Bio:
Dr. Woods has been a member of the University of Montana faculty since 2001. Dr. Woods was born in Scotland, and obtained a B.Sc. degree in Geology from Imperial College, Royal School of Mines in London, England in 1989. He began his professional career as a geologist in the U.K. and the U.S., working on projects ranging from a site investigation for the U.K’s first nuclear waste repository, to Superfund environmental assessments in Georgia, Maine, Texas and South Carolina. From 1995 to 2001, he attended Colorado State University and obtained an M.S. in Watershed Science and a Ph.D. in Earth Resources. Dr. Woods teaches classes in watershed hydrology, watershed management, soil science and riparian and wetland ecology. Dr. Woods’ research focuses on the hydrologic and geomorphic effects of forest management, wildfire and roads in wildland watersheds. He has also worked on issues related to wetland and riparian hydrology. Dr. Woods’ hobbies include trail running, hiking, backpacking and alpine mountaineering.
Education:
Ph.D. Earth Resources. Colorado State University, 2001.
M.S. Watershed Science. Colorado State University, 2000.
B.Sc. Geology. The Royal School of Mines, London, U.K., 1989.
Research Interests:
Understanding the effects of natural and human induced disturbance events, such as forest management, wildfire, and roads, on runoff and erosion from wildland watersheds. We seek to obtain a detailed, physically based understanding of how disturbance alters the fundamental hydrologic and geomorphic processes, such as interception, infiltration, sediment detachment and sediment transport that control runoff and erosion rates. This information can then be used to refine and improve predictive runoff and erosion models used by researchers and land managers.
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