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Lin Liu is a masters student in the Department of Geological Sciences. Before she came to Michigan State University, she had pursued a Bachelor degree in Environmental Science from Sichuan University (P.R China). She studied at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry for a one-year exchange program and participated in the “MELNHE” project. During her course of education, she identified her professional goal as understanding biophysical processes and integrating social aspects with the natural system. Currently, she is using modeling technique to understand swichgrass cultivation impact on Michigan’s water resources for her thesis.  Click here to view her resume.

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I grew up in Elk, Rapids, a small town in Northern, Michigan located on Grand Traverse Bay. Growing up so close to Lake Michigan and spend a lot of my time. This experience made me develop a strong appreciation for environmental quality and I wanted to apply my interest in the environment to my career. Now I am a senior in my undergraduate studies at Michigan State University.  I plan to graduate in the spring of 2014 with my degree in Environmental Engineering with a concentration on water resources. I have been working in the hydrogeology lab since January 2013.

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Henry Whitenack is a junior from Troy, MI, pursuing an Environmental Geosciences major with a Specialization in Environmental Studies.  Henry found interest in nature at a young age, going on camping trips with his family, picking up rocks wherever he went. His Environmental Studies class in High School strongly influenced him in pursuing his major. He plans on going into a Master’s program after completing undergraduate studies at MSU. Along with geology, Henry enjoys the outdoors and is an avid US National Men’s Soccer Team fan.

Coupled Human-Water Systems

My research integrates the biophysical, socioeconomic, and political components of human water use to inform sustainable water management. I use satellite remote sensing and economic data to drive physical models of human-water systems, including agricultural and urban water uses. These systems models are then used to understand human water use, governance, and the associated impacts on water resources.

 

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Education

• Ph.D., Michigan State University, May 2013 – present
  Environmental Geosciences
• M.S., Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2009
  Thesis: Conservation management under climate change: on tropical drought resistance, non-native species response to increasing disturbance, and assisted migration
  Advisor: Jessica J. Hellmann
• B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Saint Louis University, 2006
  Minor: Anthropology

 

Personal History

Some say I was born with a rock in my hand. My first memories are of rocks. In fact, all of my memories involve rocks. When I was very young I was playing in a stream looking for rocks, I noticed that rocks in the stream were much smoother than rocks on the banks of the stream. I thought “That’s pretty neat”. At that moment I knew that I wanted to learn about rocks and water, forever. My only wish was that there was some field of study that incorporated both of those concepts.

Education

No Formal Education.

Nomadic skills acquired from years spent living with wild bears in the heart of the Siberian Forests.

Served as a test dummy for many governmental experiments in the early 2000’s.

 

Personal History

I grew up along the southern edge of the Adirondack Park in upstate New York, spending each summer outside – swimming in lakes, catching crayfish, climbing trees, etc. etc. Fortunately, those experiences gave me an intense appreciation for the quality of the environment and directed my career path towards the earth sciences. As an undergraduate at Brockport, I was lucky enough to study and research within the Water Resources Department while simultaneously gaining problem solving and programming skills as a Physics major. My desire to combine these interests led me to Hydrogeophysics here at MSU, where I’ve been able to apply my diverse abilities to develop models that help us understand how different factors influence the behavior of water in the environment.

Research Interests

I’m interested in using geophysical techniques and modeling to investigate how water moves in the shallow subsurface beyond point scales. Plant-water interactions play a huge role in controlling how water is distributed in the vadose-zone, but are traditionally difficult to quantify.  Using non-invasive methods we can get a close look at the system without disturbing it.  This kind of information is critical to anticipate how changes in land use and climate will influence future water balances. I’m currently focused on coupling hydrological and geophysical models to optimize root-uptake functions.

