Name: Joseph S. Meyer
Department: Zoology & Physiology
Email: meyerj@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662017 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Aquatic biogeochemistry, aquatic toxicology
Current Research Description: Bioavailability of metals to aquatic organisms; influence of biofilm on diel cycling of metals in streams; effects of coalbed natural gas product water on aquatic organisms
Key Words: Metals, coalbed natural gas, toxicity, bioavailability, biofilm
Publications: Meyer, J.S., W.J. Adams, K.V. Brix, S.N. Luoma, D.R. Mount, W.A. Stubblefield and C.M. Wood (eds.). 2005. Toxicity of Dietborne Metals to Aquatic Organisms. SETAC Press, Pensacola, Florida, USA; Morris, J.M., A.M. Farag, D.M. Nimick and J.S. Meyer. 2005. Does biofilm contribute to diel cycling of Zn in High Ore Creek, Montana? Biogeochemistry 76:233-259; Clearwater, S.J., B.A. Morris and J.S. Meyer. 2005. Potential effects of coalbed natural gas product waters on surface waters in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Public Information Circular 43:14-15.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 11:02:39 AM

Name: David Williams
Department: Renewable Resources
Email: dgw@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662494 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Ecohydrology, plant water relations, isotope hydrology, climate change ecology
Current Research Description: Interactions and feedbacks between vegetation dynamics and hydrological processes in riparian and upland systems. Plant response to precipitation variability and change. Interactions between water and carbon cycles in arid and semiarid terrestrial ecosystems.
Key Words: Stable isotopes, ecohydrology, plant ecophysiology, global change ecology, ecosystem ecology
Publications: Williams, D.G. and R. Scott. Vegetation-hydrology interactions: Dynamics of riparian plant water use along the San Pedro River, Arizona. In Stromberg, J. and B. Tellman (eds) Riparian area conservation and ecology in a semi-arid Region: the San Pedro River example. (in press). Williams, D.G., J. Coltrain, M. Lott, *N. English, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2005. Oxygen isotopes in cellulose identify source water for archeological maize in the American Southwest. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:931-939. Williams, D.G., *W. Cable, *K. Hultine, J.C.B. Hoedjes, *E. Yepez, V. Simonneaux, S. Er-Raki, G. Boulet, H.A.R. de Bruin, A. Chehbouni, O.K. Hartogensis and F. Timouk. 2004. Components of evapotranspiration determined by stable isotope, sap flow and eddy covariance techniques. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 125:241-258.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 11:07:06 AM

Name: Bart Geerts
Department: Atmospheric Sciences
Email: geerts@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662261 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: atmospheric science
Current Research Description: Precipitation formation over mountains in Wyoming, using King Air and Wyoming Cloud Radar. It is well-accepted that a definive test of the viability of cloud seeding to enhance snowfall by having seeded plumes scanned by cloud radar. Such test is feasible with our current equipment, but at this time we have no funding for it. We do have a WWDC/USGS grant to study orographic precipitation enhancement in natural (unseeded) conditions.
Key Words: cloud precipitation orographic radar aircraft
Publications: None at this time. Another proposal is in preparation, so this is a new, long-term development.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 11:20:30 AM

Name: Neil Humphrey
Department: GEOL
Email: neil@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662728 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Hydrology, Fluvial systems, dynamics of cold regions water flow systems
Current Research Description: -glacial hydrology and the interaction between snow melt, climate and glacier motion -snow pack change under conditions of changing climate and the relation between changing climate and the runoff from the Greenland Ice sheet -geomorphic impacts of coal bed methane discharge waters on low order stream channels -anchor ice/sediment interactions in cold regions rivers -river erosion in the Himalaya
Key Words: glacier, snowmelt, anchor-ice, fluvial geomorphology
Publications: Harper, J. T., and Humphrey, N.F., 2003, High altitude Himalayan climate inferred from glacial ice flux: Geophysical Research Letters, 30, n. 14., HLS 3 1-4. Humphrey, N. F., and Konrad, S. K., 2000, River incision or diversion in response to bedrock uplift: Geology, 28, 43-46. Pfeffer,W.T., and Humphrey, N.F., 1998, Formation of ice layers by infiltration and refreezing of meltwater, Annals of Glac., V. 26, p 83-91.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 11:26:16 AM

Name: David Bagley
Department: Civil and Architectural Engineering
Email: bagley@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077665591 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Sustainable wastewater treatment
Current Research Description: Wastewater is more than 99% water and should be considered an important water resource. My research has been developing technology to convert the organic constituents in wastewater into hydrogen and methane to provide renewable energy and also looking at applying technology to produce high quality water for reuse.
Key Words: Wastewater, sustainability, renewable energy, water reuse
Publications: Comerton, A.M., Andrews, R.C., Bagley, D.M. 2005. Evaluation of an MBR-RO System to Produce High Quality Reuse Water: Microbial Control, DBP Formation and Nitrate. Water Research. 39:3982-3990. Kraemer, J.T. and D.M. Bagley. 2005. Continuous Fermentative Hydrogen Production Using a Two-Phase Reactor System with Recycle. Environmental Science and Technology, 39:3819-3825. Monteith, H., H.R. Sahely, H.L. MacLean, and D.M. Bagley. 2005. A Rational Procedure for Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants, Water Environment Research. 77:390-403
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/5/2006 12:39:50 PM

Name: John T Tschirhart
Department: Economics, 162 Ross Hall
Email: jtsch@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662356 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: natural resource economics
Current Research Description: 1) ag pollution of estuaries and its effects on fisheries and other species 2) harvesting of commercial fish species and its effects on other economic industries besides fishery
Key Words: economic/ecological integration optimal harvesting pollution
Publications: “Harvesting in an Eight Species Ecosystem,” (with David Finnoff) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, May 2003, 45 (3), 589-611. “Protecting an Endangered Species while Harvesting its Prey in a General Equilibrium Ecosystem Model,” (with David Finnoff) Land Economics, May 2003, v. 79, 160-180. A Micro Optimization Framework for Evaluating the Tradeoffs between Nutrient Loading of Estuaries and Ecosystem Productivity, (with David Finnoff) forthcoming.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 11:26:38 AM

Name: Scott N. Miller
Department: Renewable Resources
Email: snmiller@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077664274 ext:  

