Expertise
- Stormwater
- Water Quality
- green infrastructure
- Edge of filed nutrient losses
- Stable isotopes
- Nutrient Management
- Freshwater Salinization
Education
- Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia
- M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia
- B.S. Environmental Chemistry, Bates College
Research
- Nutrient transport from land to water
- Field monitoring of nutrient losses from agricultural watersheds
- Green infrastructure design for watershed management
- Contaminant sourcing, fate, and transport with stable isotopes
- Surface water and groundwater interactions
Research Publications
- Burgis, C.R., Hayes, G., Zhang, W., Henderson, D.A., Macko, S.A., Smith, J.A. (2020) “Tracking denitrification in green stormwater infrastructure with nitrate stable isotopes.” Sci. Total Environ. 747, 141281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141281.
- Burgis, C.R., Hayes, G.M., Henderson, D.A., Zhang, W., Smith, J.A. (2020) “Green stormwater infrastructure redirects deicing salt from surface water to groundwater.” Sci. Total Environ. 729, 138736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138736.
- Hayes, G. M., Burgis, C., Zhang, W., Henderson, D., Smith, J.A. (2021) “Runoff Reduction by Four Green Stormwater Infrastructure Systems in a Shared Environment.” J. Sustainable Water Built Environ., 2021, 7(2): 04021004. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.0000932.
- Henderson, D.A., Moruza, G., Burgis, C.R., Smith, J.A. (2019) “Low Impact Development Technologies for Highway Stormwater Runoff.” Encyclopedia of Water: Science, Technology, and Society. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119300762.wsts0009.