Education

• PhD Candidate 2012-Present, Environmental Geosciences, Michigan State University
• BS Physics 2012, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
• BS Water Resources 2012, The College at Brockport, State University of New York

Recent Abstracts

• Kuhl, A.S., Hyndman, D.W., 2015, Quantifying impacts of solute transport on time lapse ERT at a Michigan ecotone. American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference, Valencia, Spain. https://agu.confex.com/agu/15chapman4/webprogram/Paper59158.html
  
• Kuhl, A.S., Hyndman, D.W., Van Dam, R.L., 2013, A Coupled Hydrogeophysical Modeling Approach to Estimate Soil Moisture Redistribution in the Face of Land Use Changes. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. http://abstractsearch.agu.org/meetings/2013/FM/H51F-1253.html
• Kuhl, A.S., Hyndman, D.W., Van Dam, R.L., 2013, Improving root distribution models through a novel coupled hydrogeophysical approach, ESPP Research Symposium: Water for a Sustainable World, East Lansing, MI.  http://www.espp.msu.edu/events/past_symposium.php
  
• Kuhl, A.S., Van Dam, R.L., 2013, Coupled Inversion of Electrical Resistivity and Hydrological Models to Quantify Soil Moisture Dynamics Below a Michigan Ecotone.  Geological Society of America North-Central Meeting, Kalamazoo, MI. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013NC/webprogram/Paper218744.html
• Kuhl, A.S., Richards, P.L., 2012, Identifying Shallow Bedrock on the Onondaga Fm Using Ground Penetrating Radar. Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting. Hartford, CT. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012NE/finalprogram/abstract_200881.htm
• Kuhl, A.S., 2012, Physical Concepts of GPR. Rochester Symposium for Undergraduate Physics Students. Albany, NY.

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Personal History

During my undergraduate studies at Illinois State University, I worked as a research assistant for the Geology department’s paleontologist and also as a tutor for an introductory level geology course. After earning my degree, I worked for a petroleum company in southern Illinois managing and monitoring multi-formation water injection wells used in secondary recovery of hydrocarbons.

Research Interests

My research focuses on the possible impacts of biofuel crop production  and climate change on future water quality and quantity. More specifically, I am attempting to determine how various cellulosic  biofuel feedstocks will affect the water balance when compared to one another as well as more traditional grain-based feedstocks. To do  this, I work with data collected from biofuel crop test plots and  integrate it with state-of-the-art hydrogeologic models to simulated  crop, soil, and water interactions.

Education

• B.S. Geology, Illinois State University, 2011

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Research Interests

Forests cover approximately one third of the global land surface area. Changes induced by human activities can exert significant impacts on the environmental services provided by forests. Nevertheless, the long term footprints of certain types of forest cover conversions on the water and biogeochemical cycles are poorly understood. My research work has focused on observing and predicting hydrological processes in managed forested ecosystems. This is, how the disturbance and recovery of forests can affect the components of the water balance.

Currently, I am investigating the potential effects on the water quantity and quality of the Great Lakes Basin from on-going environmental changes as the intensive development of biofuel crops in the Midwestern United States. I am also involved in the large-scale assessment of the Ogallala-High Plains aquifer, one of the largest aquifers in the world, from a sustainability approach that combines climate, economic, social, crop, and hydrological models. A third topic of my research concerns the observation and modeling of subsurface processes using geophysical methods.

Moreover, I am also interested on additional topics as ecohydrology, desertification, nonlinear patterns in geophysics, climate change and infrastructure and, water management systems.

 

Education

• Ph.D. Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Freiburg, Germany. 2012. Dissertation Title: The hydrology of forest disturbance and succession during dry periods.
• M.A.S. Water resources engineering and management, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne/Zurich, Switzerland. 2007. Thesis Title: On the sensitivity analysis of the PMF to the space-time distribution of a PMP: Analysis of the hydrological response of a catchment.
• B.Eng. Hydrological engineering, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico. 2005.

Recent Publications

• Brena A, Stahl K and Weiler M (2011) Evapotranspiration and land cover transitions: long term watershed response in recovering forested ecosystems. Ecohydrology DOI: 10.1002/eco.256
• Brena A, Weiler M and Stahl K (2011) The sensitivity of a data-driven soil water balance model: insights from
  a successional chronosequence. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Accepted.