Subspecialty: Watershed Hydrology
Current Research Description: 1. Impact of coal bed mthane product water discharge on stream hydrology to support BLM permitting 2. Risk of West Nile Virus resulting from the establishment of ponds from CBM development. Larval habitat assessment through remote sensing and GIS. 3. Watershed management of the Njoro watershed in kenya. This is a rapidly changing watershed that feeds into a RAMSAR wetlands and national park and we are studying the impacts of change on surface and groundwater hydrology with links to ecological services. 4. Impact of land cover change and dam management on rivers contributing to Kruger National Park, South Africa. These rivers originate from outside the park and flow through a changing landscape. Concerns are centered on low flow times, including long-term drought and potential risk to riparian and other ecological services. 5. Use of ground-based LiDAR for channel morphology and determining better inputs to physically-based hydrologic models for simulation of runoff and erosion.
Key Words: modeling, temporal change, GIS-based, watershed
Publications: Miller, S.N., D.J. Semmens, D.C., Goodrich, R, Miller, M. Hernandez, and W.G. Kepner, 2006. The Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment Tool. Accepted by Journal of Environmental Modelling and Software. Zou, L., S.N. Miller, and E.T. Schmidtmann, 2005. Mosquito larval habitat mapping using remote sensing and GIS: implications of coalbed methane development and the West Nile virus. Submitted to Journal of Medical Entomology. Miller, S.N., M. Hernandez, R.C. Miller, D.C. Goodrich, W.G. Kepner, D.L. Heggem, M.L. Mehaffey, F. Kim Devonald, P. Miller, 2002. Integrating landscape assessment and hydrologic modeling in land cover change analysis. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38(4): 1-15.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 11:33:48 AM

Name: william j. gribb
Department: geography
Email: planning@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077666253 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: ecosystem management and planning
Current Research Description: floodplain research in grand teton national park, beaver habitat and wetland ecology
Key Words: wetland habitat floodplain management watershed management
Publications: "Ecological Footprint of World Heritage Sites: Yellowstone National Park and Fraser Island" forthcoming, with R. Jenkins, abstract, Proceedings Association of American Geographers. "Expanded Search for Beavers in Grand Teton National Park and the Development of a Habitat Suitability Index Model (HSI) Integrating Field Research, GIS, and Satellite Imagery", 2004, US NPS Report. "A Survey of Beaver Location and Habitat to Model their Distribution in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming", 2003, US NPS Report.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 11:37:45 AM

Name: Frank J. Rahel
Department: Zoology & Physiology
Email: frahel@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077664212 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Aquatic biology, fish ecology, fisheries management
Current Research Description: Habitat requirements of fish, especially as related to human alteration of aquatic environments. Sources and consequences on nonnative fish introductions.
Key Words: fish, habitat, landscape, introduced species, fisheries management
Publications: Rahel, F.J. 2006. Biogeographic barriers, connectivity, and biotic homogenization: it’s a small world after all. Freshwater Biology, In Press. Schrank, A.J. and F.J. Rahel. 2004. Movement patterns in inland cutthroat trout: management and conservation implications. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61:1528-1537. Quist, M., F.J. Rahel, and W.A. Hubert. 2004. Hierarchical faunal filters: an approach to assessing effects of habitat and nonnative species on native fishes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 14:1-16.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 11:46:02 AM

Name: Glenn Tootle
Department: Civil Eng
Email: tootleg@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077663299 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Hydrology Climate
Current Research Description: Climatic (oceanic-atmospheric) influences on hydrology (streamflow, snow). Drought frequency, duration, magnitude. Reconstructing streamflow using tree-rings.
Key Words: Climate Sea Surface Temperatures Streamflow Drought Tree-ring reconstructions
Publications: Tootle, G.A., and T.C. Piechota, 2006. Climate Variability, Water Supply, and Drought in Upper Colorado River Basin. In Climate Variability, Climate Change and Water Resources Engineering. Editors: J.D. Garbrecht and T.C. Piechota, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 132-142. ISBN 0-7844-0824-6. Tootle, G.A., T.C. Piechota, and A.K. Singh, 2005. Coupled Interdecadal and Interannual Oceanic / Atmospheric Variability and United States Streamflow. Water Resources Research, 41(W12408). Tootle, G.A., and T.C. Piechota, 2004. Suwannee River Long-Range Streamflow Forecasts based on Seasonal Climate Predictors. Journal of American Water Resources Association, 40(2), 523-532.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 12:01:59 PM

Name: Alfred Rodi
Department: Atmospheric Science
Email: rodi@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077664945 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Cloud physics
Current Research Description: University of Wyoming King Air research aircraft observations of clouds, etc.
Key Words: clouds, cloud physics, precipitation, weather modification, hydrologic cycle
Publications: Lawson, R.P., and A.R. Rodi, 1993: A new airborne thermometer for atmospheric and cloud physics research: Part 1: Design and preliminary flight tests. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 9, 556-574. Brenguier, J.L., A.R. Rodi, G. Gordon, and P. Wechsler, 1993: Real-time detection of performance degradation of the Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech, 10, 27- 33. Mahoney, W., and A. R. Rodi, 1987: Aircraft measurements on microburst development from hydrometeor evaporation. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 3037-3051.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 12:40:01 PM

Name: Sue Niezgoda
Department: Civil and Architectural Engineering
Email: niezgoda@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077663120 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Fluid dynamics, hydraulic engineering, water resources engineering, open channel flow, river engineering, bridge scour, sediment transport, stream restoration, hydrology, alluvial channel modeling, geomorphology, uncertainty, risk assessment
Current Research Description: 1) Laboratory investigations into bridge scour 2) Improving urban stream restoration: identifying critical form and processes relationships 3) Investigating the implication of using rigid channel structures in stream restoration 4) Cost-based risk assessment for selecting design alternatives for stream restoration 5) Monitoring the impacts of rigid structures in stream channel stability 6) Identifying an appropriate design discharge for stream restoration 7) Quantifying runoff from glacier melt
Key Words: hydraulics, restoration, sediment transport, scour, modeling
Publications: Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A. 2005. A cost based risk assessment method for selecting stream restoration design alternatives. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, (in press). Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A. 2005. Rigid structures in stream channel design: a case for alluvial channel modeling. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (tentatively accepted, under second review, 2005). Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A. 2005. Improving the urban stream restoration effort: identifying critical relationships between form and processes. Environmental Management, 35(5): 579-592.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 1:08:05 PM

Name:  
Department: WYNDD
Email: bheidel@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077663020 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: PLEASE DELETE THIS SUBMISSION IF THE SURVEY IS NOT INTENDED TO INCLUDE WETLAND RESEARCH BY NON-FACULTY. Botany and Ecology
Current Research Description: Three primary research activities: Two studies re. peatland inventory techniques, distribution, diversity, and classification are midway and nearing completion One study re. systematic survey of a threatened riparian plant species is midway One study re. long-term monitoring and viability analysis of a second threatened riparian plant species, including climate correlation analysis, is nearing completion In addition, - new wetland additions to the flora have been documented, -we are scoping interest in documenting wetland attributes for the entire state flora -we are interested in evaluating the status of the state nonvascular flora, including bryophytes, most of which are wetland species Note: These research activities have interdisciplinary research potential.
Key Words: Wetland flora, including threatened, endangered and sensitive plant species Wetland diversity Peatlands
Publications: I do not have peer-reviewed publications for Wyyoming research - yet
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 2:06:48 PM

