Selected Publications

We produced annual irrigation maps for 1999-2016 in a large agricultural region using all available Landsat satellite imagery. The dramatic improvements in spatiotemporal resolution compared to previous efforts allowed us to quantify trends and variability in irrigated areas, providing critical insights into behavioral responses to irrigation drivers.
In Geophysical Research Letters, 2017.
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We discuss the major drivers that have shaped the history, and will direct the future, of water use in modern agriculture. Water management recommendations are made to balance farmer profit and water conservation to ensure future agricultural production.
In Science of the Total Environment, 2016.
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Large cities source water from 41% of global land area while occupying only 1%. We analyze the complex interactions that result from this large-scale transport of water in Beijing using the new telecoupling framework.
In Water International, 2016.
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Recent Publications

. Climate-mediated hybrid zone movement revealed with genomics, musuem collection, and simulation modeling. In PNAS, 2018.

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. Annual irrigation dynamics in the US northern High Plains derived from Landsat satellite data. In Geophysical Research Letters, 2017.

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. Quantifying changes in water use and groundwater availability in a megacity using novel integrated systems modeling. In Geophysical Research Letters, 2017.

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. Urban water sustainability: Framework and application. In Ecology and Society, 2016.

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. Complex water management in modern agriculture: Trends in the water-energy-food nexus over the High Plains Aquifer. In Science of the Total Environment, 2016.

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. Changes in forest composition in Ohio between Euro-American Settlement and the Present. In American Midland Naturalist, 2016.

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. Telecoupling in urban water systems: An examination of Beijing's imported water supply. In Water International, 2016.

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. Tradeoffs among Ecosystem Services Associated with Global Tilapia Introductions. In Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, 2016.

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. Traits associated with drought survival in three Australian tropical rainforest seedlings. In Australian Journal of Botany, 2011.

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. An assessment of invasion risk from assisted migration. In Conservation Biology, 2008.

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

Evaluation of stakeholder-driven groundwater management through integrated modeling and remote sensing in the US High Plains Aquifer

Dec 13, 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, 2017

Mapping annual irrigation dynamics in the northern US High Plains Aquifer using Landsat satellite data

Oct 25, 2017, Geological Society of America, 2017

Multi-year mapping of irrigated croplands over the US High Plains Aquifer using satellite data

Dec 16, 2016, AGU Fall Meeting, 2016

Quantifying the impact of a transboundary streamflow agreement on groundwater resources in the US High Plains Aquifer

Dec 17, 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, 2015

Telecoupling in urban water systems: an examination of Beijing's imported water supply

Dec 17, 2015, IALE 2015 (International Association of Landscape Ecology World Congress)

Recent Posts

I first wrote this cheat sheet for myself in September 2014, but in an effort to collate my scripting references in one place, I’m transferring it to the website here. It therefore comes with a very heavy disclaimer that this is now 3 years old and there are very possibly better ways to do this now (the new feature in R Studio for new project > new package seems an obvious example).

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R, Hugo, Github, website
R Markdown has long been a key component of my research workflow, providing a legible “lab notebook” for my daily analyses. I’ve wanted to transition my Wordpress-based website to GitHub Pages for some time, preferably using R Markdown to better integrate into my workflow. I was pretty thrilled to discover the R blogdown, Hugo, and GitHub pages combination. I was able to set it up in an afternoon, and I have high hopes that it will be a good system to allow me to share my research and analyses with a broader audience.

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Projects

CLASS Project

Sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the High Plains Aquifer external link.

Remote Sensing of Irrigation

Mapping irrigation dynamics using satellite data

Teaching

I have been an instructor of the following:

  • Google Earth Engine Tutorial: Geohackweek 2017, University of Washington. Tutorial available here.
  • Using R to Model, Manipulate, and Manage Spatial Data: Student Workshop, International Association of Landscape Ecology World Congress, 2015
  • TA: Ecology, University of Notre Dame
  • TA: General Biology, University of Notre Dame
  • TA: General Biology, Saint Louis University

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