Faculty in Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management

This list represents faculty who are available to advise and/or serve on committees. Not every individual on this list is in a position to advise students, so prospective students should plan to reach out to the program or the faculty member to inquire if they are unsure. 

Current students looking solely for someone to serve on a committee should consult the faculty role list database, organized by the MS and PhD programs.

NameTopics
Mae DavenportHuman dimensions of natural resources and recreation management
Diana KarwanVariations in climate and land use; physical, chemical, and ecological transport processes in watersheds, with emphasis on the movement of fine suspended sediments and particulate organic material; field sampling and field-scale experiments, laboratory analyses, and numerical and statistical models to describe transport processes
Randy KolkaLand management (forest, agriculture and urban land uses) on the terrestrial and aquatic cycling of nutrients, carbon, heavy metals (notably mercury) and water
Chris LenhartLinkages between hydrology, stream geomorphology and ecology; ecological restoration of streams and wetlands
Joe MagnerWater quality (TMDL), watershed assessment (geochemistry) surface/ground water exchange, and channel morphology
John NieberForest hydrology
Jim PerrySocietal decisions about ecosystems in landscapes, with a current focus on climate change adaptation in large protected areas such as World Heritage Sites
Lucy RoseWatershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, water quality, field-based research, and isotope tracers
Rob SlesakForest soils, applied forest ecology, forest management, hydrology, forest monitoring
Bruce WilsonQuantity and quality of surface waters, especially as influenced by agricultural practices; flow pathways of water flows; hydraulics of flow in erodible channels; hydrologic/water quality modeling of disturbed and agricultural watersheds; parameter estimation and uncertainty; development of ecological engineering design tools