Research

I am a hydrologist, with a geological training, whose research goal is to further understand how physical hydrologic processes influence water quality and movement through watersheds. I am particularly interested at this time in understanding how water moves through paired surface water and groundwater systems, and how nutrients and other solutes are processes and transported by watershed streams.

My broad interest in the exchange of water between surface and subsurface environments has led me to do several specific interdisciplinary research projects. Generally, my research involves field experiments coupled with computer modeling experiments.

Research opportunities are currently available for highly motivated and independent graduate students.
 
A description of some of my current research projects can be found by following these links.

"CAREER: Integrating Research and Education to Advance the Use of Heat as a Tracer of Surface-Ground Water Interaction at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales"
Funded by the National Science Foundation
March 2008 - February 2013

 

"The Impact of Changing Climate on Winter Nitrogen Export from a Forested Watershed of the Adirondack Mountains"
USDA McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program
August 2007 - July 2010
"Water Flux and Nitrogen Cycling in the Hyporheic Zones of a Semi-Arid Watershed: Hydrologic and Geomorphic Driving Forces in a Transitional Climate"
Funded by the National Science Foundation,
Water Cycle Research Program, EAR - Hydrologic Sciences
May 2005 - April 2008

 

A view of the Little Popo Agie River, near Lander, Wyoming