Ongoing research
Our research interests include hydroecology/ecohydrology, hydrogeology, river restoration, remote sensing, vegetative water use, sustainable land-use practices, vegetation patterning, stream-aquifer interactions, ecosystem function/services, human interaction with aquatic ecosystems
Learn more about specific research projects below.
Urban ecohydrology
Keywords: Urban hydrology, soil compaction, green infrastructure, residential development
Fen Wetland Project
Keywords: Groundwater, fen, monitoring, modeling, peat, soil moisture,
water table, Environmental Protection Agency
Ecohydrologic Effects of Land-use change in Argentina
Keywords: Argentina, land-use, agriculture-forest interactions, groundwater
Impact of Urban Trees on Stormwater Management
Keywords: Urban hydrology, tree canopy interception, stormwater management, emerald ash borer
Impact of Changing Snow Cover and Frozen Ground Regimes on Groundwater Recharge
Keywords: Freeze and thaw cycles, Snow cover, Frozen ground, Groundwater, Climate change
Influence of groundwater on temperate forests
Keywords: Groundwater-forest interactions, drought vulnerability, tree growth, water stress, groundwater use by trees
Linking Fen Hydrology and Spectroscopy
Keywords: Fen, wetland, groundwater, remote sensing, spectroscopy, nutrients
Hydrologic impacts of the loss of Wisconsin’s winter on surface water-groundwater interactions
Keywords: Groundwater-surface water interactions, ice formation, Wisconsin rivers, hyporheic zone
Water, Sustainability, and Climate: The Yahara Watershed
Keywords: Ecosystem modeling, climate change, governance, societal values, sustainability, future scenarios
Former projects
Learn more about past projects our group has worked on below.
Urban Heat Island
Keywords: Urban heat island, evapotranspiration, phenology, remote sensing, water use
Mountain meadow restoration with a changing climate
Keywords: Sierra Nevada, groundwater modeling, groundwater dependent ecosystems
Stormwater Management Research Facilities (SMRFs)
Mountain meadow hydroecology
Keywords: Sierra Nevada, groundwater modeling, groundwater dependent ecosystems
Distributed temperature sensing
Keywords: Restoration, soil moisture, distributed temperature sensing
Municipal compost for use in erosion control
Keywords: Compost, organics recycling, unsaturated flow, erosion control
Ecohydrology of Agroecosystems
Keywords: Groundwater subsidy, precision agriculture, soil texture, remote sensing, biophysical modeling, AgroIBIS, HRMET
Particle Organic Matter (POM) transport in the Columbia River
Keywords: Groundwater-surface water interactions, hyporheic zone, particle transport, Department of Energy