Recent Abstracts

• Brena A, Stahl K and Weiler M. 2011. How does forest disturbance and succession affect summer streamflow recession?, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
• Brena A, Weiler M and Stahl K. 2011. Predicting evapotranspiration in a successional forest without eddy covariance measurements, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
• Brena A, Weiler M, Stahl K and Smith R. 2010. Comparative ecohydrology across disturbed forested watersheds: soil moisture regimes and storage-discharge relationships, LATSIS Symposium. Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Brena A, Weiler M and Stahl K. 2010. Inferring long-term water balance dynamics in forested watersheds: tracing vegetation cover transitions, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
• Gaume E, Bain V, Marchi L, Preciso E, Bass S, Brena A, Borga M, Bonnifait L, Horvat O, Rogga M, Stegmeier A, Schütz T and Viglione A. 2009. An intensive Post Event Campaign (IPEC) on the extreme flash flood which affected the Starzel river (Germany) on the 2nd of June 2008, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
• Brena A, Schneider J, Stahl K. and Weiler M. 2009. Estimation of low flows sensitivity to climate and land use changes using a parsimonious water balance model, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
• Brena A,. 2006. Strategies for flood prediction in large urban zones, 2nd International Symposium “Preventing and Fighting Hydrological Disasters”, Timisoara, Romania.
• Brena A, and Briseno F. 2005. Strategies for flood prediction in large urban zones, 4th Worldwide Workshop for Young Environmental Scientists CEREVE-UNESCO-IWA, Paris, France.
• Brena A,. 2003. Managing Urban Development and Industrial Growth in the Basin of Mexico, 13th Stockholm Water Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Research:

My research focuses on developing source models for nutrient loading to watersheds in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Watershed nutrient loading models are important tools used to address issues including eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, and decreases in aquatic species diversity. A source specific model will help show the value of detailed source inputs, revealing regional trends while still providing insight to the existence of variability at smaller scales.
I have additional interest and background in groundwater management, characterization, and prediction for mining projects and contaminated sites.

Education:

Dartmouth College, 2008 BA

Recent Abstracts:

Breckenridge, James Larry; Luscz, Emily (2011): Predicting Underground Mine Dewatering Requirements: A Case Study of a Precious Metal Mine in a Subtropical Environment. – In: Rüde, R. T., Freund, A. & Wolkersdorfer, Ch.: Mine Water – Managing the Challenges. – p. 101 – 105; Aachen, Germany.

Research Interests

My primary research interest is the impacts of global change on hydrology and sediment.  This encompasses investigating causes of changing streamflow across Michigan, land use impacts due to a ski area in Minnesota, legacy forestry impacts in Northern Michigan, and potential impacts of climate change on hydrology and sediment yield from agricultural watersheds in the southern portion of the Great Lakes Basin.

Education

Certificate, Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004.
M.S.E., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2003.
B.S., Industrial & Management Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1998.

Publications

Calappi TJ, CJ Miller, DD Carpenter, TA Dahl (2011).  Developing a Family of Curves for the HEC-18 Scour Equation.  Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (In Review)

Stone AG, MS Riedel, TA Dahl, JP Selegean (2010). Application and Validation of a GIS-Based Stream Bank Stability Tool for the Great Lakes Region. J. Soil and Water Conservation, 65 (4): 92A-98A.

Dahl TA and TR Willemain (2001). The effect of long-memory arrivals on queue performance. Oper. Res. Lett. 29(3): 123-127.

