Supported by a recent NSF award with Dr. Ellen Wohl, this project focuses on understanding the role of channel-spanning large wood on morphological and hydrologic processes in rivers, including better applications of large wood in river restoration. (NSF award 2229839)

My NSF CAREER award focuses on evaluating the importance of river-floodplain connectivity on flood reduction. This research includes a combination of field data and hydrodynamic modeling to better understand watershed resilience and flooding processes. (NSF award 2142761)

The Transformation Network is a large collaborative research network that aims to work with communities and partners to enhance watershed resilience through convergent research. I am working actively with the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed to explore the effectiveness of low-tech stream restoration techniques. (NSF award 2115169)

This project, supported by the Rocky Mountain Research Station, focuses on quantifying the effects of subsurface heterogeneity on groundwater connectivity, hydrologic flow paths and transit times of water before and after restoration.

In this USGS-USFS jointly funded project, we are developing an online decision support tool that can be used to assess changes in hydrologic and hydraulic conditions on instream and floodplain ecosystems. The E-FRESH DST facilitates the assessment and comparison of the effects of different flow management scenarios on available habitat for various aquatic, riparian, and invertebrate species of interest.

In this USDA-funded project, we implement, simulate, and evaluate the hydrologic and biogeochemical impacts of groundwater-floodplain connectivity at catchment scales. We are particularly focused on the role of low-gradient “river beads” in supporting groundwater-floodplain hydrologic exchange.

This research, closely linked with the work we’re doing in the Transformation Network, focused on understanding the impacts of wildfires and floods on fluvial processes in headwater streams.

This NSF-supported project includes a combination of field, flume, and modelling methods to understand how changes in floodplain vegetation impact channel hydraulics and morphology during floods. (NSF award 1916780)

In this project, we worked with the Colorado Water Conservation Board to update and improve R2Cross, the primary tool used by Colorado to determine instream flow needs.