Diana Karwan, Ph.D.

[ALUMNA] Postdoctoral Researcher

Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Group

Interests and Expertise

My research interests include the physical, chemical, and ecological processes that link weather, climate, and anthropogenic activity to the fluvial transport and watershed export of materials. Specifically, I study water cycling and the movement of fine suspended sediments using fieldscale experiments, geochemical fingerprinting, and mathematical models.

Education

• Ph.D., Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 2010
• M.Phil., Yale University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, 2006
• M.E.Sc., Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 2004
• B.S., University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, 2000

Professional Experience

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Stroud Water Research Center, 2010–2012.
• Teaching Fellow, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental
  Studies, New Haven, Connecticut, 2003–2010.
• Research Assistant, Landscape Management Laboratory, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut, 2003–2004.
• Research Assistant, Water Quality Laboratory, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002.
• Laboratory Assistant, Center for Earth Observation, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002.
• Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Analyst, Sanborn Solutions (formerly Space Imaging Inc.), Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2000–2002.
• Laboratory Assistant, Geographic Information Systems Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1999–2000.
• Research Assistant, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998–2000.

Stroud Center Publications

• Direct channel precipitation and storm characteristics influence short‐term fallout radionuclide assessment of sediment source
  Karwan, D. L., J. E. Pizzuto, R. Aalto, J. Marquard, A. Harpold, K. Skalak, A. Benthem, D. F. Levia, C. M. Siegert, and A. K. Aufdenkampe. 2018. Water Resources Research, 54.
• Beryllium-7 wet deposition variation with storm height, synoptic classification, and tree canopy state in the mid-Atlantic USA
  Karwan, D.L., C.M. Siegert, D.F. Levia, J. Pizzuto, J. Marquard, R. Aalto, and A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2016. Hydrological Processes 30(1):75–89.
• Characteristic length scales and time‐averaged transport velocities of suspended sediment in the mid‐Atlantic Region, USA
  J. Pizzuto, E. R. Schenk, C. R. Hupp, A. Gellis, G. Noe, E. Williamson, D. L. Karwan, M. O’Neal, J.  Marquard, R. Aalto, and J. D. Newbold. 2014. Water Resources Research 50:790–805.
• Characterization and source determination of stream suspended particulate material in White Clay Creek, USA
  D. L. Karwan, R. Aalto, A. K. Aufdenkampe, J. D. Newbold, and J. E. Pizzuto. 2011. Applied Geochemistry 26:S354–S356.