Abstracts

Dahl TA, CT Creech, JP Selegean (2011).  Reducing Sediment Loads to USACE Harbors: Case Studies from the Great Lakes.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Infrastructure Systems Conference, June 13-17, Atlanta, GA.
Calappi TJ, TA Dahl, KW Kompoltowicz (2011).  Water Level Forecasting and Regulation in the Upper Great Lakes.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Infrastructure Systems Conference, June 13-17, Atlanta, GA.
Dahl TA, JW Lewis (2011). The Use of Residual Net Basin Supplies in the Great Lakes.  IAGLR 54^th Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 30-June 3, Duluth, MN.
Creech CT, JP Selegean, TA Dahl (2011). Reducing Sediment Yields to Lake Superior: Case Studies from the Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program.  IAGLR 54^th Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 30-June 3, Duluth, MN.
Dahl TA, JL Ryder, JP Selegean (2010).  Non-Stationary Annual Peak Flows in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan; Potential Evidence for Climate Change Observed in the Mid-20th Century.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San Francisco, CA.
AG Stone, MS Riedel, TA Dahl, JP Selegean (2010).  Boardman River Existing-Conditions SIAM Model for Dam Removal Study.  2^nd Joint Federal Interagency Conference, June 27-July 1, Las Vegas, NV.
Riedel MS, TA Dahl, JP Selegean (2010).  Sediment Budget Development for the Great Lakes Region.  2^nd Joint Federal Interagency Conference, June 27-July 1, Las Vegas, NV.
Creech CT, JP Selegean, TA Dahl (2010).  Historic and Modern Sediment Yield from a Forested Watershed and its Impact on Navigation.  2^nd Joint Federal Interagency Conference, June 27-July 1, Las Vegas, NV.
JP Selegean, RB Nairn, TA Dahl, CT Creech (2010).  Building a better understanding of sediment issues through the application of a long-term fluvial and littoral sediment budget.  2^nd Joint Federal Interagency Conference, June 27-July 1, Las Vegas, NV.
Creech CT, JP Selegean, RE McKeever, TA Dahl (2010). The Ontonagon River:  A History of Sediment Yields in a Geologically Young Watershed.  IAGLR 53^rd Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 17-21, Toronto, ON.
Dahl TA, MA Kropfreiter, SJ Tule (2009).  150 Year Old Infrastructure vs. HEC-RAS: Modeling the Lower Fox River, WI.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Infrastructure SystemsConference, July 20-24, Cleveland, OH.
Dahl TA, JP Selegean, MS Riedel (2009).  A GIS-Based Channel Stability Tool for the Great Lakes Region.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Infrastructure Systems Conference, July 20-24, Cleveland, OH.
Dahl TA, MH Mahoney, JP Selegean (2008). An Observed Regime Shift in SE Michigan Bankfull (Q1.5) Streamflow Records. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San Francisco, CA.
Dahl TA and JP Selegean  (2008).  The Right Tool for the Job: Creating a Full Suite of Models to Help the Clinton River Decrease Sediment Loading.  IAGLR 51^st Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 19-23, Peterborough, ON.
McPherson MM and TA Dahl (2008).  Modeling the Routing of Water Through the Upper Lakes Using HEC-RAS.  IAGLR 51^st Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 19-23, Peterborough, ON.
Dahl TA and JP Selegean (2007).  Tools to Study Sediment Transport in the St. Joseph River Watershed.  State of Lake Michigan Conference, 27-28 September, Traverse City, MI.
Dahl TA and JP Selegean (2007).  Modeling Sediment Yield and Flow in a Rapidly Urbanizing Watershed.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Infrastructure Systems Conference, June 25-29, Detroit, MI.
Selegean JP, TA Dahl, RB Nairn (2007).  The Quantification of Sediment Production, Transport and Deposition with Numerical Models.  IAGLR 50^th Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 28-June 1, State College, PA.
Riedel MS, D Vujisic, JP Selegean, AG Stone, TA Dahl (2007).  A GIS Based Streambank Stability Tool for the Great Lakes Region.  IAGLR 50^th Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 28-June 1, State College, PA.
Stone AG, MS Riedel, TA Dahl, JP Selegean, D Vujisic (2007).  Application and Validation of a GIS Based Streambank Stability Tool for the Great Lakes Region.  IAGLR 50^th Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 28-June 1, State College, PA.
Dahl TA, M Jonas, P O’Brien, JP Selegean (2006).  Two-Stage Agricultural Ditch – Hydraulic and Sediment Impacts (Sebewaing River Basin, Michigan).  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 11-15, San Francisco, CA.
Selegean JP and TA Dahl (2006).  Modeling Great Lakes Sediments from Source to Sink.  NSF MARGINS Conference on Teleconnections Between Source and Sink in Sediment Dispersal Systems. September 17-21, Eureka, CA.

