Personal Statement:

Groundwater and surface water exchange is typically an overlooked hydrologic flux because it is often small compared to the other components. When porewater/surface water fluxes have been monitored, it has generally been integrated over large areas decreasing the accuracy of understanding the processes involved in exchange. Biogeochemical heterogeneities within the porewater may display large temporal and spatial variability. The exchange may have a significant effect on downstream surface water quality and chemistry, particularly at locations discharging to the surface water. My dissertation research involves understanding the physical processes involved in porewater and surface water exchange and the physicochemical effects on downstream water quality and chemistry from the groundwater perspective. I have collected a highly discretized extensive field data set and time series. My focus is moderate (~5th order) fluvial environments.