{"id":2331,"date":"2024-12-20T15:28:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2024-12-20T15:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:28:23","slug":"watershed-labs-2024-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/watershed-labs-2024-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Watershed Lab&#8217;s 2024 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We are one amazing research group. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a faculty lead (Anne), a technician (Andrea), a post doc (Lakelyn), a PhD student (Suffiyan), 2 MS students (Nurjahan and Sabrina), 6 undergraduates (Casey, Kayleigh, Arden, Morgan, Hope, and Henry), and 1 closely-affiliated faculty member (Liz).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We had 1 graduate student finish her MS degree (Nageen Farooq at Kent State).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We had 1 undergraduate researcher finish her BS degree (Casey Benderoth at UVM).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We have 1 PhD student admitted and starting in January (Jill Sarazen).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We have 1 post-doc position to be advertised soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We published great science in four papers. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stantis, C., Serna, A., Verostick, A., Tipple, B.,&nbsp;<strong>Jefferson, A.J.<\/strong>, Bowen, G.J. 2024.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0311741\">Isotopic Heterogeneity in U.S. Urban Water Supply Systems Reflects Climatic, Environmental, And Sociodemographic Factors: Implications for Forensic Identification<\/a>. PLOS ONE,&nbsp;19(11): e0311741, doi: 10.1371\/journal. pone.0311741.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Safdar, S.<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>Jefferson, A.J.<\/strong>, Costello, D.M.,&nbsp;<em>Blinn, A.&nbsp;<\/em>2024.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsestwater.4c00214?ref=pdf\">Urbanization and suspended sediment transport dynamics: a comparative study of watersheds with varying degrees of urbanization using concentration-discharge hysteresis<\/a>. ACS ES&amp;T Water,&nbsp;4, 9, 3904\u20133917,&nbsp;doi: 10.1021\/acsestwater.4c00214.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Hassan, Z.U.<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>Jefferson, A.J.<\/strong>, Avellaneda, P.M., Bhaskar, A.S. 2024<em>.<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0022169424009429?dgcid=author\">Assessment of hydrological parameter uncertainty versus climate projection spread on urban streamflow and floods<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Hydrology, 638,&nbsp;<\/em>131546. doi: 10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2024.131546.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Back, M.P.<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>Jefferson, A.J.<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>Ruhm, C.T.<\/em>, Blackwood, C.B. 2024.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geoderma.2024.116788\">Effects of reclamation and deep ripping on soil bulk density and hydraulic conductivity at legacy surface mines in northeast Ohio, USA<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Geoderma,<\/em>&nbsp;442, 116788. doi: 10.1016\/j.geoderma.2024.116788.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>3 of those papers were student-led, 1 based on research conducted as an undergraduate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We have more great papers coming soon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 papers are in final review after minor revisions from the last round of review \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 of those papers has 3 graduate students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 of those papers has 4 undergraduate students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 papers recently were submitted for review, both from our CIROH funded research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 papers are waiting for revisions by the authors after positive and constructive review <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We shared our science in other ways too.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We gave 7+ conference presentations at 3 conferences, including 2 undergraduate posters at AGU.&nbsp;Our collaborators gave many more. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anne gave 1 seminar to an academic and local government audience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anne led a Vermont 4-H Teen Science cafe on plastic pollution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our work on microplastics was featured on local TV news.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are funded to continue to do exciting and relevant work. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Watershed Lab is supported by 5 active grants, including one that started December 1. We have 8 pre-proposals pending (!!). January will be an exciting and busy time if some of those advance to full proposal stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We collected lots of data and we&#8217;re analyzing it to see what insights it gives us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>202 beach and river samples collected for microplastics analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 new local urban stream research sites instrumented<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 trips to Cleveland wrapped up last of our planned Ohio data collection\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10 stream reaches assessed for trash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&gt;100,000 trail camera images analyzed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dozens of grain size photogrammetric measurements made<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1000s of total station survey points analyzed in GIS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dozens of focus group and interview collected and analyzed!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100+ survey responses collected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 flood inundation mapping visualizations diagnosed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We did good science, while respecting and supporting each other throughout the year. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7894-copy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7894-copy-1024x612.jpeg\" alt=\"7 people (6 white women and 1 south asian man) stand in front of larger-than-them letters AGU in front of a wooden wall\" class=\"wp-image-2334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7894-copy-1024x612.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7894-copy-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7894-copy-768x459.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7894-copy-700x418.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7894-copy.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here&#8217;s part of our Watershed Lab team at AGU. From left to right, we are Suffiyan Safdar, Andrea Stumpf, Anne Jefferson, Kayleigh Leary, Casey Benderoth, Arden Degrennier, and Elizabeth Doran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are one amazing research group. We are a faculty lead (Anne), a technician (Andrea), a post doc (Lakelyn), a PhD student (Suffiyan), 2 MS students (Nurjahan and Sabrina), 6 undergraduates (Casey, Kayleigh, Arden, Morgan, Hope, and Henry), and 1 closely-affiliated faculty member (Liz). 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