 

Research Interests

Interactions between land use change and groundwater availability; sustainability of water resources in the face of change

My work focuses on the ways in which changes on the land surface – particularly changes in management practices – affect aquifers. Myriad feedbacks exist between groundwater availability and the human decisionmaking process. Through my work on the High Plains Aquifer, I am learning to approach complex “coupled human and natural systems” from an interdisciplinary modeling perspective.
 

Education

• 2011-Present: Ph.D. student in Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Science and Policy at Michigan State University.
• 2005-2010: BS in International Field Geosciences jointly awarded from the University of Montana and University College Cork.
• 2005-2010: BA in Zoology at the University of Montana.

Presentations

2012 American Geophysical Union Conference: “A New Assessment of Groundwater Levels of the High Plains Aquifer: From Predevelopment to Current” (poster)

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Research Interests

My research areas are electrical and electromagnetic methods of geophysics and their applications on hydrogeophysics, archaeogeophysics, environmental geophysics. My Ph.D. thesis research focuses on characterization of a highly heterogeneous aquifer using novel characterization methods such as full-resolution 3D GPR and DPP hydraulic conductivity tool. My other research interests are data processing, numerical solutions, modeling, and simulation since I personally like advanced math and coding in Matlab. For more information see my personal website.

Education

• Ph.D. candidate, 2007-2008, Istanbul Technical University, Geophysical Engineering
• M.S., 2007, Istanbul Technical University, Geophysical Engineering
• B.S., 2003, Istanbul Technical University, Geophysical Engineering

Recent Abstracts

• Dogan, M., Mark M. Meerschaert, David W. Hyndman, Remke L. Van Dam, Geoffrey C. Bohling, Gaisheng Liu, James J. Butler Jr., 2011, Fractal Stochastic K Field Generation Based on Direct-Push and GPR Data, NovCare, Cape Cod, MA, U.S.A.
• Hyndman, D. W., Dogan, M., Bohling, G. C., van Dam, R. L., Liu, G., Butler, J. J. Jr., 2010, Integration of high-resolution GPR and direct-push methods: Subsurface imaging of the highly heterogeneous MADE site (invited), AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract H24E-01, San Francisco, U.S.A.
• Dogan, M., van Dam, R. L., Hyndman, D. W., Butler, J. J. Jr., and Bohling, G. C., 2010, Full-resolution 3D GPR and direct-push K data reveal distinct hydrostratigraphic zones at the MADE site, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.
• Dogan, M., Hyndman, D.W., van Dam, R. L., and Butler, J. J. Jr., 2009, Hydrostratigraphic analysis of the MADE site using full-resolution 3D GPR and direct-push K data, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.
• Dogan, M., Hyndman, D. W., and van Dam, R. L., 2009, Geophysical methods to characterize a highly heterogeneous aquifer, NovCare, Leipzig, Germany.

Publications

• Doğan, M., R. L. Van Dam, G. C. Bohling, J. J. Butler Jr., and D. W. Hyndman, 2011, Hydrostratigraphic analysis of the MADE site with full-resolution GPR and direct-push hydraulic profiling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L06405, doi:10.1029/2010GL046439.
• Doğan, M., 2007, Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Method (VLF-EM) Interactive Data Processing and Interpretation Package: VLFINTERP, M.Sc. Thesis, Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology, 87 p.
• Doğan, M., Özürlan, G., 2006. Availability of VLF-Electromagnetic Method for the Exploration of Geothermal Fields; Demirci Case, The 1st International Geothermal Congress (UCEAT) and Exhibition of Turkey, Oral presentation, Abstract book: pp 53-54, 21-24 November 2007, MTA Cultural Center, Ankara, Turkey.
• Doğan, M., Özürlan, G., 2006. Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Method (VLF-EM) Interactive Data Processing and Interpretation Package: VLFINTERP, The 17th International Geophysical Congress and Exhibition of Turkey, Poster presentation, Abstract book: pp 49, 14-17 November 2006, MTA Kültür Sitesi, Ankara, Turkey.
• Doğan, M., 2006. Geophysical Methods for the Exploration of Mines, Poster presentation, Mining Turkey 2006 Fair, Istanbul, Turkey.

