Holly Barnard
Director
We are focused on investigating how vegetation processes affect water flow dynamics and pathways in soil and streams, and conversely, how water flow paths affect vegetation function in mountainous terrain.
2020
Congratulations Dr. Andrew Birch!
Andrew begins his new career with the National Park Service as one of the water quality leads! Amazing job for an amazing guy.
November 2020: New publication
Isaac Bukoski's manuscript entitled "" is accepted in Journal of Hydrology听(Bukoski and Barnard co-authors). This is Isaac's first first-authored paper.听 Congratulations Isaac!
September 2020: New publications
Sidney Bush's manuscript entitled "" is accepted in Hydrological Processes (Bush and Barnard co-authors). This is Sidney's first first-authored paper. 听Congratulations Sidney!
Lindsay Hale's manuscript entitled "" is accepted for publication in Ecohydrology (Barnard and Adams co-authors).
Holly Barnard leads new NSF-funded Critical Zone Cluster
The project focuses on the role of subsurface water storage in driving Earth surface processes. Read the CU Boulder Today story about the new cluster.
The lab welcomes Ethan Burns
Ethan joined听the lab as a new MA student in Geography.
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Birch!
Andrew successsfully defended his PhD on May 8th, 2020 via Zoom.听
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May 2020: New publications
Kurt Solander's manuscript entitled "" is accepted and and available in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) (Barnard co-author).
Ryan Harmon's manuscript entitled "" is accepted and available in Water Resources Research (Barnard co-author).
April 2020: New publication
Ashley Coble's manuscript entitled "" is accepted and available in Science of the Total Environment (Barnard co-author).
Best Acting by an Adult award from Earth Explorers
Holly and Hallie win Best Acting by an Adult award from for the middle school
Congratulations to Isaac Bukoski
Isaac begins his new Geochemist position with Knight Pi茅sold consulting in Denver.
2019
Congratulations to Hallie Adams and welcome back!!
Hallie Adams was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and has returned to the lab to pursue a PhD after earning her Masters in 2014. Read Hallie's story in CU Boulder Today.
Holly returns from her term as NSF Program Officer
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Holly was the Program Officer for听the Hydrologic Sciences Program at the National Science Foundation. Read about her experience听 in the AGU Hydrology Section Newsletter - .
June 2019: New Publication:
Emily Voytek's manuscript entitled "" is accpeted and available in Hydrological Processes.
Congratulations Isaac Bukoski
Isaac successfully defended his MA thesis titled: Hydrologic flowpaths in foothill catchments of the Colorado Front Range on May 17, 2019
2018
December 2018: New Publication:
David Barnard's manuscript "" is accepted and available in Nature's Scientific Reports (Barnard co-author).
2017
May 2017: New Publication:
David Barnard's manuscript "Topoclimate effects on growing season length and montane conifer growth in complex terrain" is accepted and available in Environmental Research Letters (Barnard co-author).
March 2017: New Publication:
Tyson Swetnam's manuscript, "Topographically-driven differences in energy and water constrain climatic control on forest carbon sequestration," is accepted in Ecosphere (Barnard co-author).
February 2017: Stephanie Jarvis goes to Isocamp
She has been accepted to the University of Utah Isocamp.
January 2017: Collaborator, Dr. Kamini Singha (Colorado School of Mines), is the 2017 NGWA Darcy Lecturer!听
Kamini will be highlighting some of our transpiration-groundwater interaction results at select locations.
2016
November 2016: The Ecohydrology Lab congratulates Daphne Szutu
Congrats on her new position at the UC Berkeley Biometeorology Lab! We miss you.
September 2016, New Publication:
Scott Allen's manuscript, "The role of stable isotopes in understanding rainfall interception processes: a review," has been accepted for publication in WIREs Water (Barnard co-author).
June 2016, New Publication:
Maggie Burns' manuscript, "Dissolved organic matter transport reflects hillslope to stream connectivity during snowmelt in a montane catchment," has been accepted for publication in Water Resources Research (Barnard and Burns co-author).
March 31 - April 1, 2016: Holly Barnard and Daphne Szutu presented talks at the 11th Annual CU Hydrologic Sciences Symposium.
Holly presented on "Examining diel patterns of soil and xylem moisture using electrical resistivity imaging," and Daphne presented on "Linking sap flow and stable isotope techniques to understand transpiration dynamics in a semiarid shrubland."
March, 2016: Sidney Bush received an Honorable Mention
She applied to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Congratulations, Sidney!
The Ecohydrology Lab welcomes Andrew Birch!
Andrew Birch will be joining the Geography Department this summer as a Ph.D student. His research will focus on how land use influences water residence time and subsurface flowpaths in a Panama Canal watershed.
