Mitchell, M., Van Stan J., Scott, D.
and McHale, P. 2012. Temporal patterns of runoff and the controls of end-member
chemistry in a forested headwater catchment.
Water Resources Research (In press).
Kang, P.G, B. Mayer
and M.J. Mitchell. 2012. Comparison of sample
preparation methods for stable isotope analysis of dissolved sulfate in
forested watersheds. Isotopes in Environmental &
Health Studies. 48: 410-420.
Kerr, J.G., M. C. Eimers, I. F.
Creed, M. B. Adams, F. Beall, D. Burns, J. L. Campbell, S. F. Christopher, T.
A. Clair , F. Courchesne, L. Duchesne, I. Fernandez, D. Houle, D. S.
Jeffries, G. E. Likens, M. J. Mitchell, J. Shanley and H. Yao. 2012. The
effect of seasonal drying on sulphate dynamics in streams across southeastern
Canada and the northeastern USA. Biogeochemistry 111:393–409 DOI
10.1007/s10533-011-9664-1.
Kurian, L.M., L. K. Lautz
and M. J. Mitchell. 2012. Winter hydrology and concentrations in
a forested watershed: a detailed field study in the Adirondack Mountains of New
York. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (In Press)
McEathron, K.M., M. J. Mitchell and L. Zhang. 2012. Acid-base characteristics of
the Grass Pond watershed in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, USA:
interactions between soil, vegetation and surface waters. Hydrology and Earth
System Science 9:10775–10803.
Miles, G.R., M. J. Mitchell, B. Mayer, G.E.
Likens and J. Welker. 2012. Long-term
analysis of Hubbard Brook stable oxygen isotope ratios of stream water and
precipitation sulfate. Biogeochemistry 111:443–454 DOI
10.1007/s10533-011-9670-3
Mitchell,
M.J. 2012.Research
resource review: Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry: Synthesis of Past
Research and Future Directions. Progress in Physical Geography 36:451-453.DOI:
10.1177/0309133312440216
Mitchell,
M.J., C.T. Driscoll,
P.J. McHale, K.
M. Roy and Zheng Dong. 2012. Lake-Watershed
Sulfur Budgets and Their Response to Decreases in Atmospheric Sulfur
Deposition: Watershed and Climate Controls. Hydrological Processes (in
press).
Van Stan, J. T., D. Levia, S. P Inamdar; M.. D Lepori-Bui and M.J. Mitchell. 2012. The effects of phenoseason
and storm characteristics on throughfall solute washoff and leaching dynamics from a temperate deciduous
forest canopy. Science of the Total Environment (in press)
Buckley, S.M. and M.J. Mitchell. 2011. Improvements
in Urban Air Quality: Case Studies from New York State, U.S.A. Water, Air and Soil Pollution
214:93-106.
Inamdar,
S., N. Finger, S. Singh, M.J. Mitchell,
D. Levia, H. Bais, D. Scott and P. Mchale.
2012. Dissolved
organic matter (DOM) concentration and quality in a forested mid-Atlantic
watershed, USA. Biogeochemistry
108:55-76.
Inamdar,
S., S. Singh, S. Dutta, D. Levia, M.J. Mitchell, D. Scott, H. Bais, and P. McHale. 2011. Fluorescence
characteristics and sources of dissolved organic matter for stream water during
storm events in a forested mid-Atlantic watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeochemistry 116, GO3043, doi:10.1029/2011JG001735, 23 pages.
Levia, D.,
J. Van Stan, C. Siegert, S. Inamdar, M.J. Mitchell, S. Mage, and P. McHale.
2011. Atmospheric
deposition and corresponding variability of stemflow
chemistry across temporal scales in a mid-Atlantic broadleaved deciduous forest.
Atmospheric Environment 45:3046-3054.
Mitchell, M.J. 2011. Nitrate
Dynamics of Forested Watersheds: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in North
America, Europe and Japan. Journal of Forest Research 16:333-340.
Mitchell, M.J. and G.E. Likens. 2011. Watershed
Sulfur Biogeochemistry: Shift from Atmospheric Deposition Dominance to Climatic
Regulation. Environmental Science and
Technology 45:5267-5271 DOI: 10.1021/es200844n
Mitchell, M.J., G. Lovett, S. Bailey, F. Beall, D.
Burns, D. Buso. T. A. Clair, F. Courchesne, L.
Duchesne, C. Eimers, D.Jeffries,
S. Kahl,, G. Likens, M.D. Moran, C. Rogers, D. Schwede,
J. Shanley, K. Weathers and R. Vet. 2011. Comparisons
of Watershed Sulfur Budgets in Southeast Canada and Northeast US: New
Approaches and Implications. Biogeochemistry
103:181-207.
Wang,
H., R. Wang, Y. Yue, M.J. Mitchell, and L. Zhang. 2011. Variability
of Soil Organic Carbon after Freshwater Restoration in Degraded Wetlands of the
Yellow River Delta, China. Journal of
Environmental Management 92:2628-2633
● TEACHING
I teach
undergraduate and graduate courses in Environmental Biogeochemistry. I have
also led a variety of seminars on topics ranging from historical analysis to
isotope use. I teach an
undergraduate seminar in ecology.
Current
Courses:
EFB
415 Ecological Biogeochemistry
EFB
610 Ecological Biogeochemistry
EFB 497 Ecology Seminar
Cross-disciplinary
Seminar in Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes
Semester 2011
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Moon 110 (ESF Campus)
Visiting Scholar
for The University of Calgary (1983); Fulbright Travel Fellowship to New
Zealand (1983-1984); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (1992); Sigma Xi Outstanding Faculty Research Award (1994); Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
(1996); Co-chair for Gordon Conference on Hydrobiogeochemistry
of Forested Catchments (1997); SUNY Chancellor's Research Recognition Award
(2002);Deutscher Akademischer
Austausch Dienst (2004);
Exemplary Researcher Award by SUNY-ESF (2006).
● Other
Ecology
Panel, NSF (1989-1992); Board of Directors of Upstate Freshwater institute
(1989-present); Bristol-Myers Squibb Community Advisory Council
(1997-2003); Chair of EFB Committee on
Promotion and Tenure (1997-1999); Environmental
Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry Panel, NSF (1999). Ecosystem Panel, NSF
(2000-2004); Northeast Ecosystem Research Cooperative, member of coordination
committee (2000-2004); Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of
Hydrologic Sciences, Incorporated (CUAHS), alternate representative for ESF
(2001-present); Leader of Urban Ecosystems Integrated Systems Development Team
of New York Environmental Quality Systems Center (2001-present); Graduate Program Director of EFB (2002-2007);
Member of International Scientific Committee for Acid Rain 2005 (Prague, Czech
Republic); Board Member of Research Foundation of State University of New York
(2005-present); Vice-Chair of Research Foundation of State University of New
York 2012 – present). Member of the EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee (CASAC) Review Panel on Secondary Standards for NOx and SOx (2007-2012); Commissioner on NYS Governor's Commission
on Higher Education (2007-2008); Member of SUNY Higher Education Advisory
Committee (2007-2008).
● OTHER LINKS
FOR M.J. MITCHELL
Council on Hydrologic Systems Science
Biogeochemical
and Hydrological Research at Huntington Forest
Real Time Data Monitoring
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Upstate Freshwater Institute (UFI)
Croton Watershed of New York