Research Interests

My interests include geophysics and hydrogeology with an application to engineering and environmental issues. Current work includes the development of a field data database and an analysis of soil moisture and temperature variability in the shallow subsurface. I will pursue an advanced degree in either hydrogeology or hydrogeophysics in Fall 2011.

Education

B.S. Geological Sciences, Concentration in Geophysics, Michigan State University, May 2011.
SAGE – Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience 2010, Los Alamos, NM.
Study Abroad – Ecology of the Mountains 2010, Lesser Himalayas, India.

Contact Info

bbchrisman@gmail.com
chrisma8@msu.edu

Research Interests

I take an interdisciplinary approach in researching issues related to water quality and quantity. More specifically, I use the principles of landscape ecology together with biogeochemistry and systems modeling to investigate ecosystem services in a changing landscape. My current research evaluates temporal shifts in coupled human and natural systems. To this end, I am using both multivariate statistical techniques and mechanistic models to investigate the role of historical land use/cover in driving physical, chemical, and biological characteristic currently observed in lake, stream, and wetland ecosystems.

Overall, my goal is to conduct research for the purpose of guiding ecosystem management, with ecosystem type unconstrained by salinity or water residence time. One line of research which I plan on pursuing is the concept of land use/cover legacies.

Education

• Ph.D. Fisheries and Wildlife and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 2010. Dissertation Title: Understanding variation in lake water chemistry over space and time. Advisor: Daniel Hayes
• M.S. Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 2004. Thesis Title: Defining lake landscape position: relationships to hydrologic connectivity and landscape features. Advisor: Patricia Soranno
• B.A. Biology, with Political Science minor, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH. 1995.

Recent Publications

• Nshimyimana JP, S.L. Martin, M. Flood, M.P. Verhougstraete, D.W. Hyndman, and J.B. Rose. 2018. Regional Variations of Bovine and Porcine Fecal Pollution as a Function of Landscape, Nutrient, and Hydrological Factors. Journal of Environmental Quality 47(5): 1024-1032.
• Martin, S.L., D.B. Hayes, A.D. Kendall, and D.W. Hyndman. 2017. The land-use legacy effect: Towards a mechanistic understanding of time-lagged ecosystem responses to land use/cover. Science of the Total Environment 579: 1794–1803.
• Verhougstraete, M., S. Martin, A. Kendall, D. Hyndman, and J.B. Rose. 2015. Linking Fecal Bacteria in Rivers to Landscape, Geochemical, Hydrologic Factors, and Sources at the Basin Scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(33): 10419-10424.
• Martin, S.L., B.L. !Jasinski, A.D. Kendall, and D.W. Hyndman. 2015. Predicting beaver population dynamics and dam sediment retention using aerial imagery, habitat characteristics, and economic. Landscape Ecology 30(6): 1129-1144.
• Roy, E.D., A.T. Morzillo, F. Seijo, S.M. Walsh, J.M. Rhemtulla, J.C. Milder, T. Kuemmerle, and S.L. Martin. 2013. The Elusive Pursuit of Interdisciplinarity at the Human-Environment Interface. BioScience 63(9):745-753

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Research Interests

My research interests are in the application and improvement of near-surface geophysical methods for hydrological and engineering problems, sedimentology and stratigraphy, issues of environmental change, and characterization of soils.

Personal Page

http://www.msu.edu/~rvd

Education

• Ph.D. VU University Amsterdam, Earth Science. 2001.
• M.Sc. Utrecht University, Physical Geography. 1996.
• B.Sc. Utrecht University, Physical Geography. 1992.