February 2016, New Publication:
听Rachel Mares' manuscript, "Examining diel patterns of soil and xylem moisture using electrical resistivity imaging," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Hydrology (Barnard co-author).
2015
December 15, 2015: Holly Barnard,听Brian Ebel, and听Wendy Robertson co-Convene AGU session
Holly Barnard,听Brian Ebel, and听 co-convened AGU session H034: Ecohydrology of Disturbed Environments session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
November 7, 2015: Holly Barnard gave an invited talk at the University of Idaho
Spoke at the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences and visited with Dr. Tara Hudiburg's.
September 24, 2015: Holly Barnard gave an invited talk at University of Vermont
Spoke at the听听and visited with听听lab.
September 9 鈥� 11, 2015: Holly Barnard participated in research workshop at Shale Hills CZO
Exploring Four Critical Puzzles about Trees, Water, and Soil:听 A Vision for Research workshop held at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory at Penn State University.
June 18, 2015: Holly Barnard elected for Gordon Research Conference chair positions
She was elected 2017 Vice-chair/2019 Chair of the听.
The Ecohydrology Lab welcomes new research associate and lab manager!
Daphne Szutu has joined the lab and INSTAAR where she will be leading field activities for our project in Oregon and managing the lab.
June 3, 2015: Hallie Adams will give presentation to Boulder data geeks听听
She will present her听听to the 听community of 2000+ data practitioners at their monthly meeting.
The Ecohydrology Lab welcomes Sidney Bush!
Sidney Bush will be joining the Geography Department this summer as an M.A. student and her research will focus on hillslope infiltration in Panama.
April 2015, New Publication
John Knowles' manuscript, "The relative contributions of alpine and subalpine ecosystems to the water balance of a mountainous, headwater catchment," has been accepted for publication in Hydrological Processes (Barnard co-author).
March 2015, New Publication
Rachel Gabor's manuscript, "Influence of leaching solution and catchment location on the fluorescence of water-soluble organic matter", has been accepted for publication in Environmental Science and Technology (Barnard and Burns co-authors).
March 2015: Anna Vinton, accepts PhD position at Yale University
Anna was the lab's first undergraduate technician. She听heads to Yale to听study quantitative avian biology.听 Congratulations, Anna!
Feb. 26, 2015: Fort Collins on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Holly Barnard is an invited panelist for this event at Colorado State University. The event will kickoff with a special screening of the newly released short film, 鈥淯nacceptable Risk: Firefighters on the Front Lines of Climate Change,鈥� and a panel of local community members and experts to discuss local climate impacts in Fort Collins, followed by a climate action workshop.
Feb. 18, 2015: New Grant Funded by the National Science Foundation, Hydrologic Sciences Program
Holly Barnard and Kamini Singha (Colorado School of Mines) have been awarded a new grant titled:听 "Collaborative Research: From Roots to Rock - Linking Evapotranspiration and Groundwater Fluxes in the Critical Zone." This project addresses a critical knowledge gap in how water storage mediates the connection between evapotranspiration and groundwater dynamics, at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest Long-term Ecological Research site in Oregon. The project goal is to mechanistically identify the interconnections between ET, groundwater fluxes, and discharge and to determine how these connections vary throughout the seasonal baseflow recession.
Feb. 2015, New Publication:
Clare Stielstra's manuscript, "Climatic and Landscape Influences on Soil Moisture are Primary Determinants of Soil Carbon Fluxes in Seasonally Snow-covered Forest Ecosystems", has been accepted for publication in听 Biogeochemistry. (Barnard co-author)
Feb. 2015: Maggie Burns (M.A. 2014) accepts new project scientist position
She started with FB Environmental Associates in Maine and New Hampshire.
Jan. 2015: New Publication
Erin Berryman's (now with the USGS) manuscript: Complex terrain alters temperature and moisture limitations of forest soil respiration across a semi-arid to subalpine gradient, has been accepted for publication in Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. (Barnard, Adams, and Burns co-authors)
Dec. 2014:听Hallie Adams (M.A. 2014) started as an Environmental Education Specialist
She started with the City of Fort Collins Utilities where she works to engage the community in resource conservation efforts and environmental stewardship through energy and water conservation education.听
2014
Sept. 2014, New Publication
Hallie Adams' manuscript:听(Barnard and Loomis co-authors).
Aug. 2014:听Erin Berryman听begins Research Ecologist position
She begins with the USGS Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center in Lakewood, Colorado.
May 2014: Hallie Adams and Maggie Burns graduate
Both are CU-Boulder Geography graduates.听 They will be missed dearly in the lab!
