Donald O Rosenberry

Don is a research hydrologist with the Earth Surface Processes Division specializing in wetland hydrology, water budgets of lakes and wetlands, and hyporheic processes. Research is focused at the sediment-water interface with an emphasis on understanding processes that control exchanges between groundwater and surface water. Don also is the coordinator of the Shingobee Headwaters Aquatic Ecosystem Project where scientists from USGS and academia work together to study physical, chemical, and biological processes of lakes, wetlands, and streams at a small-watershed scale. Don's interests in groundwater, surface water, and the dynamic sediment-water interface stem from his formative years at Bemidji State University (next to Lake Bemidji), the University of Minnesota (on the banks of the Mississippi River), and the University of Colorado (through which Boulder Creek flows).

Current Research Topics

• Ground-water surface-water exchange in hyporheic settings (CA, CO, MA, MN, PA)
• Significance of ground-water discharge to nutrient loading (MN, WA)
• Significance of ground water to water supply (CA, MN, NM)
• Relating geophysics and seepage along shoreline margins (NH, WA)
• Decadal-scale hydrology of lakes and wetlands (MT, ND, MN, NH)

Current Editorships

• Editorial Board, Hydrological Processes (2014-present)