Recent Publications

• Van Dam, R.L., Accepted. Landform characterization using geophysics – Recent advances, applications, and emerging tools. Geomorphology. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science…
• Jayawickreme, D.H., Van Dam, R.L., and Hyndman, D.W. 2010 – In Press. Hydrological consequences of land-cover change: Quantifying the influence of plants on soil moisture with time-lapse electrical resistivity, Geophysics.
• Van Dam, R.L., Simmons, C.T., Hyndman, D.W., and Wood, W.W. 2009. Natural free convection in porous media: First field documentation in groundwater, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L11403, doi:10.1029/2008GL036906. https://www.msu.edu/~rvd/pub/grl_2009.pdf
• Lusch, D.P., Stanley, K.E., Schaetzl, R.J., Kendall, A.D., Van Dam, R.L., Nielson, A., Blumer, B.E., Hobbs, T.C., Archer, J.K., Holmstadt, J.L.F., and May. C.L., 2009. Characterization and mapping of patterned ground in the Saginaw Lowlands, Michigan: possible evidence for Late-Wisconsin permafrost. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99(3).
• Van Dam, R.L., Harrison, J.B.J., Hirschfeld, D.A., Meglich, T.M., Li, Y., and North, R.E. 2008. Mineralogy and magnetic properties of basaltic substrate soils: Kaho’olawe and Big Island, Hawaii. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 10.2136/sssaj2006.0281, 72(1), 244–257. http://www.msu.edu/~rvd/pub/sssaj_2008.pdf
• Jayawickreme, D.H., Van Dam, R.L., and Hyndman, D.W. 2008. Subsurface imaging of vegetation, climate, and root-zone moisture interactions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18404, doi:10.1029/2008GL034690. https://www.msu.edu/~rvd/pub/grl_2008.pdf
• Törnqvist, T.E., Wallace, D.J., Storms, J.E.A., Wallinga, J., Van Dam, R.L., Blaauw, M., Derksen, M.S., Klerks, C.J.W., Meijneken, C., and Snijders, E.M.A., 2008, Mississippi Delta subsidence primarily caused by compaction of Holocene strata. Nature Geoscience. Published online: 17 February 2008 | doi:10.1038/ngeo129. http://www.tulane.edu/~tor/documents/NG2008.pdf
• Young, R.A., Staggs, J.G., Slatt, R.M. and Van Dam, R.L. 2007. Application of 1-D Convolutional Modeling to Interpretation of GPR Profiles – Turbidite Sandstone Channel 1, Lewis Shale, Wyoming. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 12(3), 241-254. DOI: 10.2113/JEEG12.3.241

Education

• BS 2008, Istanbul Technical University, Geophysical Engineer

Recent Abstracts

• van Dam R.L., Diker K., Bhardwaj A.K., Hamilton S.K., (2009),
  Spatial variability of near-surface soil moisture for bioenergy crops, at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco
• Diker K., van Dam R.L., Bhardwaj A.K., Hamilton S.K., (2010), Electrical resistivity measurements at GLBRC: instrumentation, data collection, and processing, GLBRC Thrust 4 (Sustainability) Retreat, Hickory Corners
• Bhardwaj A.K., Hamilton S.K., van Dam R.L., Diker K., Basso B., (2010)
  Root zone soil water dynamics and its effects on above ground biomass in cellulosic and grain based bioenergy crops of Midwest USA, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco

Research Interests
My current interests are in applied geophysics and hydrogeophysics and their environmental applications. My master’s thesis research focuses on using electrical resistivity tomography to study the transient nature of natural free convection in a sabkha in the United Arab Emirates.

Education
BS 2009, Western Michigan University, Geology

Recent Abstracts
Eustice, BP, DW Hyndman, RL Van Dam, WW Wood, (2010), Modeling and Electrical Imaging of Natural Free Convection Induced by Saline Recharge in a Coastal Sabkha, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco

Matt’s bio.

Personal History

At the age of 15, I watched the Cuyahoga River burn from my back yard. From that point on, I knew I wanted to be in the environmental field. After thirty years of professional experience and management in the environmental field, I elected to return to school and work on my doctorate so that I could bring real world experiences into the classroom.

