I am a process-orientated, quantitative fluvial geomorphologist and hydrologist focusing on the physical controls and management concerns of watershed processes.

My approach combines field work, remote sensing, isotope geochemistry, and mathematical modeling  to better understand earth surface landforms and the processes affecting them, such as the transport and storage of water, sediment, nutrients and pollutants. I use stable and radioactive isotopes to quantify the pathways and timescales of the transport and storage of these materials.

Much of my work examines disturbances to the landscape such as flooding, wildfires and dams, because they provide natural-scale, real-time experiments and an opportunity to test hypotheses about the physical controls on earth surface processes.

Moreover, these disturbances lead to the most intense management of our riparian habitat and resources, which are threatened the world over.

Stephen, Nat, I examine a control reach for a study of extreme flooding then channelization then restoration on the Chickley River. This project became Stephen’s Honors College Thesis. He now works as an environmental consultant in Boston, MA.

Rohan skips a rock on the White River. Rohan was one of my main field assistants during my PhD. Now he works as an environmental consultant in Washington D.C.