Name: Michael Urynowicz
Department: Civil & Arch. Eng.
Email: murynowi@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077664398 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: In situ remediation of contaminated soil and ground water systems, chemical oxidation processes for the degradation of chlorinated solvents in ground water, onsite and alternative wastewater treatment systems, polymer aided infiltration control, mitigation of coal bed methane produced water
Current Research Description: Synthetic organic polymers are commonly used in water treatment applications to coagulate colloids and improve sedimentation and filtration performance. This same type of process may be useful to reduce seepage losses during water conveyance by sealing the unlined canal bottom. The study utilizes acrylamide, a widely used and generally safe polymer. Experiments include (1) Laboratory jar tests to determine the optimum coagulation/flocculation conditions including dosage, turbidity, pH, rapid mix and flocculation speeds, and particle genesis time (2) Column studies to determine seepage loss as a function of dosage, turbidity, mixing, sediment characteristics and time, and (3) Falling head permeameter field tests to determine the effectiveness of a polymer application to a real conveyance system. Dealing with large volumes of produced water in a cost effective manner is a challenge for the CBM industry. Currently, produced water is directly discharged into existing surface waters. The effect on watersheds has caused concern as surface disposal practices sometimes result in erosion or drowning of drainage draws and associated vegetation. In addition, this water also has high sodium absorption ratios (SAR) and the water is not suitable for irrigation. Because of problems associated with dewatering operations, an alternative membrane vacuum degassing method to recover the trapped methane is being investigated. This approach does not require dewatering the coal seam. In application, membrane curtains would be placed in contact with CBM fields.
Key Words: Treatment, Remediation, CBM produced water
Publications: Siegrist, R.L., K.S. Lowe, M.L. Crimi, and M.A. Urynowicz (2005). Quantifying PCE and TCE in DNAPL Source Zones: Effects of Sampling Methods Used for Intact Cores at Varied Contaminant Levels and Media Temperatures. J. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation. Accepted for Publication: Spring 2006. Michael A. Urynowicz and Robert L. Siegrist. 2005. Interphase Mass Transfer during Chemical Oxidation of TCE DNAPL in an Aqueous System. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Volume 80, Issues 3-4, 93-106 Urynowicz, M.A., W.C. Boyle, M.E. Bedessem, and S. Jin. Submitted January, 2006. The Effect of Recycle Ratio and Temperature on Nitrogen Removal in Recirculating Sand Filter-Upflow Anaerobic Systems. Journal of Environmental Quality.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 2:08:10 PM

Name: Reed D. Benson
Department: College of Law
Email: rdbenson@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077666107 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Water rights and environmental law--especially the relationship of these two areas
Current Research Description: I research legal and policy issues relating to the management of water resources, especially in the West, with a major focus on the environmental dimensions of water use
Key Words: law policy environment instream flows
Publications: Pollution Without Solution: Flow Impairment Problems under Clean Water Act Section 303, 24 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 199 (2005) "The Supreme Court of Science" Speaks on Water Rights: The National Academy of Sciences' Columbia River Report and its Water Policy Implications, 35 Environmental Law 85 (2005) So Much Conflict, Yet So Much in Common: Considering the Similarities between Western Water Law and the Endangered Species Act, 44 Natural Resources Journal 29 (2004)
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 2:40:15 PM

Name: Stephen Earl Williams
Department: Renewable Resources
Email: sewms@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662683 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Soil Science
Current Research Description: Examination of nitrogen in rainwater and soil water at high (at 3500 meters and above) elevations. Evaluation also includes impacts on soil microorganisms, plants and herbivores.
Key Words: Inorganic Nitrogen, alpine, soil organics.
Publications: Stahl, P. D., G. E. Schuman, S. M. Frost and S. E. Williams. 1998. Interaction of arbuscular mycorrhiza and seedling age on water stress tolerance of Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis. SSSAJ 62:1309-1313. Busby, F.E., T.W. Box, J.C. Buckhouse, D.C. Clanton, B.C. Coggins, G.R. Evans, K.L. Gadzia, C.M. Jarecki, L.A. Joyce, D. Loper, D.L. Merkel, G.B. Ruyle, J.W. Thomas, J.H. Wald and S.E. Williams. 1994. Rangeland Health. National Research Council, Board on Agriculture. 180 pages. Palmer, K. M., N. L. Stanton, M. Ben-David, J. Mionczynski, and S. E. Williams. 2006. Pika (Ochatona princeps) decline: A Proposed Micronutrient Deficiency of Selenium. Journal of Wildlife Diseases (Submitted).
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 3:01:58 PM

Name: Benito Chen
Department: Math
Email: bchen@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662280 ext:  

Subspecialty: Mathematical modeling of flow in porous media
Current Research Description: Models of use of bacteria to control pollution in groundwater.
Key Words: Modeling, bioremediation, aquifers, pollution, numerical methods
Publications:  B. CHEN and H. KOJOUHAROV, 2004, Nonstandard Eulerian-lagrangian Methods for Multi-dimensional Reactive Transport Problems, Applied Numerical Mathematics, accepted. B. CHEN, Multiphase Flow in Porous Media, Aportaciones Matematicas, accepted. B. CHEN and H. KOJOUHAROV, 2003, Numerical Simulation of Dual-species Biofilms in Porous Media, Applied Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 47, pp. 377-389.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 3:46:11 PM

Name: Brent Ewers
Department: Botany
Email: beewers@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662625 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Ecohydrology
Current Research Description: My research quantifies how plant physiological controls over ecosystem water fluxes change over temporal scales from hours to decades and spatial scales from centimeters to kilometers
Key Words: plant physiology, stomatal conductance, spatial/temporal variation, evapotranspiration, drought
Publications: BE Ewers, ST Gower, B Bond-Lamberty, CK Wang. 2005. Effects of Stand Age and Tree Species Composition on Transpiration and Canopy Conductance of Boreal Forest. Plant, Cell Environment 28, 66-0678 Mackay, DS, DE Ahl, BE Ewers, S Samanta, SN Burrows, and ST Gower. 2003. Physiological tadeoffs in the parameterization of a model of canopy transpiration. Advances in Water Resources, 26(2), 179-194. Ewers. BE, DS Mackay, ST Gower, DE Ahl, SN Burrows, S Samanta. 2002. Tree species effects on stand transpiration in northern Wisconsin. Water Resources Research, 38(7), 10.1029/2001WR000830.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/11/2006 7:27:23 PM

