Martin W. Doyle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Geography, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3220
919-962-3876
mwdoyle@email.unc.edu
www.unc.edu/~mwdoyle/
date revised: 20 August, 2007
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
River System Science: river geomorphology, hydrology, hydraulics, ecology, biogeochemistry
River Systems and Societies: river policy and economics, environmental markets, infrastructure policy
River History: political economy of river use, politics, and technology in US from colonial to present
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2002, Purdue University, Earth Science.
M.S.Eng. 1997, National Sedimentation Laboratory-University of Mississippi, Environmental Engineering.
B.S. 1995, Harding University, Physics, Applied Mathematics.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC
Associate Professor, Department of Geography (2006-present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography (2002 – 2006)
Curriculum in Ecology (2002-present)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Institute for Water Resources, Ft Belvoir, VA
Frederick J Clarke Visiting Scholar (2009 – 2010)
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
Visiting Scientist (Fall 2004)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
USDA Research Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute (1999-2001)
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (2001-2002)
Inter-Fluve, Inc., Bozeman, MT and Hood River, OR
Hydraulic Engineer (EI) (1997-1999)
National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, MS
Research Assistant Hydraulic Engineer (1995-1997)
Mt. Rainier National Park, Longmire, WA
Hydrologist (1994)
PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS
Frederick J Clarke Fellow, US Army Corps of Engineers-Institute for Water Resources, 2009-2010
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, 2009-2010
Sigma Xi, 2009 – present
Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, National Academy of Sciences, 2009
Julian Simon Fellow, Property and Environment Research Center, 2009-2010
W.N. Reynolds Research Leave, UNC College of Arts and Science, 2009-2010
Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, Stanford Univ – Woods Institute of Environment, 2008
GlaxoSmithKline Faculty Fellow for Public Policy, Institute for Emerging Issues, 2008
Editorial Board, Ecology (2008-)
John Treacy Memorial Lecture, University of Wisconsin, 2006
Editor’s Citation Award for Excellence in Reviewing, Amer. Geophysical Union (Water Resources Res), 2006
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2005
Nystrom Award, Association of American Geographers, 2004
Chorafas Prize, Chorafas Foundation-Switzerland, 2002
Wolman Award, Association of American Geographers, 2002
Fahnestock Award, Geological Society of America, 2001
Horton Grant, American Geophysical Union, 2000
National Academy of Sciences – Sigma Xi, Dissertation Research Award, 2000
USDA GAANN Dissertation Fellowship, 1999-2001
Licensed Engineering Intern in Montana
Order of the Engineer
NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND PANELS
National Ecological Observatory Network
Hydroecology sub-committee
Heinz Center for Policy, Economics and the Environment
Dam Removal Science and Policy Panel
Coalition of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences (CUAHSI)
Floodplain Processes Working Group
National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics
Morphodynamics following Dam Removal
American Society of Civil Engineers Task Committees
Unstable Channel Processes Task Committee (Secretary)
Dam Decommissioning Task Committee
River Restoration Task Committee
PUBLICATIONS (underline indicates student or post-doc as author or co-author)
Key Publications
Doyle and Ensign (2009). Alternative reference frames in river systems science. BioScience 59: 499-510.
Doyle et al. (2008). Aging infrastructure and ecosystem restoration. Science 319(5861): 286-287.
Doyle et al. (2005). Effective discharge analysis of ecological processes in streams. Water Resources Research, 41, W1141, doi: 10.1029/2005WR004222.
Doyle et al. (2003). Hydrogeomorphic controls on phosphorus retention in streams. Water Resources Research 36(6): 1147, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002038.
Doyle et al. (2003), Channel adjustments following two dam removals in Wisconsin. Water Resources Research. 39(1), 1011, doi: 10.1029/2002WR001714.
All Peer-Reviewed Journals
Accepted with revision:
Patterson, L., and M.W. Doyle (Accepted with revision). Hyposographic demography across scale. Professional Geographer.
Published (including in press):
53. Doyle, M.W.
and A. Yates (In press). Stream ecosystem service markets under no-net-loss
regulation. Ecological Economics.
