Job Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Primary Affiliation: Department of Watershed Sciences Secondary Affiliation: Ecogeomorphology & Topographic Analysis Lab Degree Seeking: Ph.D. - Watershed Science Faculty Advisor: Joe Wheaton Committee Members: Nick Bouwes, Patrick Belmont, Joel Pederson & Jack Schmidt, Year Started: 2010 Year Defended: 2015 Dissertation:
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As of November 2015, Alan is a USGS Postdoctoral Researcher at the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center in Flagstaff, Arizona
background
- BS, 2008: Geology and Geophysics, Boston College
- MS, 2010: Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College
- PhD, 2015: Watershed Sciences, Utah State University
research interests
- Relative influence of natural and anthropogenic processes on sediment dynamics in rivers
- High-resolution topographic surveying of fluvial environments
- Developing simplified relationships between channel morphology and sediment transport/deposition sites
- Understanding topographic signatures of geomorphic processes in repeat digital elevation model surveys
current research
- Development of simplified morphodynamic models for gravel-bed braided rivers
- Understanding the relative utility of channel classification frameworks in watershed management
- Documenting particle travel distances via laboratory flume studies and ultra-high-resolution geomorphic change detection
- Quantifying the relative role of background and disturbance-related forcings on large woody debris delivery to mountain channels.