Name: John E. Lloyd
Department: Renewable Resources
Email:  
Office Phone: 3077662234 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Entomology
Current Research Description: Ecology of mosquito vectors of West Nile Virus
Key Words: Larval (aquatic) habitats of mosquitoes
Publications: Denke, Patricia M. 2000. The distribution of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) species with regard to selected environmental variables, in the Northern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ph.D. Dissertation Gregory D. Johnson. 1978. Pre-Adult Development and Survival of Aedes mosquitoes Indigenous to Albany County, Wyoming, and other Selected Mosquitoes in Temperature Controlled Chambers and Semi-Natural Habitats. Ph.D. Dissertation Denke, P. M., J. E. Lloyd, and J. L. Littlefield. 1996. Elevational distribution of mosquitoes in a mountainous area of southeastern Wyoming. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 12(1):8-16. Lloyd JE, Pennington RG. 1976. Mosquitoes collected in a CO2-baited CDC miniature light trap and a bovine-baited trap in Wyoming. Mosq News 36:457-459. Pennington RG, Lloyd JE. 1975. Mosquitoes captured in a bovine-baited trap in a Wyoming pasture subject to river and irrigation flooding. Mosq News 35:402-408.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/12/2006 10:25:38 AM

Name: K.J. Reddy
Department: Renewable Resources
Email: katta@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077666658 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Water Quality
Current Research Description: Research program features both basic and applied aspects of natural resource and environmental quality and water quality issues. Current research investigations include: flue gas carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration process; arsenic removal technology for drinking water; evaluation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to protect groundwater quality from non-point source pollution; development of beneficial uses for coalbed methane natural gas produced water; and assessment of water quality protocols to address TMDL (total maximum daily load) process.
Key Words: Water Quality Water Resources Land Uses and Water Quality Issues Conservation of Water Quality Remediation of Contaminated Water
Publications: 1). Peel, J.W., K.J. Reddy, B.P. Sullivan, and J. Bowen. 2003. Electrocatlytic reduction of nitrate in water, Research Note. Water Research Journal. 37:2512-2519. 2). Reddy, K.J., M.M. Patterson, J.D. Rodgers, R.E. Jackson, and B.L. Perryman. 2003. (Invited) Solubility of fluoride in semi arid environments. Book Chapter 13. In W.L. Kingery and H.M. Selim (eds) Geochemical and Hydrological Reactivity of Heavy Metals in Soils, CRC Press, Florida, pp329-347. 3). Reddy, K.J., and Viswatej, A. 2005. A novel method to remove arsenate and arsenite from water. In Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Symposium on Arsenic in the Environment: Biology and Chemistry, April 3-7, 2005, Adelaide, Australia.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/12/2006 1:52:50 PM

Name: Carrick M. Eggleston
Department: Geology and Geophysics
Email: carrick@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077666769 ext:  

Subspecialty: Geochemistry, biogeoscience, nanogeoscience
Current Research Description: My research group is heavily concentrated on the fundamental chemistry of mineral-water interaction, including mineral-microbe and mineral-protein interactions in aqueous media. The research applications include better understanding water quality (as opposed to water quantity!).
Key Words: Water quality, contaminant remediation, surface processes, surface chemistry, nano-scale processes
Publications: Eggleston C.M., Khare N., Lovelace D. (2006) Cytochrome c interaction with hematite (a-Fe2O3) surfaces. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 150 220-227. Khare N., Eggleston C.M., Lovelace D.M. (2005) Sorption of mitochondrial cytochrome c to hematite surfaces: Implications for electron transfer. Clays and Clay Minerals 53, 564-571. Eggleston C.M., Stack A.G., Rosso K.M. and Bice A.M. (2004) Adatom Fe(III) on the hematite surface: Observation of a key reactive surface species. Geochemical Transactions 5(2), 33-40.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/13/2006 3:53:29 AM

Name: Patricia J. S. Colberg
Department: Zoology and Physiology
Email: pczoo@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662777 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology
Current Research Description: biogeochemical cycling of iron in alpine lakes, geomicrobial immobilization of heavy metals in sediments/groundwater, mineral-microbe and mineral-protein interactions in aqueous media
Key Words: iron cycle Fe(III) reduction photosynthetic Fe(II) oxidation alpine lakes metals
Publications: Colberg, P. J. S., N. G. Swoboda-Colberg, B. Sulzberger, and K. W. Hanselmann. Geomicrobiology: Linking photochemical and microbial processes in cold alpine lakes with an emphasis on iron cycling (in preparation). Jin, S., J. I. Drever, and P. J. S. Colberg. Effects of copper on bacterial sulfate reduction in metal-contaminated and metal-free sediments (under review). Markwiese, J . T., and P. J. S. Colberg. 2000. Bacterial reduction of copper-contaminated sediments: Copper toxicity and the interaction between fermentative and Fe(III)-reducing bacteria. Archiv. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 38:139-146.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/13/2006 6:20:24 AM

Name: Alan Schroeder
Department: Agricultural & Applied Economics
Email: conrad@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077665133 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Natural Resources Law
Current Research Description: I have worked with both law and agricultural law students on their research dealing with water transfers, waste, coalbed methane water, and limitations on diversions created by the Endangered Species Act.
Key Words: Law transfers ESA Coalbed Methane
Publications:  
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/13/2006 9:33:44 AM

Name: Carol Frost
Department: Geology
Email: frost@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077666254 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: radiogenic isotope geology
Current Research Description: Sr isotopic tracing of CBM-produced water in the Powder River Basin and elsewhere in Wyoming Pb and Sr isotope characteristics of groundwater in Wyoming and in Great Plains (Dakota) aquifer of Nebraska
Key Words: isotope chemical hydrology beneficial use strontium lead
Publications: Frost, C.D., and Toner, R.N., 2004, Strontium isotopic identification of water-rock interaction and groundwater mixing. Ground Water, v. 42, 418-432. Frost, C.D., Pearson, B.N., Ogle, K.M., Heffern, E.L., Lyman, R.M., 2002, Sr isotopic tracing of aquifer interactions in an area of coal and methane production, Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Geology, v. 30, p. 923-926. Toner, R.N., Frost, C.D., Chamberlain, K.R., 2003, Isotopic identification of natural vs. anthropogenic sources of Pb in Laramie basin groundwaters, Wyoming, USA. Environmental Geology, v. 43, p. 580-591.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/13/2006 2:11:40 PM

Name: J. Michael Daniels
Department: Geography
Email: jmd@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662142 ext:  

Subspecialty: fluvial geomorphology
Current Research Description: I study hydrologic variability and related geomorphic processes over time scales ranging from decades to several millennia using stratigraphic records from floodplains and measurements of overbank sedimentation rates.
Key Words: geomorphology, paleohydrology, environmental change, floodplains, floods
Publications: Daniels, J.M. and J.C. Knox. 2005. Alluvial stratigraphic evidence for channel incision during the Medieval Warm Period on the central Great Plains, USA. The Holocene 15:736-747. Daniels, J.M. 2003. Floodplain aggradation and pedogenesis in a semiarid environment. Geomorphology, 56:225-242. Knox, J.C., and J.M. Daniels. 2002. Watershed scale and the stratigraphic record of large floods. In House, P.K., Webb, R.H., Baker, V.R., and Levish, D.R., eds. Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology. Water Science and Application Series, Vol.5. American Geophysical Union. 237-255.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/17/2006 8:24:45 AM