52. BenDor, T., and M.W. Doyle (2010, in press), Planning for ecosystem service markets. Journal of the American Planning Association.
51. Havlick, D., and M.W. Doyle (2009). Restoration
geographies. Ecological Restoration 27(3): 240-243.
50. BenDor, T., J. Sholtes and M.W. Doyle (2009, in press). Landscape characteristics of stream and wetland mitigation banking. Ecological Applications.
49. Doyle, M.W. and S.H. Ensign (2009). Alternative reference frames in river systems science. BioScience 59(6): 499-510.
48. Orr, C.H., J.J. Clark, P.R. Wilcock, J.C. Finlay, and M.W. Doyle. Morphological and biologic control of limiting nutrient uptake in a field-scale flume (2009). Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 114, G02019, doi:10.1029/2008JG000825.
47. Doyle, M.W., and D. Havlick (2009). Infrastructure and the environment. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 34: 349-373.
46. Ensign, S.H., M. Piehler, and M.W. Doyle. (2009). Riparian zone denitrification affects nitrogen flux through a tidal freshwater river. Biogeochemistry 91: 133-150.
45. Lave, R., M.M. Robertson, and M.W. Doyle (2008). Why you should pay attention to stream mitigation banking. Ecological Restoration 26:287-289.
44. Patterson, L., and M.W. Doyle (2009). Assessing effectiveness of national flood policy through spatiotemporal monitoring of socioeconomic exposure. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 45:1-16.
43. Craig, L.S., M.A. Palmer, D.C. Richardson, S. Filoso, E.S. Bernhardt, B.P. Bledsoe, M.W. Doyle, P.M. Groffman, B.A. Hassett, S.J. Kaushal, P.M. Mayer, S.M. Smith, and P.R. Wilcock (2008). Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 6, doi: 10.1890/070080.
42. Julian, J.P., E.H. Stanley and M.W. Doyle (2008). Basin-scale consequences of agricultural land use on benthic light availability and primary production along a sixth-order temperate river. Ecosystems, 11:1091-1105.
41. Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle. (2009). The influence of in-stream geomorphic structures on stream temperature via induced hyporheic exchange, Limnology and Oceanography, 54: 355-367.
40. Julian, J.P., M.W. Doyle and E.H. Stanley (2008). Optical water quality in rivers. Water Resources Research, vol 44, W10411, doi:10.1029/2007WR006457.
39. Julian, J.P., M.W. Doyle, and E.H. Stanley (2008). Empirical modeling of light availability in rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 113, G03022, doi: 1029/2007JG000601. 38. Riggsbee, A., C. Orr, D. Leech, M.W. Doyle and R. Wetzel (2008). Suspended sediments in river ecosystems: photochemical sources of dissolved organic carbon, dissolved organic nitrogen and adsorptive removal of dissolved iron. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences,113, doi:10.1029/2007JG000654.
37. Doyle. M.W., E.H. Stanley, D.G. Havlick, M. Kaiser, G. Steinbauch, W.L. Graf, G.E. Galloway, J.A. Riggsbee (2008). Aging infrastructure and ecosystem restoration. Science 319(5861): 286-287.
36. Small, M.J., M.W. Doyle, R. Fuller, and R. Manners (2008). Geomorphic vs hydrologic control on stream ecosystems: example using organic matter. Freshwater Biology doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.01999.
35. Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle (2008). Efficacy of in-channel geomorphic structures for hyporheic exchange. Water Resources Research Vol 44, W03417, doi:10.1028/2006WR005810.
34. Doyle, M.W. and C. Shields (2008). A measure of discharge effectiveness over the entire flow distribution. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 33: 308-316.
33. Manners, R., and M.W. Doyle (2008). A mechanistic model of woody debris jam evolution and its application to wood-based restoration and management. River Research and Applications (in press).
32. Riggsbee, A., J. Julian, M.W. Doyle and R. Wetzel (2007). Carbon and nitrogen loading during the dam removal process. Water Resources Research, Vol 43, W09414, doi: 101.1029/2006WR005318.
