My scientific interests are centered around understanding the effects that past, present, and future land use, anthropogenic activity, and best management practices have on the form and function of watersheds and their ability to transport sediment and associated contaminants. Specifically, my research focuses on the cycling of sediment between active channelized transport and storage in channel-adjacent reservoirs (e.g., floodplains, point bars, and streambeds) during source-to sink transport. To date, my work has focused on building new methods and tools to help quantify the lag introduced by sediment cycling over annual to millennial timescales, understanding the effects of river corridor disturbances on floodplain-channel interactions, and modeling watershed sediment transport. Current projects focus on using numerical models to quantify the effectiveness of proposed watershed best management practices on reducing excess sediment delivery.