Name: Ginger Paige
Department: Renewable Resources
Email: gpaige@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662200 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Watershed Hydrology, watershed management, soil moisture measurement
Current Research Description: Using LiDAR technology for evaluating influence of scale and topography on watershed hydrology and modeling; measurement and modeling spatial variability of infiltration; the effects of fire, land use, and management practices on rangeland hydrologic and erosion processes; and measurement of soil moisture and hydraulic properties.
Key Words: watershed hydrology, spatial variability, modeling, management impacts
Publications: Paige, G.B., J.J. Stone, D.P. Guertin, and L.J. Lane. 2002. A strip model approach to parameterize a coupled Green-Ampt kinematic wave model. JAWRA 38(5): 1363-1378. Paige, G.B., J. J. Stone, and D. P. Guertin. 2005 Evaluation of post-wildfire runoff and erosion on semiarid ecological sites. Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II: Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas, May 11-14, 2004, Tucson, AZ. Paige, G.B. and J.J. Stone. 2003. Infiltration and runoff: Point and plot scale. Renard, K.G., McElroy, S.A., Gburek, W.J., Canfield, H. E. and Scott, R. L., eds. First Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, October 27-30, 2003. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. pp. 186-191.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/20/2006 4:01:09 PM

Name: J.J. Shinker
Department: Geography
Email: jshinker@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077663320 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: climatology, modern climate variability, paleoclimatology
Current Research Description: My current research focuses on understanding the temporal and spatial varaibility of surface feedbacks and atmospheric mechanisms associated with precipitation anomalies (e.g. drought). As well as understanding the variability in the timing of precipitation in the intermountain west.
Key Words: drought, energy balance, water balance, precipitation varaibility, climate change
Publications: Shinker, J. J., P. J. Bartlein, and B. N. Shuman, 2006. In Press. Synoptic and dynamic controls of North American mid-continental aridity. Quaternary Science Reviews. Minckley, T. A., P. J. Bartlein, and J. J. Shinker, 2004. Paleoecological response to climate change in the Great Basin since the last glacial maximum. In D.L. Jenkins, T.J. Connolly, and C.M. Aikens (Eds.) Early and Middle Holocene Archaeology of the Northern Great Basin, pp. 21-30. University of Oregon Anthropological Papers 62. Eugene. Birkland, K. W., C. J. Mock, and J. J. Shinker. 2001. Avalanche extremes and atmospheric circulation patterns, Annals of Glaciology, 32, p. 135-140.
Graduate Support: No

Timestamp: 1/24/2006 1:16:26 PM

Name: Sarah Strauss
Department: Anthropology
Email: strauss@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077665310 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: cultural anthropology and public health ***please note that I am in Switzerland on sabbatical during academic year 2005-06.***
Current Research Description: I have been engaged in an ethnographic study of the "Social Life of Water" in a Swiss alpine village; I have also conducted some pilot comparative research in Steamboat Springs, CO. My goals are to understand the ways that people have historically used and currently do use the various water resources that they have access to (in the case of my research site, these include glaciers, a variety of surface waters, thermal springs, and non-thermal springs), and how they have perceived and understood the relative value of these different resources. I am also focused on climate related concerns, in order to explore the potential impacts of climate change on these resources, so that appropriate decisions for the future can be made.
Key Words: culture, climate change, health, mountains, glaciers
Publications: Strauss, S. and B.S. Orlove, Eds. (2003) Weather, Climate, and Culture. Edited volume on the Anthropology of Weather and Climate. Strauss, S. and C.M. Eggleston. Water Quality and the Qualities of Water in Leukerbad. To be submitted 2006.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/24/2006 3:07:52 PM

Name: Donald M. McLeod
Department: AGEC
Email: dmcleod@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077663116 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Economics, Policy, Planning
Current Research Description: Least Cost Water Conservation/Development Water Planning and Environmental Damage Mitigation Alternative Water Use Benefits Re-allocating Water with Temporary Leases
Key Words: Cost Benefit Analysis Environmental Valuation Allocation Mechanisms Planning and Policy
Publications: Peck, D., D. McLeod, J. Lovvorn and J. Hewlett. 2005. “Opportunity Costs of Water Leasing: Irrigation, Instream Flow, And Wetland Considerations in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming.” Environmental Management. 34(6): 842-855. McLeod, D. “Confronting Land Fragmentation: Opportunities for Federal Research and Outreach Programming Partnerships” Solicited Article, December 2004, Western Economic Forum of the Western Agricultural Economics Association. 3(2): 12-18. Waller, A., D. McLeod and D. Taylor. 2004. "Conservation Opportunities for Securing In-Stream Flows in the Platte River Basin: A Case Study Drawing on Casper, Wyoming’s Municipal Water Strategy .” Environmental Management. 34(5): 620-633.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/25/2006 2:11:43 PM

Name: Wayne A. Hubert
Department: Zoology and Physiology
Email: whubert@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077665415 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Fisheries science
Current Research Description: I am currently doing research on the habitat needs of native fishes and sport fishes, and anthropogenic effects on fish and their habitats. Much of the research focuses on the effects of habitat alteration fragmentation associated with water development.
Key Words: Fish Habitat Water Ecology Management
Publications: Quist, M. C., W. A. Hubert, M. Fowden, S. W. Wolff, and M. R. Bower. 2006. The Wyoming Habitat Assessment Methodology (WHAM): A systematic approach to evaluating watershed conditions and stream habitat. Fisheries 31(2):23-29. Quist, M. C., W. A. Hubert, and F. J. Rahel. 2006. Concurrent assessment of fish and habitat in warmwater streams in Wyoming. Fisheries Management and Ecology 13:9-20. Barrineau, C. E., W. A. Hubert, P. D. Dey, and T. C. Annear. 2005. Winter ice processes and pool habitat associated with two types of constructed instream structures. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1022-1033.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/26/2006 2:16:37 PM

Name: Quentin Skinner
Department: Renewable Resources
Email:  
Office Phone: 3077664139 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Watershed Management, Range Management, Riparian Zone Ecology, Water Quality
Current Research Description: Long term assessment of riparian zone condition Education of range and watershed grasses Assessment and interpretation of Wyoming's water quality
Key Words: Watershed, riparian zones, water quality
Publications: Thorne, M.S., P.J. Meiman, Q.D. Skinner, M.A. Smith, and J.D. Dodd. 2005. Clipping frequency affects canopy volume and biomass production in Planeleaf willow (Salix planifolia var. planifolia Pursh) Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:1:41-50. Ellison, C.A., Skinner, Q.D., Retty, K.J. (In press February 2006.). Patterns of Discharge and Suspended Sediment Concentration in a Cold-Desert Stream. Journal of the American Water Resources Association: Special Riparian Issue. Patz, M.J., K.J. Reeey, and Q.D. Skinner. In press: 2006. Trace elements in coalbed methane produced water interacting with semi-arid ephemeral stream channels, Journal of Air, Soil, and Water Pollution. Skinner, Q.D., K.K. Crane, J.G. Hiller, and J.D. Rodgers. 2000. Wyoming Watersheds and Riparian Zones, B-1085, Cooperative Extension Service, Agriculture Resource Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071. 112pp. Skinner, Q.D. 2003. Rangeland Monitoring: Water quality and riparian systems, Arid Land Research and Management, 17(4) pp407-728.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/27/2006 9:46:31 AM

