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

Eco-hydrology: influence of dynamic hydrology, hydraulics, and geomorphology on stream ecosystems, particularly nutrient cycling, primary productivity, and trophic interactions

River processes: open channel hydraulics and sediment transport, long-term channel changes and adjustments

Anthropogenic activities in watersheds: dams, dam removal, levees, urbanization, deforestation, stream restoration

Numerical Modeling: coupled modeling of physical and ecological processes in streams and floodplains

River Policy and Economics: application of market-based approaches to river conservation and restoration

Geoarchaeology: geomorphic and biogeochemical evidence of deforestation in south coastal Turkey 2000 yr BP

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2002, Purdue University, Earth Science. Advisor

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)

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)

AWARDS AND HONORS

Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, Stanford Univ – Woods Institute of Environment, 2008

GlaxoSmithKline Faculty Fellow for Public Policy, Institute for Emerging Issues, 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

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

                Ecosystem Services and Markets Work Group

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

Political Economy Research Center

                Free-Market Environmentalism Panel (2004, 2007)

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 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 and Harbor (2003). Modeling the effect of form and profile adjustments on channel equilibrium timescales.  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28: 1271-1287.

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:

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle. 2008. The influence of in-stream geomorphic structures on stream temperature via induced hyporheic exhange. Accepted with revision, Limnology and Oceanography.

Julian, Doyle and Stanley. Optical water quality in rivers. Water Resources Research.

Riggsbee, A., R. Wetzel and M.W. Doyle (Accepted with revision). Physical and plant community controls on nitrogen and phosphorus leaching from impounded riverine wetlands following dam removal. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

 

Published (including in press):

40. Julian, J.P., M.W. Doyle, and E.H. Stanley. Empirical modeling of light availability in rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, in press. 
39. 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, in press.

38. 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.

37. 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.  

36. 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.  

35. 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.S. Kaushal, P.M. Mayer, S.M. Smith, P.R. Wilcock, (2008). Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (in press).

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.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

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. Running and M.W. Doyle. Geoarchaeology and geomorphology: Soils, sediments and societies. Geomorphology, in press.

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: Limitations to Progress and Prospects for Advances. Geomorphology.

 

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

Thoms, C., Renschler, C., M.W. Doyle, (2005). Geomorphology and Ecosystems. Elsevier.

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. Geomorphology and Archaeology: Soils, Sediment, and Societies. Special issue of the journal Geomorphology, In press.

 

 

RESEARCH GRANTS                                                                                                                                                                                     

Funded

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.” R.L. Fuller and M.W. Doyle. 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, “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

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

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, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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

2001 Purdue University, 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 federal, state, and local policy activities

TEACHING AND ADVISING

 

Current Graduate Students Advised