AL HOME > Faculty > Jason Julian
Jason Julian, Postdoctoral Researcher
 
Phone: 301.689.7171
Fax: 301.689.7200
Email:
 
Research Interests
  • Hydrogeomorphic controls on ecosystem processes
  • Ecohydrology
  • Fluvial geomorphology
  • Watershed restoration
 
Education

2007  Ph.D.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC - Geography

2004  M.S.

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC - Geology

2001  B.S.

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC - Geography
 
Selected Publications
  • Julian, J.P., Stanley, E.H., and Doyle, M.W.  (In review).  Basin-scale consequences of agricultural land use on benthic light availability and primary production in rivers.  Ecological Applications.
  • Julian, J.P., Doyle, M.W., and Stanley, E.H.  (In review).  Empirical modeling of light availability in rivers.  Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences.
  • Julian, J.P., Doyle, M.W., Powers, S.M., Stanley, E.H., and Riggsbee, J.A.  (In review).  Optical water quality in rivers.  Water Resources Research.
  • Riggsbee, J.A., Julian, J.P., Doyle, M.W., and Wetzel, R.G.  2007.  Suspended sediment, dissolved organic carbon, and dissolved nitrogen export during the dam removal process.  Water Resources Research 43: W09414, doi:10.1029/2006WR005318.
  • Julian, J.P. and Torres, R.  2006.  Hydraulic erosion of cohesive riverbanks. Geomorphology 76: 193-206.
  • Doyle, M.W. and Julian, J.P.  2005.  The most-cited works in GeomorphologyGeomorphology 72: 238-249.
 
Selected Research Projects
Potomac River Ecosystem Project - I am currently modeling of the effects of land-use and climate change on aquatic ecosystems of the Potomac River basin.  Specifically, I am using GIS tools and ecohydrological models to quantify how projected land development and climate change alter the ecosystem variables of water, sediment, light availability, nutrients, and primary production.  A key element in this project is evaluating how landscape metrics (e.g., slope, soils, land cover) and socioeconomic metrics (e.g., population density, road density) interact to determine spatiotemporal trends in these ecosystem variables.  The goal of this research is to provide resource managers in the Potomac basin with sustainable management strategies and prioritized sites for restoration.