M. Robbins ChurchSenior Research Environmental Scientist Voice: 541-754-4424 |
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, 1st 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.
- 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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