River System Science at Chapel Hill

(2009-2010 River Group: front: Jordan Kern, Stephen Teet, Lauren Patterson, Jeff Muehlbauer, Brad Bennett; back: Mark Green (guest from Plymouth State), Jon Duncan, Autumn Thoyre, JR Rigby, Daisy Small, Martin Doyle, Philip Womble, Dan Band, Scott Ensign; not in picture, Tim Baird and Patrick Clay)

We’re Moving

Beginning June 2011, Doyle will be Professor of River Science and Policy at the Nicholas School at Duke University.

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Recent News

Lauren Patterson named 2011-2012 Udall Fellow

JR Rigby moves to Oxford, MS as Research Scientist at the National Sedimentation Laboratory

Daisy Small moves to teach at Connecticut College

Jeff Muehlbauer receives IGB Fellowship to study and continue research in Berlin

Lauren Patterson receives 2007 Kasperson Award (AAG-Hazards Group) and UNC’s IMPACT Award for Grad Research in North Carolina

Scott Ensign named USGS Mendenhall post-doc starting 2010

Ben Bogardus finishes NOAA research internship (as part of Hollings Scholarship from NOAA), then a year in Italy, and now in Togo as Peach Corps volunteer

Erich Hester now at Virginia Tech Univ as Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jason Julian now at Univ of Oklahoma as assistant professor of Geography

Doyle named Guggenheim Fellow

Tim Baird receives Fulbright and NSF-DDIG for work in Tanzania

Joel Sholtes moves to Colorado State University to pursue PhD

Horace Bixby is still dead

100^th anniversary of death of Mark Twain April 21, 2010

River System Science Research Group

	Martin Doyle Associate Professor and fearless leader [on leave 2009-2010] PhD, Earth Science, Purdue MS, Environ Engineering, Ole Miss BS, Physics, Math, Harding Interests: Rivers Doyle’s web page		Daisy Small PhD student (Geography) MA, UNC, 2006 (Geography) BS, Botany, Env Studies, Connecticut College Interests: Hydraulics, stream ecology, restoration, botany; unstable channels Daisy's web page
	Scott Ensign PhD Student (Ecology) MS, Ecology, UNC BS, Biology, UNC-Wilmington Interests: Stream and estuary biogeochemistry and ecology Scott's web page		Lauren Patterson MS Student (Geography) BS, Geology, Purdue Interests: Spatial analysis, hazards Lauren’s web page
	Autumn Thoyre PhD Student (Geography) MS, Sustainability, Lund Univ (Sweden) BS, Environ Sci, UNC Interests: Sustainability, theory Autumn’s web page		Jeff Muehlbauer PhD Student (Ecology) BS, Biology and Chemistry, Northern Arizona Interests: Stream ecology, headwater streams Jeff’s web page
	Brad Bennett MSE Environmental Engineering student (starting 2009) with Characklis and Doyle BS 2006 (Environmental Science and Math!) BS Engin, 2009 UNC-Charlotte		JR Rigby Post-doc PhD Civil Engineering Duke 2009 BS Physics, Ole Miss
	Tim Baird PhD Geography student Interests: human-environment; Tanzania BA Bowdoin, MA UNC Tim’s web page		Horace Bixby (1826-1912) Interests: Riverboat pilot; cub trainer "When I say I'll learn a man the river I mean it. And you can depend on it I'll learn him or kill him." Bixby’s obit

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Research Group Alums

	Joel Sholtes MS Student (Geography) BS, Environ Science, Duke Now at Brown and Cardwell Interests: Stream hydraulics, restoration, mitigation banking Joel’s web page
	Erich Hester PhD 2008 (Ecology) (Now Assist Prof in Civil/Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech) MS, Environmental Engineering, Stanford BS, Ecology, Dartmouth Interests: Stream ecology, hyporheic processes, river restoration, hydraulic modeling super-stud Erich's web page		Sally Whisler BS Student (Biology and Env Stu)) Now environmental scientist at Research Triangle Institute Interests: Riparian vegetation and regulated rivers
	TC Hales Post-doc 2007 (Now Assistant Prof, Cardiff Univ, Wales) PhD 2006, Geology, Univ of Oregon) BS, 2000, Univ of Canterbury Geomorphology, weathering, debris slides TC’s web page		Jason Julian PhD 2007 (Geography) (Now Assistant Prof, Dept of Geography, University of Oklahoma) MS, Geology, Univ of South Carolina BA, Geography, Univ of South Carolina Geomorphology, bank erosion, dam removal, river restoration   Jason's web page
	Adam Riggsbee PhD 2006 (Environmental Science and Engineering) BS, Biology, Western Carolina Currently, owner of Riverbank Ecosystems, LLC Limnology, biogeochemistry, dams and dam removal		Cailin Orr Post-doc 2005 PhD, Limnology, Univ of Wisconsin MS, Limnology, Univ of Wisconsin BS, Biology, Carleton Now Assistant Prof in School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University Stream ecology and biogeochemistry Cailin’s web page
	Frank Matt “Outer Banks” Smith BS 2006 (Geography and Geology) Geomorphology, landslides, geo-archaeology Now MS student at Virginia Tech Now MS student in Biosystems Engineering at Virginia Tech		Rebecca Manners MS 2006 (Geography) BA, Geography, Dartmouth Now PhD student at Utah State Univ Geomorphology, large woody debris, hydraulics, river restoration Rebecca's web page
	Jordan Kern BS 2006 (Environmental Science) Now MS student in UNC Environmental Engineering		Chris Jochem BS 2006 (Geography) Now at Oak Ridge National Lab
	Sarah Carter BA 2005 (Geography) (Now at AmeriCorps)		Josh Brown Undergrad (Geography, BA 2005) Biogeography, geo-archaeology Lost…
			Arjun Dongre Undergrad (Environmental Science, BS, 2005) Wetland and river restoration Currently at: Bio-habitats, Inc.