31. Manners, R., M.W. Doyle, and M.J. Small (2007). Structure and hydraulics of natural woody debris jams. Water Resources Research 43, W06432, doi: 10.1029/2006WR004910.
30. Doyle, M.W., F.D. Shields, K.F. Boyd, P.E. Skidmore, and D.E. Domminick (2007). Channel-forming discharge selection in river restoration design. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 133: 831-837
29. Renschler, C.S., M. Doyle and M. Thoms (2007). Geomorphology and ecosystems: Challenges and keys to success. Geomorphology 89: 1-8.
28. Simon, A., M. Doyle, M. Kondolf, F.D. Shields, B. Rhoads, and M. McPhillips (2007). Critical evaluation of how the Rosgen Classification and associated natural channel design methods fail to integrate and quantify fluvial processes and channel response. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 43(5): 1-15.
27. Post, D.M., M.W. Doyle, J.L. Sabo, and J.C. Finlay (2007). The problem of boundaries in defining ecosystems: a potential landmine for uniting geomorphology and ecology. Geomorphology: 111-126.
26. Ensign, S.H., and M.W. Doyle (2006). Nutrient spiraling in streams and river networks. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 111, G04009, doi: 10.1029/FG000114.
25. Doyle, M.W., and E.H. Stanley (2006). Exploring links between fluvial geomorphology and nutrient-periphyton dynamics using simulation models. Annals of Assoc. of American Geographers 96(4): 687-698
24. Doyle, M.W. (2006). A heuristic model for potential geomorphic influences on trophic interactions in streams. Geomorphology, 77: 235-248.
23. Fraser, F., M.W. Doyle and H. Young (2006). Creating effective flood mitigation policies. EOS 87(27): 265,270.
22. Shields, F.D., E.J. Langendoen, and M.W. Doyle (2006). Adapting existing models to examine the effects of agricultural conservation programs on stream habitat quality. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42(1): 25-33.
21. Doyle, M.W., E.H. Stanley, D. Strayer, R. Jacobson, and J.C. Schmidt (2005). Effective discharge analysis of ecological processes in streams. Water Resources Research, 41, W1141, doi: 10.1029/2005WR004222.
20. Doyle, M.W. (2005). Incorporating hydrology into nutrient spiraling theory. Journal of Geophysical Research 110, G01003, doi: 10.1029/2005JG000015.
19. Ensign, S.E., and M.W. Doyle (2005). In-stream transient storage and associated nutrient retention: Evidence from experimental manipulations. Limnology and Oceanography, 50: 1740-1751.
18. Doyle, M.W, E.H. Stanley, C.H. Orr, A.R. Selle, and J.M. Harbor (2005). Response of stream ecosystems to dam removal: Lessons from the heartland. Geomorphology 71: 227-244.
17. Doyle, M.W. and J. Julian (2005). The most cited works in geomorphology. Geomorphology 72: 238-249.
16. Sethi, S.A., A.R. Selle, M.W. Doyle, E.H. Stanley, and H.E. Kitchel. 2004. Response of unionid mussels to dam removal in Koshkonong Creek, Wisconsin (USA). Hydrobiologia 525:157-165.
15. Doyle, M.W., A.R. Selle, J.M. Stofleth, E.H. Stanley, and J.M. Harbor (2003). Predicting the depth of erosion following dam removal using a bank stability model. International Journal of Sediment Research, 18(2): 128-134.
14. Doyle, M.W., and J.M. Harbor (2003). Modeling the effect of form and profile adjustments on channel equilibrium timescales. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28: 1271-1287.
13. Doyle, M.W., E.H. Stanley, and J.M. Harbor (2003). Hydrogeomorphic controls on phosphorus retention in streams. Water Resources Research 36(6): 1147, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002038.
12. Doyle, M.W., E.H. Stanley, and J.M. Harbor (2003), Channel adjustments following two dam removals in Wisconsin. Water Resources Research. 39(1), 1011, doi: 10.1029/2002WR001714.
