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Keith Eshleman, Professor
Full Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interests
  • Watershed / wetlands hydrology
  • Groundwater / surface water interactions
  • Biogeochemical processes in upland and wetland ecosystems
  • Hydrochemical modeling
  • Ecosystem interactions with land use change
 
Education

1985  Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Water Resources)

1982  S.M.

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1978  B.A.

University of Virginia
 
Professional Experience
2006-Present
 Professor, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD
1995-2006
Associate Professor, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD
1994-1995
Associate Professor, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1988-1994
Assistant Professor, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1986-1988
 Project Scientist - Environmental Science, U.S. E.P.A. - Environmental Research Laboratory, Northrop Services, Inc., under contract , Corvallis, OR
1985-1986
Senior Scientist - Environmental Science, U.S. E.P.A. - Environmental Research Laboratory, Northrop Services, Inc., under contract, Corvallis, OR
 
Selected Publications
  • Eshleman, K.N., K.M. Kline, R.P. Morgan II, N.M. Castro, and T.L. Negley.  2008.  Contemporary trends in the acid-base status of two acid-sensitive streams in western Maryland.  Environmental Science and Technology, 42:56-61.
  • Simmons, J.A., W.S. Currie, K.N. Eshleman, K. Kuers, S. Monteleone, T.L. Negley, B.R. Pohlad, and C.L. Thomas.  2008.  Forest to reclaimed mine land-use change leads to altered ecosystem structure and function. Ecological Applications 18:104-118.
  • Castro, M.S., K.N. Eshleman, L.F. Pitelka, G. Frech, M. Ramsey, W.S. Currie, K. Kuers, J.A. Simmons, B.R. Pohlad, C.L. Thomas, and D.M. Johnson.  2007.  Symptoms of nitrogen saturation in an aggrading forested watershed in western Maryland.  Biogeochemistry 84:333-348.
  • Kline, K.M., K.N. Eshleman, R.P. Morgan II, and N.M. Castro.  2007. Analysis of trends in episodic acidification of streams in western Maryland.  Environmental Science and Technology 41:5601-5607.
  • McNeil, B.E., K.M. de Beurs, K.N. Eshleman, J.R. Foster, and P.A. Townsend.  2007.  Maintenance of ecosystem nitrogen limitation by ephemeral forest disturbance: an assessment using MODIS, Hyperion, and Landsat ETM+.  Geophysical Research Letters 34, L19406, doi:10.1029/2007GL031387.
  • Williams, M.R., T.R. Fisher, W.R. Boynton, C.F. Cercos, M.W. Kemp, K.N. Eshleman, S-C. Kim, R.R. Hood, D.A. Fiscus, and G.R. Radcliffe.  2006.  An integrated modelling system for management of the Patuxent River estuary and basin, Maryland, USA.  International Journal of Remote Sensing 27:3705-3726.
  • Negley, T.L., and K.N. Eshleman. 2006. Comparison of stormflow responses of surface-mined and forested watersheds in the Appalachian Mountains, USA. Hydrological Processes 20:3467-3483.(nutshell)
  • DeFries, R., and K.N. Eshleman. 2004. Land-use change and hydrologic processes: a major focus for the future. Invited Commentary, Hydrological Processes 18:2183-2186. (nutshell)
  • Eshleman, K.N. 2004. Hydrological consequences of land use change: a review of the state-of-science. In Ecosystems and Land Use Change (R. Defries, G. Asner, and S. Houghton, Eds.), pp. 13-29, Geophysical Monograph Series 153, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
  • Eshleman, K.N., D.A. Fiscus, N.M. Castro, J.R. Webb, and A.T. Herlihy. 2004. Regionalization of disturbance-induced nitrogen leakage from mid-Appalachian forests using a linear systems model. Hydrological Processes 18:2713-2725.
  • Townsend, P.A., K.N. Eshleman, and C. Welcker. 2004. Remote sensing of gypsy moth defoliation to assess variations in stream nitrogen concentrations. Ecological Applications 14:504-516. (nutshell)
  • Eshleman, K.N., D.A. Fiscus, N.M. Castro, J.R. Webb, and F.A. Deviney, Jr. 2001. Computation and visualization of regional-scale forest disturbance and associated dissolved nitrogen export from Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. In Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection: Proceedings of the 2 nd International Nitrogen Conference on Science and Policy. TheScientificWorld 1(S2):539-547.
  • Eshleman, K.N. 2000. A linear model of the effects of disturbance on dissolved nitrogen leakage from forested watersheds. Water Resources Research 36:3325-3335. (nutshell)
  • Eshleman, K.N., R.H. Gardner, S.W. Seagle, N.M. Castro, D.A. Fiscus, J.R. Webb, J.N.Galloway, F.A. Deviney, and A.T. Herlihy. 2000. Effects of disturbance on nitrogen export from forested lands of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 63:187-197.
 
Selected Research Projects
Exacerbation of Flooding Responses Due to Land Cover/Land Use Change: A Comparative Study - The goal of this project, which is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is to improve the scientific understanding and predictability of the relationship between land cover/land use change (LCLUC) and flooding responses of watersheds in two predominantly-forested, mountainous regions of the world: the Appalachian Mountain region of the eastern U.S. and the Carpathian Mountain region of Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. Both regions serve as headwaters for several major river systems that are very important socio-economically, and both regions are presently experiencing dramatic LCLUC largely associated with extraction of natural resources (primarily coal and timber). Anecdotal evidence and limited scientific data suggest that flooding responses of watersheds located in these two regions have increased in both magnitude and frequency due to the increased intensity and extensity of LCLUC (owing primarily to forest harvesting, deforestation, surface mining/reclamation) within the last 50 years.

Research Opportunities & Collaboration in the Appalachians - A collaborative research and education project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with scientists from other academic institutions in the Appalachian College Association focused on watershed research in the Appalachians. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Effects of Land Use Changes on Stormflow Dynamics - A comparative, multi-scale hydro-logical analysis of stormflow generation in western Maryland in order to assess the effects of surface mining and mined land reclamation practices on flooding.
 
Teaching Activities

Hydrological Effects of Land Use Change, MEES 698 O (3 credits) - Spring of even-numbered years

Examines the catchment-scale hydrological effects attributable to major land use and land cover alterations, including both anthropic and non-anthropic disturbances. First part of the course will focus on the quantitative measurement and mathematical description of those physical hydrological processes that can be affected by land use and land cover changes. Second part of the course reviews how both deterministic and empirical/statistical models can be applied to analyze and predict observed catchment-scale hydrological and hydrochemical responses to land alterations and disturbances.

 
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