Field Coordinator
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Shale Hills
Graduate Certificate, GIS, University of Denver, 2012
B.S. Earth Systems, Environmental Science, Alaska Pacific University, 2008
AS, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force, 2008
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2019 (In Review)
Predominant control of soil properties in storage-discharge relationship and threshold behavior in catchments derived from contrasting lithologies. Xiao, D., Shi, Y., Brantley, S. L., Forsythe, B., DiBiase, R. A., Davis, K. J., Li, L. (2019): Water Resources Research (in review)
2018
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Shale Hills in the Context of Shaver's Creek Watershed. Brantley Susan, White Timothy, West Nicole, Williams Jennifer, Forsythe Brandon, Shapich Dan, Kaye Jason, Lin Hangsheng (Henry), Shi Yuning, Kaye Margot, Herndon Elizabeth, Davis Kenneth, He Yuting, Eissenstat David, Weitzman Julie, DiBiase Roman, Li Li, Reed Warren, Brubaker Kristen, Gu Xin (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180092
2018
The Effect of Lithology and Agriculture at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Li Li, DiBiase Roman A., Del Vecchio Joanmarie, Marcon Virginia, Hoagland Beth, Xiao Dacheng, Wayman Callum, Tang Qicheng, He Yuting, Silverhart Perri, Szink Ismaiel, Forsythe Brandon, Williams Jennifer Z., Shapich Dan, Mount Gregory J., Kaye Jason, Guo Li, Lin Henry, Eissenstat David, Dere Ashlee, Brubaker Kristen, Kaye Margot, Davis Kenneth J., Russo Tess A., Brantley Susan L. (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180063
2017
Hyporheic zone influences on concentration-discharge relationships in a headwater sandstone stream. Hoagland, Beth, Russo, Tess A., Gu, Xin, Hill, Lillian, Kaye, Jason, Forsythe, Brandon, and Brantley, Susan L. (2017): Water Resources Research, 53(6):4643–4667
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
2019
EAGER SitS: Emergent Properties during Soil Formation at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Brantley, S.L., Nyblade, A., Regan, J., Forsythe, B., Hodges, C., Kaye, J. (2019): NSF/DARPA/ARPA-E Signals in the Soil Conference in the National Science Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
2018
Land use and lithology controls on export of nitrate and other solutes from headwaters to HUC10 watersheds. Callum Richard Wayman*, Tess A Russo, Jonathan M Duncan, Li Li, Brandon Forsythe, Beth Hoagland, Susan Brantley (2018): Abstract H13J-1861 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Understanding flow transport in the Critical Zone using 3D electrical resistivity imaging. Saneiyan, S., Robinson, J., Slater, L., Brantley, S.L., Mount, G.J., Forsythe, B. (2018): SAGEEP 2018 Meeting. 25-29 March, Nashville, TN
2017
Shallow critical zone architecture of a headwater sandstone catchment quantified using near-surface geophysics. DiBiase, R., Del Vecchio, J.M., Mount, G.J., Hayes, J.L., Comas, X., Guo, L., Lin, H., Zarif, F., Forsythe, B. and Brantley, S.L. (2017): AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Stanford, Calif., 24-27 July
2017
MONITORING, COLLECTING, AND ANALYZING THE WATER QUALITY DATA OF STREAMS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Matthew Bardo, Maya Bokunewicz, Susan Brantley, Lachlan Campbell, Matthew Carroll, Zachiah Cook, John Donoughe, Maria Duiker, Brandon Forsythe, Ava Fritz, Hannah Good, Kristen Lenze, Aaron Li, Emily Lieb, Kacy Mann, Lena Nyblade, Yvonne Pickering, Maria Rodriguez Hertz, Ethan Rowland, Eugene Ruocchio, Bryn Schoonover, Kathryn Thomas, Jennifer Zan Williams (2017): 2017 GSA Joint Section Meeting, Northeastern (52nd) and North-Central (51st), 19–21 March 2017 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2017
Integrating geomorphological and time-lapse geophysical techniques to characterize hydrogeologic properties within shale and sandstone catchments at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA. Mount, G.J., DiBiase, R., Comas, X., Del Vecchio, J., Guo, L., Hayes, J., Forsythe, B., Brantley, S. (2017): AGU-SEG Hydrogeophysics Workshop, San Francisco, Calif., 24-27 July 2017
2017
Qualitatively modeling solute fate and transport across scales in an agricultural catchment with diverse lithology. Wayman, C.R., Russo, T.A., Li, L., Forsythe, B., Hoagland, B. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2016