11. Shields, F.D., R.R. Copeland, P.C. Klingeman, M.W. Doyle, and A. Simon (2003). Sedimentation engineering for stream restoration: A Review. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 129(8): 575-584.
10. Doyle, M.W, E.H. Stanley and J.M. Harbor (2003). Towards policies and decision-making for dam removal. Environmental Management 31(4): 453-465.
9. Doyle, M.W., and J.M. Harbor (2003). A scaling approximation of equilibrium time-scales for sand-bed and gravel-bed rivers responding to base-level lowering, Geomorphology 54: 217-223.
8. Myers-Kinzie, M., A. Space, C.F. Rich, and M.W. Doyle (2003). Relationship of unionid mussel occurrence to channel stability in urban streams. Internationale Vereiningung für Theoretische und angewandte Limnologie Verhandlungen 28(2): 822-826.
7. Stanley, E.H., and M.W. Doyle (2003). Trading off: the ecological effects of dam removal. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 15-22.
6. Doyle, M.W., E.H. Stanley, J.M. Harbor, and G.E. Grant (2003). Dam removal in the United States: Emerging Needs for Science and Policy, EOS 84(4): 29-33.
5. Doyle, M.W., E.H. Stanley, and J.M. Harbor (2002). Geomorphic analogies for assessing probable channel response to dam removal. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38(6): 1567-1579.
4. Stanley, E.H., and M.W. Doyle (2002). A geomorphic perspective on nutrient retention following dam removal. BioScience 52(8): 693-701.
3. Stanley, E.H., M.A. Luebke, M.W. Doyle, and D.W. Marshall. (2002). Short-term changes in channel form and macroinvertebrate communities following low-head dam removal in the Baraboo River, Wisconsin. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21: 172-187.
2. Doyle, M.W. and F.D. Shields, Jr. (2000). Incorporation of bed texture into a channel evolution model. Geomorphology 34: 291-309.
1. Doyle, M.W., C.F. Rich, J.M. Harbor and A. Spacie (2000). Examining the effects of urbanization on streams using indicators of geomorphic stability. Physical Geography 21(2): 155-181.
4. Doyle, M.W., and T. BenDor (in press). Freshwater ecosystem service markets. Water Markets.
3. Doyle, M.W., and E.H. Stanley. Stream ecosystem response to dam removal. In Dam Removal, American Society of Civil Engineers Monograph.
2. F.D. Shields, Jr., R.R. Copeland, P.C. Klingeman, M.W. Doyle and A. Simon (In Press). River Restoration. In Garcia, M. (ed.), Erosion and Sedimentation: ASCE’s Manual 54, 2nd Edition.
1. Wilcock, P.R., J.C. Schmidt, M.G. Wolman, W.E. Dietrich, D. Dominick, M.W. Doyle, G.E. Grant, R.M. Iverson, D.R. Montgomery, T.C. Pierson, S.P. Schilling, and R.C. Wilson (2003). When Models Meet Managers: Examples from Geomorphology. In Wilcock, P.R. and R.M. Iverson (eds.), Prediction in Geomorphology. American Geophysical Union: 27-40.
Editorials and Invited Commentaries
4. Beach, T., N. Dunning and M.W. Doyle. Geoarchaeology and geomorphology: Soils, sediments and societies. Geomorphology, 101: 413-415.
3. Doyle, M.W. (2007). The need for exit strategies. Issues in Science and Technology (National Academy of Sciences), Winter.
2. Doyle, M.W., and M.M. Robertson (2007). Clouded Supreme Court decision necessitates geographic research. AAG Newsletter 42(1): 7.
1. Renschler, C., M.W. Doyle, and M. Thoms (2006). Geomorphology and ecosystems: challenges and keys for success in bridging disciplines. Geomorphology vol 89: 1-8.
Discussions and Replies
4. Shields, F.D., E.J. Langendoen, and M.W. Doyle (2006). Reply: Adapting existing models to examine the effects of agricultural conservation programs on stream habitat quality. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42(6).
