M. Robbins Church

Senior Research Environmental Scientist

Voice: 541-754-4424
Email: church.robbins@epa.gov

Education:

B.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Chemistry, 1971
Ph.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Environmental Sciences, 1980

Previous Positions:

1982-1983: Environmental Scientist, USEPA/NC State University Acid Precipitation Research Program, Corvallis, OR
1980-1982: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
1979: Instructor in Aquatic Ecology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
1977-1978: Research Limnologist, Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Engineers, Vicksburg, MS

Research Interests and Skills:

Stable isotope ecology
Aquatic ecology
Effects of acidic deposition on surface water chemistry
Biogeochemistry of forested catchments
Runoff mapping

Keywords:

Scientific Disciplines: Stable Isotope Ecology, Hydrochemistry, Watershed Biogeochemistry, Watershed Nutrient Cycling, Biogeochemistry, Runoff Mapping, Regional Hydrology, Hydrology, Forest Hydrology, Chemical Limnology, Water Quality Modeling, Watershed Modeling
Stressors: Acidic Deposition, Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition, Nutrients
Methods: Process Modeling, Empirical Modeling, Stable Isotope Analysis

Professional Societies:

American Geophysical Union, Water Quality Committee, 1986-2009; Meetings Committee (ex officio)1999-2001
Society of the Sigma Xi, University of Virginia, 1973; Oregon State University, 2000
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Ecological Society of America

Appointments / Honors:

Chapman Conference Chair, American Geophysical Union, 1999-2001
Citationist for George M. Hornberger, Recipient American Geophysical Union Excellence in Geophysical Education Award, 1999
Professor (courtesy) Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, 1998-present
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards, USEPA Science Advisory Board, Level I, 1997; Level II, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007; Level III, 1993, 1996, 2008
Originated and chaired American Geophysical Union Chapman Conferences, 1989, 1996
Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Water Resources Research, 1993
Originated and chaired continuing Gordon Research Conference, 1991
Technical Contribution Awards, USEPA, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990
Best Quarterly Scientific Paper Award, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis USEPA, 1^st Quarter 1989
Special Achievement or Act Awards, USEPA, 1987, 1996
Bronze Medal for Commendable Service, USEPA, 1985
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, University of Virginia, 1971
Chaired 14 symposia for national meetings of American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Hydrology, International Society for Ecological Modelling, and North American Lake Management Society
Reviewer for Annales Geophysicae, Aquatic Sciences, Biogeochemistry, Can. J. Fish. & Aquat. Sci., Chapman & Hall Publishers, Chemical Geology, Computers & Geosciences, Ecological Applications, Env. Biol. Fishes, Env. Manage., EOS, ES&T, Global Change Biology, Hydrological Processes, J. Amer. Wat. Resour. Assoc., J. Env. Eng. Div.-ASCE, J. Irr. & Drain. Eng. -ASCE, J. Hydrology, Limnology & Oceanography, Nature, Rapid Comm. Mass Spect., Science, Soil Science Society American Journal, Sci. Tot. Environ., Water, Air & Soil Pollution, Water Resources Research.
Reviewer for USDA, USDOE, USDI, EPRI, Florida DEP, Maryland DNR, IH-UK, Univ. of Nevada EPSCoR.
Mentor for students : MentorNet (The National Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science).
Listed in American Men and Women of Science and Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Premier ed.

Selected Publications:

Church, M. R., J.L. Ebersole, K.M. Rensmeyer, R.B. Couture, F.T. Barrows and D.L.G. Noakes. 2009. Mucus: a new tissue fraction for rapid determination of fish diet switching using stable isotope analysis. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66: 1-5.
Wigington, P.J., J.L. Ebersole, M.E. Colvin, S.G. Leibowitz, B. Miller, B. Hansen, H. Lavigne, D. White, J.P. Baker, M.R. Church, J.R. Brooks, M.A. Cairns and J.E. Compton. Coho salmon dependence on intermittent streams. 2006. Front. Ecol. Environ. 4:514-519.
Asano, Y., J.E. Compton and M.R. Church. Hydrologic flowpaths influence inorganic and organic nutrient leaching in a forest soil. 2006. Biogeochem. 81:191-204
Compton, J.E., C.P. Andersen, D.L. Phillips, J.R. Brooks, M.G. Johnson, M.R. Church, W.E. Hogsett, M.A. Cairns, P.T. Rygiewicz, B.C. McComb and C.D. Shaff. 2006. Ecological and water quality consequences of nutrient addition for salmon restoration in the Pacific Northwest. Front. Ecol. Environ. 4:18-26.
Compton, J.E., M.R. Church, S.T. Larned and W.E. Hogsett. 2003 . Nitrogen saturation in forested watersheds of the Oregon Coast Range: The landscape role of N2-fixing red alder. Ecosystems 6:773-785.
Church, M.R., and J. Van Sickle. 1999. Potential relative future effects of sulfur and nitrogen deposition on lake chemistry in the Adirondack Mountains, United States. Water Resour. Research 35:2199-2211.
Driscoll, C.T., G.E. Likens, and M.R. Church.1998. Recovery of surface waters in the Northeastern U.S. from decreases in atmospheric deposition of sulfur. Water, Air, & Soil Pollut. 105:319-329.
Bishop, G.D., M.R. Church, and C. Daly. 1998. Effects of improved precipitation estimates on automated runoff mapping: Eastern United States. J. Am. Water Resources Assn. 34(1):159-166. NHEERL-COR-2109J
Church, M.R.. 1998. Acidic deposition: acidification of surface waters. Pages 34-36 in R.W. Herschy and R.W. Fairbridge, editors, Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
Bishop, G.D. and M.R. Church. 1998. Hydrologic Mapping. Pages 371-374 in R.W. Herschy and R.W. Fairbridge, editors, Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
Church, M.R., and C.T. Driscoll. 1997. Nitrogen cycling in forested catchments: A Chapman Conference. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 11:613-616.
Church, M.R. 1997. Hydrochemistry of forested catchments. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 25:23-59.
Church, M.R., G.D. Bishop, and D.L. Cassell. 1995. Maps of regional evapotranspiration and runoff/precipitation ratios in the Northeast United States. J. Hydrol. 168:283-298.
Herlihy, A.T., P.R. Kaufman, M.R. Church, P.J. Wigington, R. Webb, and M.J. Sale, : 1993. The effects of acidic deposition on streams in the Appalachian Mountain and Piedmont Region of the Mid-Atlantic United States. Wat. Resour. Research 29:2687-2703.
Church, M.R., Shaffer, P.W., Eshleman, K.N., and Rochelle, B.P. 1990. Potential future effects of current levels of sulfur deposition on surface water chemistry in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, U.S. Water., Air, & Soil Pollut. 50:39-48.
Church, M.R., et al. 1989. Direct/Delayed Response Project: Future Effects of Long-Term Sulfur Deposition on Surface Water Chemistry in the Northeast and Southern Blue Ridge Province. USEPA, EPA/600/3-89/061 887 pp. Washington, D.C.
Sullivan, T.J., J.M. Eilers, M.R. Church, D.J. Blick, K.N. Eshleman, D.H. Landers, and M.D. DeHaan. 1988. Atmospheric wet sulphate deposition and lakewater chemistry. Nature 331:607-609.
Galloway, J.N., S.A. Norton and M.R. Church. 1983. Freshwater acidification from atmospheric deposition of sulfuric acid: A conceptual model. Environ. Sci. and Tech. 17:541A-545A.

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