- Physical-ecological interactions in river ecosystems
- Implications of physical riverine complexity for organic carbon storage
- Large wood in river floodplains
- Effects of beaver activities on downstream fluxes of material in river corridors
Logjam on North St. Vrain Creek, Colorado
Beaver on Dall River, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Current graduate student projects
- Assessing fine sediment in relation to fish habitat along the Poudre River after wildfire (Aaron Katz, MS student)
- Evaluating watershed- to reach-scale sources of geomorphic resilience after wildfire (Shayla Triantafillou, MS student)
- Evaluating the effective of post-fire rehabilitation measures along streams (Katie Larkin, MS student)
- Geomorphic effects of large wood accumulations (Anna Marshall, PhD student)
- Geomorphic influences on salmonid recolonization in a post-fire environment (Mickey Means-Brous, MS student)