3. Doyle, M.W., E.H. Stanley and J.M. Harbor (2003). Reply to J.A. Thornton: Geomorphic analogies for assessing probable channel response to dam removal. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 39(5).
2. Doyle, M.W., and J.M. Harbor (2001). Discussion of ‘Rapid assessment of channel stability in vicinity of road crossing’ by Johnson, P.A., G.L. Gleason and R.D. Hey. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 126: 85-87.
1. Doyle, M.W., and J.M. Harbor (2000). Discussion of ‘Evaluation of Rosgen’s streambank erosion potential assessment in Northeast Oklahoma’, by R. Daren Harmel, C. T. Haan, and Russell C. Dutnell. The Journal of the American Water Resources Association 36(5): 1191-1192.
Book Reviews
4. Doyle, M.W. (2006). Review of “River Channel Management. Geomorphology, 74: 322-323.
3. Doyle, M.W. (2005). Review of ‘River Processes.’ Geomorphology 65: 338-339.
2. Doyle, M.W. (2004). Review of ‘Gravel-bed Rivers 5’. Geomorphology 57: 437-439.
1. Doyle, M.W., and J.M. Harbor (2002). Review of ‘Dam Removal: Science and Decision Making’ by the Heinz Center Panel on Dam Removal. BioScience 52(8): 749-750.
Edited Books and Volumes
Renschler, C.S., M.W. Doyle, and M. Thoms, (2007). Geomorphology and Ecosystems. Geomorphology. vol 89, issue 1.
Urban, M., M. Daniels, and M.W. Doyle (2006). Linking Geomorphology and Ecology, Special issue of the journal Geomorphology, volume 77, issue 3.
Beach, T., M.W. Doyle, and N. Running (2008). Geomorphology and Archaeology: Soils, Sediment, and Societies. Special issue of the journal Geomorphology, vol 101, issue 3.
Popular Media Outlets
BenDor and Doyle, Stimulus in a watery state. Raleigh News and Observer, op-ed, March 2009.
Doyle, M.W., and L. Patterson, NC overflows with flood risk. Raleigh News and Observer op-ed, Sept 4, 2008.
Doyle, M.W., Kudos and caution to town board. News of Orange County op-ed, May 1, 2008.
Doyle, M.W., Need for fixes can’t be ignored. Raleigh News and Observer op-ed, May 25, 2008.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Funded
National Science Foundation, $650,000. “The Optimal Scale of Environmental Markets.” M Doyle, K Schnier, and A Yates, 2009-2012.
US Army Corps of Engineers/NC Division of Water Resources. $74,282. Operating policies and administrative procedures of the Kerr Project on the Roanoke River. R. Whisnant, M. Doyle, G. Characklis, and V. Platt. 2008-2009.
U.S. Forest Service. $75,000. “Development and application of a process-based debris avalanche model for Western North Carolina.” L. Band and M. Doyle. 2006-2008.
National Science Foundation. $405,000. “CAREER: Influence of geomorphic complexity on stream ecosystem function.” M. Doyle, 2005-2010.
Water Resources Research Institute. $42,000. “Effect of tidal flow on riparian hydraulics and nitrogen dynamics.” M. Piehler and M. Doyle. 2005-2006 (primarily authored by Scott Ensign, PhD student).
National Science Foundation, $25,000. “Geomorphology and Ecosystems: 36th Annual Binghamton Symposium.” C. Renschler, M. Doyle and M. Thoms. 2005.
National Science Foundation. $354,000. “Ecological Dominant Discharge: Developing a New Concept in Stream Ecosystem Studies.” M.W. Doyle and R.L. Fuller. 2004-2007.
National Geographic Society – Committee on Research and Exploration, $19,230. “Geomorphic Evidence of Deforestation in Ancient South Coastal Turkey.” M.W.Doyle, 2004-2005.
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Watershed Processes, $498,000. “Nutrient Dynamics Following Dam Removal in Agricultural Watersheds.” E. Stanley and M. Doyle. 2004-2008.
Smithsonian Institution-Research Fellowship Program. $12,000. “A Geomorphic Perspective on Stream Biogeochemistry.” M. Doyle. (Funded by declined).
