Katherine Skalak
Researcher
Hydrology
The U.S. Geological Survey
United States Virgin Islands
Biography
Dr. Katherine Skalak studies landscape dynamics and fluvial geomorphology, focused on understanding and predicting changes in the patterns and functions of landforms in response to human impacts and restoration efforts. In particular, dynamics of fine sediment and particle associated nutrients and contaminants on varying temporal and spatial scales, and management effects on fluvial systems. Dr. Skalak received her undergraduate degree in environmental science from St. Joseph’s University. She received her master’s degree in Geology from University of Delaware in 2004. A National Science Foundation GK-12 fellow, she completed her Ph.D in Geological Sciences from the University of Delaware in 2009. She started as a post-doctoral researcher at U.S. Geological Survey in 2009 and became a Research Hydrologist in 2011.
Research Interest
sediment transport hydrodynamics hydrology sedimentation erosion
Publications
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Skalak, K. J., Benthem, A. J., Schenk, E. R., Hupp, C. R., Galloway, J. M., Nustad, R. A., & Wiche, G. J. 2013. Large dams and alluvial rivers in the Anthropocene: The impacts of the Garrison and Oahe Dams on the Upper Missouri River. Anthropocene.
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Skalak, K. and Pizzuto, J. "Reconstructing suspended sediment mercury contamination of a steep, gravel-bed river using reservoir theory."Environmental Geosciences 20.1 (2014): 17-35.
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Skalak, K. J., Engle, M. A., Rowan, E. L., Jolly, G. D., Conko, K. M., Benthem, A. J., & Kraemer, T. F. 2014. Surface disposal of produced waters in western and central Pennsylvania: Potential for accumulation of alkali-earth elements in sediments. International Journal of Coal Geology.
