Research Interests
Rivers integrate the landscape, carrying and depositing water, sediment, large wood, carbon, and nutrients. My research is focused on river and floodplain dynamics and the interactions between geomorphic processes and ecological processes. I am particularly interested in the influence of river and floodplain processes on the flux and storage of organic carbon in floodplain soil and large wood; interactions between downed large wood, vegetation, and geomorphic processes; river and floodplain dynamics in the Sub-Arctic and Arctic; and coupled natural-human systems research related to rivers. Much of my research has been focused on large floodplain rivers, and I incorporate fieldwork, statistical modeling, and remote sensing methods into my work.
Recent Courses Taught
- Fall 2024 GEOG/GEOL 4241 Earth Surface Processes
- Fall 2024 GEOG 5241 Topics/Physical Geography: Fluvial Geomorphology
- Spring 2024 GEOG 5161 Research and Design in Geography
- Fall 2023 GEOG/GEOL 4241 Principles of Geomorphology
- Fall 2023 GEOG 5241 Topics/Physical Geography: Fluvial Geomorphology
- Fall 2022 GEOG/GEOL 4241 Principles of Geomorphology
- Fall 2022 GEOG 5241 Topics/Physical Geography: Fluvial Geomorphology
- Fall 2021 GEOG 1011 Environmental Systems: Landscapes and Water
- Fall 2021 GEOG/GEOL 4241 Principles of Geomorphology
- Spring 2021 GEOG 1011 Environmental Systems: Landscapes and Water
- Spring 2020 GEOG 1011 Environmental Systems: Landscapes and Water
- Spring 2020 GEOG 5241 Topics/Physical Geography: Fluvial Geomorphology
- Fall 2019 GEOG/GEOL 4241 Principles of Geomorphology
- Spring 2019 GEOG 5241 Topics/Physical Geography: Ecogeomorphology in Rivers