National Science Foundation, $161,469. “Investigation of an Ancient Industrial Landscape in Western Rough Cilicia, Turkey.” N. Rauh (M. Doyle as collaborator). 2003-2005.
Water Resources Research Institute, $20,000. “Sources, transport and fate of sediment and nutrients from a redeveloping watershed: Hydrology of the central UNC campus.” L. Band, M. Alperin, M. Doyle, S. Reice, R. Wetzel, and S. Whalen. 2003-2004.
Showalter Fund, $100,000. “Dam Removal Science and Engineering: A New Research Thrust.” J. Harbor, and M. Doyle. 2000-2002.
Bradley Fund for the Environment, $25,000. "Sediment Transport Following Small Dam Removal in the Baraboo River, Wisconsin.” E. Stanley and M. Doyle. 2000-2001.
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Grants-in-Aid of Research, $700. “Response of Stream Channels to Catastrophic Disturbance.” M. Doyle. 2000-2001.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, $13,000. “Sediment Transport Analysis for the Potential Restoration of the Menomonee River, Wisconsin.” M. Doyle. 1999-2001.
Chagrin River Watershed Partners, $6,000. “Hydrologic Impact Analysis of Proposed Land-Use Changes on the Chagrin River, Ohio.” J. Harbor, S. Muthukrishnan, M. Doyle, S. Pandey, and N. Jokay. 1999-2000.
NASA Space Grant Consortium, $3,000.“Time-series Analysis of 3-Dimensional Acoustic Waves in Various Media.” L. Murray and M. Doyle. $3,000. 1994-1995.
In Review
National Science Foundation, $703,425. “The Emerging Commodity of Restored Streams: Science, Policy, and Economics in New Markets for Ecosystem Service Commodities. M Doyle, M. Robertson, and R. Lave (in review).
Internal Funding
University of North Carolina Small Grant Programs. $4,000. “Ecological dominant discharge: Developing a new concept in stream ecosystem studies.” M. Doyle. 2004-2006.
Robertson Scholar Program. $1,600. “Developing an eco-hydrologic field station for collaborative Duke-UNC research.” M. Doyle and E. Bernhardt. 2004-2006.
Univ of North Carolina Junior Faculty Development Award, $5,000. “Surface-groundwater interactions in hydrology and ecology.” M. Doyle. 2002-2003.
MEDIA COVERAGE OF RESEARCH
CNN Money, 2009
Discovery Channel News, 2008
North Carolina News Radio, 2008
GeoTimes, 2008
Christian Science Monitor: 2007.
Endeavors: 2007
CNN: 2004
Science News: 2004
Asahi TV (National News program of Japan): 2003
Discover Magazine: 2003
Encyclopedia of Science: 2002
National Public Radio (Great Lakes Radio Consortium): 2002
Environmental News Service: 2002
National Public Radio (This American Life): 2000
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Academic Seminars
2009 University of Pennsylvania, School of Law-Program on Law, Economy and the Environment
2009 Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Affairs-Program on Science, Technology and International Affairs
2009 University of North Carolina – Greensboro, Department of Geography
2008 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Division of Computational Science and Mathematics
2008 Penn State University, University-wide and general public lecture series for “EarthTalks”
2008 Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
2007 University of Maryland – Baltimore County, IGERT Water in Urban Program
2007 Chesapeake Biological Laboratory – University of Maryland
2007 Appalachian Laboratory – University of Maryland
2007 Duke University, Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Science
2006 University of Virginia, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2006 University of Wisconsin, Department of Geography
2005 Virginia Tech University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2005 Cornell University, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
2004 Dartmouth College, Department of Geography and Department of Earth Science
2004 Institute of Ecosystem Studies
2004 University of Connecticut, Department of Geography
2004 University at Buffalo, SUNY, Department of Geography
2004 USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center / University of Missouri
2004 Duke University, Program in Ecology
2004 Furman University, Department of Environmental and Earth Science
2003 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
2003 Colgate University, Department of Environmental Science
2002 University of North Carolina, Department of Geography
2002 University of Tennessee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1998 University of Nottingham (UK), Department of Geography
Conferences and Symposia Organized
Organizer and Co-Chair: “Restoration Geographies” Association of American Geographers, 2008.
