Our research group combines new models with high resolution field data to explore the physical, chemical, and ecological processes in natural and anthropogenically altered systems. Hydrogeology is an intrinsically multi-disciplinary field because of the critical role water plays in both human health and natural ecosystems. As a result, much of our research has been done in interdisciplinary teams that span areas of hydrogeology, geochemistry, microbiology, geophysics, civil engineering, and ecology.

We have developed different methods to evaluate spatial and temporal variations in groundwater recharge at scales that matter to both land use and water managers. We have also formed methods to predict ecological health of stream systems. This has been done by combining groundwater and ecological models that simulate stream temperature along with the transport and fate of nutrients and associated ecosystem stressors.

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