Name: Tom Thurow
Department: Renewable Resources
Email: tthurow@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662781 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: ecohydrology
Current Research Description: Water yield and water quality associated with land management.
Key Words: water yield water quality water policy ecohydrology restoration ecology
Publications: Wilcox, B.P. and T.L. Thurow. 2006. Linkages between vegetation and water yield: Emerging issues in rangeland ecoyhydrology. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:in press. Perotto-Baldiviezo, H.L., T.L. Thurow, C.T. Smith, R.F. Fisher and X.B. Wu. 2004. GIS-based spatial analysis and modeling for landslide hazard assessment in steeplands, sourthern Honduras. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 103:165-174. Thurow, T.L. and C.A. Taylor 1999. The role of drought in range management. Journal of Range Management 52:413-419. Wu, X.B., T.L. Thurow and S.G. Whisenant. 2000. Frangmentation and changes in hydrologic function of tiger bush landscapes, south-west Niger. Journal of Ecology. 88:790-800
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/30/2006 3:33:22 PM

Name: E. Barbier
Department: Economics & Finance
Email: ebarbier@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662358 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Economics
Current Research Description: WWDC/USGS funded project, 2002-04, Water and Economic Growth in Wyoming: The persistence of drought conditions over much or all of the state of Wyoming in recent years has raised concern as to whether water availability relative to use may be limiting economic growth and development opportunities in certain regions or even state-wide. This research aims to address this issue by analyzing the relationship between relative water availability and economic growth across the counties and key water-using sectors in Wyoming, irrigated agriculture and other productive uses (municipal and industrial). Three broad results are anticipated: 1) An empirical analysis over time (i.e. annually) of a water-growth relationship for two key water-using sectors in Wyoming's economy: irrigated agriculture (i.e. the annual crop sector and fodder) and municipal and industrial users (for production). 2) Identification of possible future trade-offs and conflicts over water use by these two key production sectors in Wyoming. 3) Identification of those counties and sectors whose economic development is especially at risk from chronic water scarcity, as measured in terms of moderate and/or extreme hydrological stress conditions.
Key Words: water and economic growth, economics of water use, cost-benefit analysis of water use
Publications: Barbier, E.B. 2004. "Water and Economic Growth." Economic Record 80: 1-16. Barbier, E.B. 2003. "Upstream Dams and Downstream Water Allocation - The Case of the Hadejia-Jama'are Floodplain, Northern Nigeria," Water Resources Research 39(11):1311-1319. Acharya, G. and Barbier, E.B. 2002. “Using Domestic Water Analysis to Value Groundwater Recharge in the Hadejia-Jama’are Floodplain, Northern Nigeria,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84(2):415-426.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 1/31/2006 10:50:10 AM

Name: Robert
Department: Hall
Email: bhall@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662877 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Stream and river ecology
Current Research Description:  My research focuses on three areas adressinng ecosystem function of streams and rivers 1. Physical and biological controls on nitrogen cycling and transport in streams 2. Linking activities of animals to stream ecosystem function, with emphasis on non-native species. 3. Energy flow through stream food webs, ranging from small streams to a new project on the Colorado River
Key Words: Nitrogen cycling Food webs Regulated rivers Invasive species Animal excretion
Publications: Hall, R. O., M. F. Dybdahl, and M. C. VanderLoop. In press. Extremely high secondary production of introduced snails in rivers. Ecological Applications. Hall, R. O., J. L. Tank, and M. F. Dybdahl. 2003. Exotic snails dominate nitrogen cycling in a highly productive stream. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 1:407-411. Hall, R. O., and J. L. Tank. 2003. Ecosystem metabolism controls nitrogen uptake in streams in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 1120-1128.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/1/2006 1:57:30 PM

Name: Stephen T Jackson
Department: Botany
Email: jackson@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662819 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: ecology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology, paleohydrology
Current Research Description: Reconstruction of precipitation variability at annual to millennial scales in the central Rockies region and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region using a variety of methods (tree rings; studies of biomarkers, fossils, stable isotopes, etc. from bogs and lakes) Studies of vegetational responses to moisture variability at decadal to millennial scales using dendroecological and paleoecological approaches
Key Words: climate variability; paleohydrology; ecological impacts; precipitation variability; climate change
Publications: Booth, R.K., M. Notaro, S.T. Jackson, & J.E. Kutzbach. 2006. Widespread drought episodes in the western Great Lakes region during the past 2000 years: geographic extent and potential mechanisms. Earth and Planetary Science Letters (in press). Booth, R.K., S.T. Jackson, S.L. Forman, J.E. Kutzbach, E.A. Bettis III, J. Kreig, & D.K. Wright. 2005. A severe centennial-scale drought in mid-continental North America 4200 years ago and apparent global linkages. The Holocene 15:321-328. Gray, S.T., C.L. Fastie, S.T. Jackson, and J.L. Betancourt. 2004. Tree-ring based reconstructions of precipitation in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming since 1260 A.D. Journal of Climate 17:3855-3865. Gray, S.T., S.T. Jackson, and J.L. Betancourt. 2004. Tree-ring based reconstructions of interannual to decadal-scale precipitation variability for northeastern Utah since 1226 A.D. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 40:947-960. Gray, S.T., J.L. Betancourt, C.Fastie, & S.T. Jackson. 2003. Patterns and sources of multidecadal oscillations in drought-sensitive tree-ring records from the central and southern Rocky Mountains. Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 30, No. 6, 1316, doi:10.1029/2002GL016154.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/2/2006 9:59:48 AM

Name: Marjorie L. Brooks
Department: Zoology and Physiology
Email: brook@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077664837 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems
Current Research Description:  I am interested in the synergistic effects of multiple environmental stressors such as trace metal contaminants, increased UV radiation, and climate warming that affect aquatic ecosystems. propagate through all organizational levels of aquatic ecosystems. Such effects propagate through all levels of ecosystem organization, providing opportunities to develop the integrative models needed to assess and predict important interactive effects of multiple stressors. For example, when invertebrates bioaccumulate metals above thresholds beyond which some species cannot regulate metal intake, it leads to impaired growth, reproduction, and survival that alter the structure of invertebrate communities in ways that should be predictable. In my work, I investigate the mechanisms by which multiple stressors alter stream ecosystems to develop models that consider the implications of human impacts for regulatory policy as well as ecological theory.
Key Words: biogeochemistry, anthropogenic stressors, stream ecology, food webs, climate change
Publications: Brooks M. L., W. C. Clements, D. M. McKnight. 2006. Photochemical control of copper complexation by natural dissolved organic matter in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA. In review by Limnol. Oceanogr. Brooks, M. L., D. M. McKnight, and J. S. Meyer. 2006. Changes in copper-organic complexation during photooxidation of wetland and riverine dissolved organic matter. In review by Hydrobiologia. Brooks M. L., J. S. Meyer, and C. J. Boese. 2006. Toxicity of copper to larval Pimephales promelas in the presence of photodegraded natural dissolved organic matter. In review by Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.
Graduate Support: No