Organizer and Chair: “Hydraulics and Ecology in Streams” American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 2006
Organizer and Co-Chair: “Ecosystems and Geomorphology,” 37th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium
Organizer and Co-Chair: “Linking Ecology and Geomorphology”, Association of American Geographers, 2004.
Organizer and Co-Chair: “Physical Aspects of Dam Removal”, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2002.
Organizer and Co-Chair: “Ecological Effects of Dam Removal” North American Benthological Society, 2001
Chair: “Stream Channel Classification – Snake Oil or Powerful Tool?” American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001
POLICY AND LAW RELATED ACTIVITIES
Several
TEACHING AND ADVISING
Current Graduate Students Advised
Mike Bezemek (PhD, Geography, current)
Autumn Thoyre (PhD, Geography, current)
UNC Royster Graduate Fellowship
Scott Ensign (PhD, Ecology, current)
EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship
Ecological Society of America – Best Biogeosciences Paper Award 2007
Lauren Patterson (MS, Geography, current) –
NSF Graduate Fellowship
AAG Kasperson Award for Hazards Research 2007
UNC Impact Award 2007
Goldwater Scholar
Melanie Small (PhD, Geography, current)
Jeff Muehlbauer (MS, Ecology, current)
UNC Pogue Graduate Fellowship
NABS President’s Award
Tim Baird (PhD, Geography, current, co-advised with Tom Whitmore)
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
Previous Students and Post-docs Advised:
Erich Hester (PhD, Ecology, 2008); currently Assistant Prof, Virginia Tech Univ
EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship
UNC Pogue Graduate Fellowship
Jason Julian (PhD, Geography, 2007); Currently Assist Prof, University of Oklahoma
Nystrom Award Finalist
Adam Riggsbee (PhD, Env Sci and Engin. 2006, UNC): currently: Principal/Owner: Riverbank Ecosystems, Austin TX.
Cailin Orr (Post-doc, 2005-2006, UNC): currently Assistant Prof, Washington State Univ
Joel Sholtes (MS, Geography, 2009)
Rebecca Manners (MA, Geography, 2006, UNC): Currently PhD Student, Utah State Univ.
Reds Wolman Award 2005;
Stirling Hydroecology Award 2006
Undergraduate Students Advised/Mentored (year of graduation and last known location)
Philip Womble (BS, Environ Science, current)
Udall Finalist, Environmental Law Institute Intern
Nicholas Pollite (BA, Geography, 2009; Peace Corps volunteer)
Ben Bogardus (BS, Environ Science, current)
NOAA Hollings Scholar
Sally Whisler (BS, Environ Studies/Biology, 2008; RTI environ scientist)
Frank Smith (BA, Geography, 2006; Biosystems Engineering graduate student, VA Tech)
Brad Bennett (BS, Environmental Science, 2006; Civil engineer)
Jordan Kern (BS, Environmental Science, 2007; Dept of Energy)
Derek Gregory (BS, Geology, 2006; US Air Force)
Sarah Carter (BA, Geography, 2005; AmeriCorps volunteer)
Elizabeth Caron (BS, Geology, 2003; Geography graduate student, Univ of Connecticut)
Graduate Student Committees
Tamara Mittman (PhD Geography, current); Monica Lipscomb (PhD Geography, current); Eric Money (ES&E, current); Elizabeth Sudduth (PhD, Duke Biology, current); Christy Royer (PhD, Ecology, current); Catherine Shields (MA, Geography, 2007); Dan Weiss (PhD, Geography, current), David Havlick (PhD, Geography, 2007), Peter Shen (PhD, Geography, 2005), David Luther (PhD, Ecology, 2007), Russ Mapes (PhD, Geology, current), Periann Russel (PhD, NCSU, current), Mark Murphy (MS, Geography, 2004), Priscilla Benson (MS, ES&E, 2004), Lindsay Dubbs (MS, ES&E, 2004), Neely Law (PhD, Geography, 2003)
Graduate and Undergraduate Courses
Eco-hydraulics, Floodplain Processes, Sediment Transport (Purdue), Field Methods, Fluvial Geomorphology, Environmental Geography, Capstone Course in Geography
Short Courses
Hydrology, Hydraulics, Geomorphology, Sediment Transport, River Restoration, Watershed Management
UNIVERSITY, PROFESSIONAL, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
International Service