Research Interests

As a consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to observe the impact of contaminated groundwater on various surface water bodies. In many cases, the impacts were not as anticipated. Surface water quality should be directly linked to both the sources of contaminants and the water body’s capacity to interact with and adjust to changing environmental (hydrologic and geochemical) conditions. Unfortunately, the dynamics of surface and ground-water interactions are very complex and not well understood.

My research focuses on local-scale hydrology at a point bar system located on a tributary of the Muskegon River, where I am examining the relationships among groundwater, surface water, porosity, soil moisture, and hydraulic conductivity. To determine these local relationships, I developed a network of 20 monitoring wells, 2 stream gauging stations, four soil moisture stations and a weather station to collect the appropriate hydrologic data for my dissertation.

Education

M.Engineer, Geologic Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 1983.
B.S., Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1975.

Publications

Bove, J. and L. M Cooper, 1990. “An Introduction to Geosynthetics: Fundamentals, Applications, and Design,” Short Course, 33rd Annual Meeting, Association of Engineering Geologists, Pittsburgh, PA.

Cooper, L. M. and R. Hosfeld, 1986. “Investigation and Remediation of a Pond Contaminated by Diesel Fuel,” 7th National Conference on Management of Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites, HMCRI, Washington, D.C.

Cooke, S. D.; Cooper, L. M and C. W Byrer, 1984. “A Site Characterization and Environmental Monitoring Approach for UCG Research and Development in Bituminous Coals,” 10th Annual UCG Symposium, DOE.

Howard, J. F., Komar, C. A. and L. M. Cooper, Editors, 1984. “Workshop on Remote Sensing/ Lineament Applications for Energy Extraction,” U.S. Department of Energy DOE/METC/84-9, Morgantown, WV

Cooper, L. M., 1983, “Applications of Geophysics to Hydrogeologic Studies in Routt and Jackson Counties, Colorado,” Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, prepared as an open-file report for the U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, Colorado. (Master’s Thesis)

Abstracts

Cooper, L. M., 2007, “Remediation of a “Free-Product” Contaminant Plume at a Leaking UST Site using In-Situ Bio-Remediation and SVE,” American Institute of Professional Geologists, Lansing, Michigan.

Cooper, L. M., 2004. “Dancing with Brownfields: The Zephyr Oil Story,” Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan.

Cooper, L. M., 1998. “Remediation of a Chlorinated Solvent Plume,” Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.

Cooper, L. M., 1996. “Quality Control and Quality Assurance in Environmental Consulting,” Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Complete CV

Cooper CV (last updated 9/12/10)

I first started my career as geologist knowing that I wanted to major in either environmental geology or hydrogeology in my eighth grade year of middle school at my home town, Spring Lake, MI. I went on through high school never changing what I wanted to be all the way through high school and college by which I eventually graduated from Central Michigan University with a B.S. with a major in Environmental Geology and another major in Environmental Science.

In the fall of 2005 I applied to Michigan State University after being in contact with Dr. Hyndman (my current advisor). I was impressed on how close the research group here was and how closely everyone worked together. There seemed to be an abundance of research topics that I could have worked with ranging from hydrology to near surface geophysics. Two years later I am completing my thesis on Land use effects on sediment and nutrient transport. I have also had the chance to present my research from other projects I have done while at MSU at the American Geophysical Union (held in San Francisco) for three consecutive years and once at GSA in Salt Lake City.

My experience while working in this lab as a hydrologist and Environmental Geophysicist has befitted my career. The skill sets, knowledge, and working synergy that I have come to enjoy have been my number one reason I would recommend this lab to anyone. The unique combinations of modeling capabilities, hydrology related field work, near-surface geophysical methods, and the critical thinking skills that one can develop as a Master’s or PhD will provide a valuable skill set to any company, research group, or institution/agency.

I am currently interviewing for jobs out in the Seattle, Atlanta, and Denver areas. After graduating with my M.S., I hope to work a few years in the consulting industry and then go back for my PhD.