Timestamp: 2/4/2006 9:40:07 AM

Name: Diana Hulme
Department: Ruckelshaus Institute - ENR
Email: dhulme@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077665354 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Water policy
Current Research Description: Recently produced a report for the Wyoming Governor's Office regarding management, treatment and use alternatives for water produced from coalbed natural gas production. Continuing to provide assistance to the Governor's Office related to water management and treatment issues in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The Wyoming Water Development Commission has provided funding to determine the impacts of water development projects on increased sprawl and/or economic development for two water development projects in northern Wyoming. (On-going)
Key Words: Coalbed Methane Coaldbed Natural Gas Water Development Sprawl
Publications: Water Production from Coalbed Methane Development in Wyoming: A Summary of Quantity, Quality, and Management Options, Final Report for the Wyoming Governor's Office, December 2005. "Coalbed Methane Development in Wyoming's Powder River Basin," from Coalbed Methane Development in the Intermountain West, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, July 2002.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/6/2006 10:55:20 AM

Name: Greg Kerr
Department: Office of Water Programs
Email: rrek@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077666656 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Director/Office of Water Program's Advisor to the Wyoming Water Development Commission Advisor to the Wyoming Water Association
Current Research Description: Work directly with the Wyoming Water Development Commission to identify research needs of state and federal agencies regarding Wyoming's water resources, including funding under the National Institute of Water Resources (NIWR). Serve as a point of coordination for and to encourage water-related research activities by the University of Wyoming to address research needs.
Key Words: administration, coordination, development, regional, national, grants
Publications: See Office of Water Program's web site at: http://wweng.uwyo.edu/civil/research/wwrp/
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/6/2006 4:43:48 PM

Name: Frederico Furtado
Department: Mathematics
Email: furtado@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077664321 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Hydrology, with emphasis on multiphase subsurface flow and transport.
Current Research Description: Investigation of large scale aspects of flow and transport which result from the interaction between the nonlinear physics of multiphase flow and geological heterogeneities.
Key Words: Multiphase flow, heterogeneities, upscaling, stochastic modeling, numerical simulation
Publications: (1) (with E. Abreu, J. Douglas Jr., D. Marchesin, and F. Pereira) "Transitional waves in three-phase flows in heterogeneous formations", in Computational Methods for Water Resources, W.G. Gray & G.F. Pinder eds., vol 1, 609-620, Elsevier, 2004. (2) (with V. Artus, B. Noetinger, and F. Pereira) "Stochastic analysis of two-phase immiscible flow in stratified porous media", Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 23, 153-172, 2004. (3) (with F. Pereira) "Crossover from nonlinearity controlled to heterogeneity controlled mixing in two-phase porous media flows", Computational Geosciences 7, 115-135, 2003.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/6/2006 7:25:01 PM

Name: Song Jin
Department: Zoology and Physiology
Email: sjin@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077212404 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Environmental Biology and Biogeochemistry
Current Research Description: In situ and enhanced bioremediation of groundwater contaminants; Biological source treatment of acid mine drainage; Beneficial use of CBM produced water; Synthetic material in sorbing bioagents from water systems
Key Words: bioremediation, biodegradation, reductive dechlorination, Acid Mine Drainage, CBM
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Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/7/2006 3:28:55 PM

Name: Fred L. Ogden
Department: Civil & Arch. Engr., & Ruckelshaus Inst. Envir. and Nat. Resources
Email: fogden@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077666171 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Hydrologic model research, development, testing including field data collection and hydrologic applications of remote sensing.
Current Research Description: I am working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center to develop a two-dimensional distributed parameter hydrologic model. Together with my students I am collecting field data from diverse hydrologic settings, including Panama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, Indiana, and Illinois to assist in model testing and refinement.
Key Words: remote sensing instrumentation modeling scaling parameter estimation
Publications: Niedzialek, J.M., and F.L. Ogden, 2004, Numerical Investigation of Saturated Source Area Behavior at the Small Catchment Scale, Adv. Water Resour., 27:925-936. Downer, C.W., and F.L. Ogden, 2004, Appropriate Vertical Discretization of Richards' Equation for Two-Dimensional Watershed-Scale Modelling, Hydrological Processes, 18:1-22. Sharif, H.O., F.L. Ogden, W.F. Krajewski, and M. Xue, 2004, Statistical analysis of radar-rainfall error propagation, J. Hydrometeorology, 5(1):199-212.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/10/2006 11:42:54 AM

Name: Anne MacKinnon
Department: ENR - adjunct
Email: amack@coffey.com
Office Phone: 3074724930 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: law; journalism
Current Research Description: 1.Water law and administration (Wyoming): decision-making processes and regulation at State Engineer's Office (SEO), Board of Control, Superintendents' office 2. Water law evolution 3. CBM produced water: authorities, responsibilities of SEO 4. Governance in Wyo water management: opportunity for expanded input for non-traditional groups 5. Compensation for environmental services: possible programs for Wyoming water users 6. Instream flow: expansion to private rights holders
Key Words: 1. water law and administration; 2. produced water; 3. governance; 4. environmental services; 5. instream flow
Publications: 1) Demanding Beneficial Use: Opportunities and Obligations for Wyoming Regulators in Coalbed Methane (co-authored with Kate Fox) (accepted for publication in June 2006 Wyoming Law Review) 2) Historic and Future Challenges in Western Water Law: the Case of Wyoming (accepted for publication in June 2006 Wyoming Law Review) 3) Built 1900-Litigated CA 1990: Lessons from some large dams built in the rural United States. 1997.(Conference proceedngs, International Conference on Large Scale Water Resources Development in Developing Countries: New Dimensions of Prospects and Problems, Kathmandu, Nepal, October 1997)
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/13/2006 5:13:24 PM

Name: Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck
Department: WyGISC / Geography
Email: itasca@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662736 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: water resource planning and management GIS applications in water resources
Current Research Description: None currently as an individual, but WyGISC has a large water-related research program that is doing work with wtershed delineation mapping, the National Hydrography Dataset, and the Homeland Security/FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map Modernization Program.
Key Words: GIS, mapping, planning, management
Publications: Berelson, W.L., P.A. Caffrey, and J.D. Hamerlinck. 2004. Mapping hydrologic units for the National Watershed Boundary Dataset. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 40 (5): 1231-1246. Hamerlinck, J.D. and C.S. Arneson, eds. 1998. Wyoming ground water vulnerability assessment handbook, Vol. I, Background, model development, and aquifer sensitivity analysis. Laramie, Wyoming: Spatial Data and Visualization Center, University of Wyoming. SDVC Report 98-01-1 Hamerlinck, J.D. 1998. Wyoming statewide water resources data inventory, Vol. XIV, Socioeconomic data sources – statewide by agency. Laramie, Wyoming: Wyoming Water Resources Center.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 2/21/2006 12:42:39 PM

Name: Myron Allen
Department: Mathematics
Email: allen@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 307766  ext: ext.

