Cornell Research

Expertise

Hydrology; ecohydrology; water resources; physical hydrology; and water resources engineering

Current Research Interest

Hydrology-microbial ecology interactions; environmental fluid mechanics; hydrological transport processes; cold-regions hydrology; watershed modeling; environmental biophysics; and watershed biogeochemistry

Distinction

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Journal of Hydrology Associate Editor
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrological Sciences, Inc. Cornell Co-Representative
American Society of Civil Engineers-Watershed Management Technical Committee Member

Selected Publications

Nadeau, Sarah A., C. Armanda Roco, Spencer J. Debenport, Todd R. Anderson, Kathryn L. Hofmeister, M. Todd Walter, and James P. Shapleigh. “Metagenomic Analysis Reveals Distinct Patterns of Denitrification Gene Abundance Across Soil Moisture, Nitrate Gradients.” Environmental Microbiology 21, no. 4 (2019): 1255-1266.

Watkins, Lisa, Susan McGrattan, Patrick J. Sullivan, and M. Todd Walter. “The Effect of Dams on River Transport of Microplastic Pollution.” Science of The Total Environment 664 (2019): 834-840.

Cornell Research Website Article

Manage the Landscape for Cleaner Water