Bowden Watershed Research Lab
Research Team
(Current Students | BWRL Alumni)
Principal Investigator
Breck Bowden
Patrick Professor for Watershed Science and Planning in the Rubenstein School
Director, Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center
Director, Theme 1 of the Northeastern States Research Cooperative
Coordinator, Streams component of the Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research Program
Contact: Breck.Bowden@uvm.edu
Web site: http://www.uvm.edu/~wbowden/
Current Students
Joe Bartlett (MS)
Background: BSc, University of Vermont, Environmental Science (2004)
Research Focus: Streams Project
Project: UVM Transportation Research Center
Contact: Joseph.Bartlett@uvm.edu
Meredith Clayton (MS)
Background: BSc, University of Vermont, Environmental Science (2005)
Research Focus: Flow Monitoring Project
Project: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Contact: Meredith.Clayton@uvm.edu
Pooja Kanwar (PhD)
Background: BS, University of Iowa, Geography/Environmental Studies (2004); MS Antioch University of New England, Resource Management (2007)
Research Focus: Quantifying Ecosystem Services
Project: Rubenstein School Multicultural Fellowship
Contact: Pooja.Kanwar@uvm.edu
Eric
Davis (MS)
Background: BSc, University of Vermont, Environmental Science (2007); previous experience in stream gauging and wetland restoration projects
Research Focus: Developing a wetland monitoring protocol
Project: Northeast Temperate Network Inventory and Monitoring Project (NETN)
Contact: Eric.Davis@uvm.edu
Malcolm Herstand (MS)
Background: BSc, Montana State University, Environmental Science (2008); experience in stream hydrology, biochemistry, and GIS
Research Focus: Integrating hydrological and biogeochemical processes in arctic streams
Project: Changing Seasonality in Arctic Stream Networks (NSF)
Contact: Malcolm.Herstand@uvm.edu
Julia Larouche (PhD)
Background: BA, Assumption College, Chemistry (2003), MS, UVM, Natural Resources, (2008)
MS Research Focus: Microtonal ecology of streams and lakes in the Arctic Parks [Thesis PDF]
MS Project: Arctic National Park Inventory and Monitoring Project
PhD Research Focus: Thermokarst impacts on arctic stream ecosystems
PhD Project: ARCSS Thermokarst Project
Contact: Julia.Larouche@uvm.edu
Joel Nipper (PhD)
Background: SUNY-Plattsburg, BSc, Environmental Science (2004). MSc, Pennsylvania State University, Environmental Pollution Control (2006)
Research Focus: Stormwater management: sources of water pollution and evaluation of a stormwater detention pond
Project: Redesigning the American Neighborhood
Contact: Joel.Nipper@uvm.edu
BWRL Alumni
Carl Cappelletti (MS)
Background: BSc, Towson State University, Biology (2001)
Research Focus: Whole-stream metabolism in Arctic tundra streams (Thesis PDF)
Project: Arctic LTER Project
New challenge: UVM Medical School
Contact: Carl.Cappelletti@uvm.edu
Evan Fitzgerald (MS)
Background: BSc, University of New Hampshire, Environmental Conservation (1998)
Research Focus: Impacts of urban development on stream geomorphology (Thesis PDF)
Project: Redesigning the American Neighborhood
New Challenge: Started new environmental consulting firm, Fitzgerald Environmental Associates, LLC
Contact: evan@fitzgeraldenvironmental.com
Michael Flinn (Post-Doc)
Background: BA, Concordia College, Biology/Chemistry (1997). MS, Kansas State University, Entomology (2000). PhD Southern Illinois University, Zoology (2006).
Research Focus: Invertebrate community structure in streams and lakes in the Arctic National Parks. Big river ecology.
Project: Arctic National Park Inventory and Monitoring Project
New challenge: Assistant Professor at Murray State University (2008)
Contact: michael.flinn@murraystate.edu
Julie Foley (MS)
Background: BA, Colgate University, Geology (1999)
Research Focus: Innovations in stormwater management policy and regulation (Thesis PDF)
Project: Redesigning the American Neighborhood
New Challenge: Wetland Resource Manager with Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Contact: julie.foley@state.vt.us
Alex Hackman (MS)
Background: BA, Tufts University, Environmental Studies (1994)
Research Focus: Impacts of stormwater on stream structure and function (Thesis PDF)
Project: Redesigning the American Neighborhood
New challenge: Staff scientist in Massachusetts Riverways Program
Contact: Alex.Hackman@state.ma.us
Amanda Holland (MS)
Background: BSc, University of Nebraska, Natural Resources (2000)
Research Focus: Ecology of urban development (Thesis PDF)
Project: Redesigning the American Neighborhood
New challenge: Assistant Planner with the Lamoille County Planning Commission in Vermont
Contact: amanda@lcpcvt.org
Morgan Johnston (MS)
Background: BSc, Pennsylvania State University, Environmental Resource Management (2004)
Research Focus: Hyporheic processing in Arctic tundra streams (Thesis PDF)
Project: Arctic Hyporheic Project
New challenge: Environmental consultant with Stone Environmental
Lisle Snyder (MS)
Background: SUNY-Plattsburg, BSc, Environmental Science, minor Hydrology and Hydrogeology (2008); gained experience in stream studies field instrumentation and water quality analysis as a research assistant at the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute
Research Focus: Innovative instrumentation of in situ stream nutrient monitoring (Thesis PDF)
Project: Arctic LTER Streams Project and Changing Seasonality in Arctic Stream Networks Project
Current challenge: Research technical on Macroscale Biology Arctic Fire project
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