Quantifying the spatial variability in critical zone architecture through surface mapping and near-surface geophysics (Invited). DiBiase, R., Del Vecchio, J., Mount, G., Hayes, J.L., Comas, X., Guo, L., Lin, H., Zarif, F., Forsythe, B., and Brantley, S.L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Characterizing Subsurface Lithology and Hydrological Processes at the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO Using Multi-scale Near-surface Geophysical Measurements. Mount, G., Guo, L., Comas, X., DiBiase, R., Hayes, J.L., Del Vecchio, J., Forsythe, B., Brantley, S.L., and Lin, H. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2015
Combining Hands-on Field Experience with Data-Driven Hydrology Education Tools . Williams, J. Z., Forsythe B, Carroll M, Ruocchio E, Pickering Y, and Brantley S (2015): Virtual Workshop on Data-Driven Hydrology Education, CUAHSI, Medford, MA
11 Nov 2019 - Penn State researchers and citizen scientists took a Snapshot of the Shaver's Creek watershed in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
29 Oct 2019 - Members of the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory gave a tour of the CZO to nearly 30 science writers during the SciWri19 conference he
14 Jan 2019 - Penn State researchers in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) spent the weekend of Jan. 12-13 performing geophysical logging at the...
19 Apr 2018 - Water Resources Extension Educators visited Penn State for three days for the Penn State Extension Annual Conference. During their visit to...
30 Oct 2017 - Water Resources Research published a new special collection in September 2017 featuring concentration-discharge research from multiple CZOs.
17 Oct 2017 - This year’s cohort of TeenShale Network consists of eight returning participants (10th – 12th graders) and eight new team members (8th...
30 Jun 2017 - Over two days, the catena in Garner Run was home base for the Rutgers 2017 Hydrogeophysics Workshop. Faculty, graduate students, and three...
21 Mar 2017 - Twelve of the fifteen TeenShale high school students from State High traveled to Pittsburgh, PA and presented results from the ongoing multi-year...
09 Nov 2016 - The 2016-2017 TeenShale cohort begins fifth year of water quality monitoring along Black Moshannon Creek, from Black Moshannon State Park to the...
20 Jul 2016 - Early on a cool, clear, morning, five earth science faculty with State College Area High School gather with CZO team members to embark on a summer...
13 Jul 2016 - Over the next year (April 2016 – March 2017), the cross-CZO microbial ecology working group plans to collect soil samples during peak regional...
29 Jun 2016 - The Garner Run sandstone catena will have additional measurements coming online soon. A LI-COR Eddy Covariance system was installed on Hunt 40...
27 May 2016 - To kick off the CZO summer display in the Lower Classroom at Shaver’s Creek, the Environmental Center hosted a poster session to learn about...
19 May 2016 - The fourth year of the TeenShale Network water quality monitoring project closes this evening with a poster presentation of their research at the...
16 May 2016 - Jorden Hayes (Southern Sierra CZO) was an invited speaker and visitor to the Shale Hills CZO All-Hands meeting in May 2016
09 May 2016 - Luquillo CZO PI Xavier Comas, Professor of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University, joined the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO team along with...
21 Apr 2016 - New this Year: Educators from state parks around Pennsylvania traveled to Shale Hills (Wednesday, April 20th) for a half day introduction to...
28 Sep 2015 - For the 2015-2016 academic year, researchers at Penn State provided the program introduction at State College Area High to 28 student Learning...
27 Sep 2015 - On Sunday after services, members from the SSHCZO met with two youth groups from Petersburg Bethel Church to teach about water quality. The...
04 Sep 2015 - Collaborators from the University of Guelph and Stone Environmental, Inc. teamed with our watershed specialist, Brandon Forsythe, to complete a well...
25 Jun 2015 - Three summer students join with Earth and Environmental Systems Institute scientists to learn water quality field sampling techniques. Two of...
15 May 2015 - For the 2014-2015 academic year, the State High chapter of TeenShale Network expanded the water quality monitoring program to include one additional...