Subspecialty:  
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Timestamp: 3/21/2006 1:14:52 PM

Name: Eli J. Rodemaker
Department: WyGISC
Email: eli@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662794 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Remote Sensing, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology
Current Research Description: Current: 1) Wyoming basins land cover, change detection and snow cover modeling, 2) Bighorn river geomorphic change analysis, 3) Peatlands type mapping/modeling, 4) Use of remotely sensed data; such as passive remote sensing (multispectral and thermal) and active remote sensing (Laser altimetry), to map and model terrain element distributions. Previous: Participated in modeling of urban climate and watershed characteristics, such as Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer models (NASA Project ATLANTA-ATlanta Land use ANalysis:Temperature and Air quality) and CITYgreen (created by AmericanForests) model for quantifying costs and benefits of urban ecological scenarios (eg urban forest benefits) including; stormwater runoff, air quality, summer energy savings, carbon storage and avoidance, and tree growth. Watershed change analyses quantifying land use and land cover change as derived from remotely sensed imagery to fecundity of bio-indicator species. Calibration of remotely sensed imagery with a 'bio-optical buoy' (in-situ sensor array) and derivation of sea surface temperatures and Chlorophyll(a) estimation in Willard Bay and Sequim Bay, Washington. Near-shore/littoral zone habitat/cover type mapping with remotely sensed imagery at sites, such as; Sequim Bay Washington, Great Salt Lake Utah, Ciudad del Carmen/Gulf of Mexico Mexico.
Key Words: Watershed, habitat, vegetation, climatology, remote sensing
Publications: Gillies, R.R., J. Brim Box, J. Symanzik, and E. J. Rodemaker. Effects of Urbanization on the Aquatic Fauna of the Line Creek Watershed, Atlanta – A Satellite Perspective. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 86 No. 3 Pgs. 411-422, 2003. Rodemaker, E.J., L.F. Hibler, M.C. Miller, and D.L. Woodruff. Remotely Sensed Boundary Initialization of a 3-dimensional Coastal Circulation Model. FY01 Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program Poster Session, September 19, 2001, USDOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. Steinmaus, K.L., D.L. Woodruff, and E.J. Rodemaker. Littoral Warfare Data Extraction Using U.S. Department of Energy’s Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI). NIMA Final Project Report, PNNL-13468, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Marine Sciences Laboratory, March 2001, Sequim, WA.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 3/27/2006 11:53:38 AM

Name: Paul Caffrey
Department:  
Email: caffrey@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077662770 ext: ext.

Subspecialty: Geographic Information Systems (Geo-hydro)
Current Research Description: (1) GIS data creation for high resolution National seamless datasets, the 1:24,000 scale Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) and 1:24,000 National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). This work also involves the update, maintenance, and enhancement of these datasets. (2) Map Modernization Management Support (3MS) for the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security (WOHS) in support of the FEMA Multi-Hazard Flood Modernization Program to update and convert the paper Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) to updated Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) for Wyoming. Roles and activities involved are to perform mapping needs assessment, community level outreach and coordination on scoping activities and mapping projects between the WOSH, FEMA, and private contractors. FEMA Map Modernization program (3) APD NEPA Analysis Toolkit project to assist the BLM in utilizing spatially distributed models to better manage for the cumulative impacts of CBM development in Wyoming. This 3-phase is a collaborative research and development project with WyGISC and the Department of Renewable Resources, Scott Miller, to develop and enhance modeling tools to assist in streamlining the coal bed methane (CBM) gas Application for Permit to Drill (APD) process. Coordination and technological transfer through extension are ongoing and needed to train and solicit feedback from resource managers.
Key Words: GIS, Hydrography, Watershed, analysis, modeling
Publications: McKinstry, M. C., P. Caffrey, and S. H. Anderson. 2000. The Importance of Beaver to Wetland Habitats and Waterfowl in Wyoming. Pages 95-100 in P. J. Wiggington and R. Beschta (eds.) Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Land Use Watersheds. American Water Resources Association. Middleburg, VA. Berelson, Wendy L., P.A Caffrey and J.D. Hamerlinck. 2004. Developing the national Watershed Boundary Dataset: The Wyoming case study. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, (refereed) Berelson, W.L., P.A. Caffrey and J.D. Hamerlinck, 2001. Delineating Watersheds in Wyoming: A Semi-automated Approach. In Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2001.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 3/27/2006 12:04:16 PM

Name: Harold Bergman
Department: ENR/Zoolgy
Email: bergman@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077665150 ext:  

Subspecialty: aquatic toxicology, water pollution biology and chemistry, water management and policy
Current Research Description: water management and policy related to energy development
Key Words: toxicology, chemistry, pollution, management, policy
Publications: Bergman, H.L. and numerous co-authors. 2005. Water Production from Coalbed Methane Development: A Summary of Quantity, Quality and Management Options. Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 36 pp. + App. Bergman, H.L. and E.J. Dorward-King. (Eds.). 1997. Reassessment of Metals Criteria for Aquatic Life Protection: Priorities for Research and Implementation. SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL. 114 pp. Dickerson, K.M., W.A. Hubert and H.L. Bergman. 1996. Toxicity assessment of water from lakes and wetlands receiving irrigation drain water. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:1097-1101.
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 4/24/2006 7:02:52 AM

Name: Mohan R. Junna
Department: Civil & Architectural Engineering
Email: reddy@uwyo.edu
Office Phone: 3077664882 ext:  

Subspecialty: Remote and automatic control of irrigation canal gates for improved system performance; Optimal design and operation of irrigation systems; Optimal operation of reservoirs and river regulation; Stream flow forecasting and control.
Current Research Description: Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms for Stream flow forecasting and river flow regulation; Application of Information Technology (Web-based) for improved management of irrigation projects and transboundary water resources.
Key Words: automation of irrigation canals; web-based irrigation management; optimal design and operation of irrigation systems.
Publications: 1. Adaptive Neural Networks in Regulation of River Flows (Book Chapter in ANN applied to HYdrology) 2. Global and sub-optimal control of irrigation canals, ASCE, J. of Water Resources Management. 3. OPtimal scheduling of irrigation canal outlets,
Graduate Support: Yes

Timestamp: 4/25/2006 10:21:27 PM