Kevan Moffett
Graduate Student
Research
Kevan's PhD research is on wetland hydroecology. She analyzes field measurements and numerical models of plant and soil hydrology to better understand coastal salt marsh ecosystem structure and function. Kevan's research interests broadly span hydrology and water resources as components of the earth system: hydroecology, physical and biological spatio-temporal patterns, surface/subsurface and land/ocean exchanges, land/atmosphere climate feedbacks, coastal process dynamics, physics-based environmental modeling, wetland function, and human/water systems. She also pursues interests in interdisciplinary epistemology, science pedagogy, and communicating science.
Teaching
Kevan's teaching experience includes mentoring independent undergraduate research projects and serving as an assistant to a Physical Hydrogeology graduate lecture and a Death Valley undergraduate field trip. She has also served on department and student-group committees.
Professional Activities
member, Americal Geophysical Union (2003-); member, International Association of Hydrogeologists (2007-); member, Geological Society of America (2008-); member, Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation & California Estuarine Research Society (2009-)
EDUCATION:
| 2002 | B.S. Environmental Engineering Yale University |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
| 2001 - 2004 | Environmental Engineer (Modeling and GIS Specialties) Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. |
| 2000 | Forestry conservation/research/management volunteer Jatun Sacha Foundation, Ecuador |
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HONORS AND AWARDS:
| 2007 - Present | NSF grant (PI, S. Gorelick; writing, K. Moffett) |
| 2006 | McGee grant, Stanford School of Earth Sciences |
| 2004 - 2007 | Stanford Graduate Fellowship |
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UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
| 2009 | Teaching Assistant, GES 191: Death Valley Geology Field Trip, Stanford University |
| 2009 | Student Representative, Space Allocation Committee |
| 2009 | Advisor of Undergraduate Research (3 students) |
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| 2009 - Present | Member, Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation & California Estuarine Research Society |
| 2008 - Present | Member, Geological Society of America |
| 2003 - Present | Member, American Geophysical Union |
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PUBLICATIONS:
| 2009 | Moffett, K.B., D.A. Robinson, S.M. Gorelick. 2009. Salt marsh vegetation pattern dependence on multiple mechanisms of plant-soil feedback. Annual Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium, Proceedings with Abstracts: talk abstract. |
| 2009 | Moffett, K.B., D.A. Robinson, S.M. Gorelick. 2009. Salt marsh vegetation pattern relationship to soil conditions and possible plant-soil feedback. State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference, Proceedings with Abstracts: poster abstract. |
| 2008 * | Moffett, K.B., S.W. Tyler, T. Torgersen, M. Menon, S.M. Gorelick. 2008. Processes controlling the thermal regime of saltmarsh channel beds. Environmental Science & Technology, 42(3): 671-676. |
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