Lifewater International. Volunteer hydrologist for water resources development projects in developing nations
Kenya, 1999 – Well drilling and water planning
Uganda, 2000 – Well drilling and training
El Salvador, 2006 – Surveying of water distribution pipeline; water quality analysis; water planning
Editorial Boards
Ecology
Proposal Reviews
NSF-Hydrologic Sciences (6)
NSF-Geomorphology and Land Use Change (3)
NSF-Geography and Regional Science (6)
NSF Ecology (1)
NSF-Ecosystems (1)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1)
CALFED Delta-Bay Program (4)
Manuscript Reviews (ad hoc – not included editing duties) (~75 total):
American Philosophical Society (1 paper, 1 book)
Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2)
Biogeochemistry (2)
BioScience (1)
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (1)
Earth-Science Reviews (1)
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (5)
Ecological Applications (2)
Ecological Economics (1)
Ecological Monographs (1)
Ecology (2)
Ecology and Society (1)
Environmental Management (3)
Geological Society of America Bulletin (1)
Geomorphology (9) (excluding special issues edited)
Geophysical Research Letters (1)
Gravel-bed Rivers (1)
Hydrological Processes (1)
Journal of the American Water Resources Association (4)
Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeoscience (1)
Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface (3)
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (7)
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (1)
Limnology and Oceanography (2)
Physical Geography (1)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1)
Professional Geographer (2)
Remote Sensing of Environment (1)
Science (1)
Water Resources Research (18)
Water Research (1)
National Nomination and Award Committees
Association of American Geographers
Awards Committee – Geomorphology Specialty Group (2008-present)
Successfully nominated Michael Malin and Kenneth Edgett for the 2002 AAG G.K. Gilbert Award for their article “Evidence for recent groundwater seepage and surface runoff on Mars,” Science, 288: 2330-2335.
Service to Academe
Tenure and Promotion External Reviews:
Several
External reviewer for doctoral candidates
Several
Departmental and University Activities
University of North Carolina
Provost Office
UNC Task Force on Future Promotion and Tenure Policies and Practices (2008 in present)
UNC / Institute for Environment Climate Change Committee (for Senator Basnight)
UNC Faculty Committee on Research (2008-present)
UNC Tomorrow Commission Response Team – Environment (2008)
Department of Geography:
Environmental Change Faculty Search Committee Chair (2008-2009)
South Asia Faculty Search Committee (2007-2008)
Colloquium Committee, Chair (2005-2006)
Graduate Studies Committee (2003-present)
Human-Environment Faculty Search Committee (2005-2006)
Institute for the Environment
Center for Landscape Change and Health (Director, 2007-present)
Strategic Planning Committee (“Berke Committee”) (2008)
Curriculum Review Committee (“Band Committee”) (2008)
Curriculum in Ecology:
Admissions Committee, Chair (2005-2006)
Curriculum Review Committee (2002-2003)
Graduate Studies Committee Chair (2005-2006)
Graduate Studies Committee (2003-2004)
Purdue University
School of Science
Dean Search Committee (2001-2002)
Grade Appeals Committee (2001-2002)
Alumni Activities:
Initiated, Organized, and Managed Fund-raising for Endowment of the Duane McCampbell Scholar Program at Harding University
PRESENTATIONS AND NON PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Presented numerous invited and ad hoc conference papers, abstracts, peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed papers at meetings of the
Association of American Geographers
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Limnology and Oceanography
North American Benthological Society
Ecological Society of America
Association of State Floodplain Managers
Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium