The AnthroHydro research group at Catholic University focuses on the interface between humans and water. The lab solves problems on topics like microplastic transport, green infrastructure, and increasing diversity in STEM.

Meet the Team

  • Dr. Jason Davison

    Lab Director

  • Grace Pooley

    PhD Student

  • Andrew Heller

    Undergraduate Student

  • Alanso Johnson

    Masters Student

  • Alexia Menezes

    PhD Student

Research Projects

Microplastics in the Watershed

The lab group measured microplastic concentrations in Sligo Creek using in situ field methods. The concentrations are used to better understand the distribution of microplastics and their transport properties in a watershed. Funding provided by the Chesapeake Bay Trust and Montgomery County.

Research and Innovative STEM Education (RAISE)

The RAISE program fundamentally concentrates on STEM Education for students in the Washington DC Metropolitan region, with the explicit goal of educating students from a diverse background, socioeconomic class, and marginalized communities. RAISE is funded by the Office of Naval Research as part of their Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.

Plastic Computer Vision

The AnthroHydro team is developing a plastic bottle computer vision software package for rivers and streams. The software has been demonstrated at the AGU Fall meeting and WaterSciCon. A beta version of the software can be found here.

Lab Publications

Papers

  1. Bharat Sharma Acharya, Bulbul Ahmmed, Yunxiang Chen, Jason H Davison, Lauren Haygood, Robert T Hensley, Rakesh Kumar, Jory Lerback, Haojie Liu, Sushant Mehan, Mohamed Mehana, Sopan D Patil, Bhaleka D Persaud, Pamela L Sullivan, Dawn URycki, 2022, Hydrological perspectives on integrated, coordinated, open, networked (ICON) science, Earth and Space Science. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002320

  2. Xu S., S.K. Frey, A. R. Erler, O. Khader, S. J. Berg, H-T. Hwang, M. V. Callaghan, J. H. Davison, E. A. Sudicky, 2019, Investigating Groundwater-Lake Interactions and Seasonal Cycles for the Laurentian Great Lakes with a Fully-Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Model Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125911

  3. Chen, J., E. A. Sudicky, J. H. Davison, S. K. Frey, Y. J. Park, H. Hwang, A.R. Erler, S.J. Berg, M.V. Callaghan, K. Miller, M. Ross, and R. Peltier, 2019, Towards a climate-driven simulation of coupled surface-subsurface hydrology at the continental scale: a Canadian example. Canadian Water Resources Journal.

  4. Wine, M. L., J. H. Davison, 2019, Untangling global change impacts on hydrological processes: Resisting climatization, Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13483

  5. Miller, K. L., S. J. Berg, J. H. Davison, E. A. Sudicky, P. A. Forsyth, 2017, Efficient Uncertainty Quantification in Fully-Integrated Surface and Subsurface Hydrologic Simulations, Advances in Water Resourceshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.023

  6. Davison, J. H., H. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, D.V. Mallia, and J. C. Lin, 2017, Full Coupling Between the Atmosphere, Surface and Subsurface for Integrated Hydrologic Simulation, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017MS001052

  7. Davison, J.H., 2016, Incorporating Advanced Surface and Subsurface Processes in Mesoscale Climate Models. University of Waterloo, PhD Thesis. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/10904

  8. Fatichi S., Vivoni E.R., Mirus B., Ogden F., Gochis D.,  Ivanov V. Y., Downer C. W., Camporese M., Davison J. H., Ebel B., Jones N., Kim J., Kollet S., Niswonger R., Restrepo P., Rigon R., Tarboton D., 2016,  An overview of current applications, challenges, and future trends in distributed process-based models in hydrology. Journal of Hydrologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.03.026

  9. Davison, J. H., H. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, and J. C. Lin, 2015, Coupled Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Subsurface Modeling: Exploring Water and Energy Feedbacks in Three-Dimensions. Advances in Water Resourceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.09.002

Presentations (select)

  1. Jason Davison, Grace Pooley, Wesley Garnes, Matthew J Jacobs, Addressing Plastic Waste At Its Source Using AI and Particle-Tracking Software. Frontiers in Hydrology.

  2. Jason Davison, 2022, Integrating 3D Water Cycle Models with General Circulation Models, Frontiers in Hydrology (Invited).

  3. Grace Pooley, Jason Davison, 2021, Plastic Waste Source Location Identification, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

  4. Davison, J. H., H.T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, D.V. Mallia, and J. C. Lin, 2016, Fully Integrated Atmospheric, Surface, and Subsurface Model of the California Basin, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. 

  5. Davison, J. H., H.T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, D.V. Mallia, and J. C. Lin, 2016, Integrated Hydrological Model of the California Basin, Computational Methods in Water Resources. 

  6. Davison, J. H., H. T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, and J. C. Lin, 2015, A Fully-Integrated Framework for Terrestrial Water Cycle Simulation: Application to the San Joaquin Valley, California, oral presentation to European Geosciences Union.

  7. Davison, J. H., H. T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, and J. C. Lin, 2014, Coupled Atmospheric and Hydrologic Modeling, oral presentation to Knowledge and Models in Climate Science.

  8. Davison, J. H., H. T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, and J. C. Lin, 2013, Vegetation Influence on Regional Climate Change: A 3D Integrated Atmospheric-Surface-Subsurface Analysis, oral presentation to the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

  9. Davison, J. H., H. T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, and J. C. Lin, 2012, Incorporating atmospheric boundary layer processes in an integrated surface/subsurface flow and transport model, oral presentation to the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Posters (select)

  1. Wesley Garnes, Grace Pooley, Matthew Jacobs, Jason Davison, 2021, Plastic Waste Source Location Identification, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

  2. Davison, J. H., H.T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, D.V. Mallia, and J. C. Lin, 2015, Integrated Hydrosystem Modeling of the California Basin, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

  3. Davison, J. H., E. A. Sudicky, and J. C. Lin, 2015, An Examination of the Applicability of Whites 1932 Method to Estimate Actual Evapotranspiration Rates from Diurnal Watertable Fluctuations, International Association of Hydrogeologists, Waterloo Ontario.

  4. Davison, J. H., H. T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, D.V. Mallia and J. C. Lin, 2015, Integrated Atmospheric, Surface, and Subsurface Water Cycle Modeling, poster presented to the Integrated Hydrosystem Modelling 2015 Conference.

  5. Davison, J. H., H. T. Hwang, E. A. Sudicky, and J. C. Lin, 2014, Development of a fully integrated water cycle model: HydroGeoSphere-Weather Research and Forecasting (HGS-WRF), poster presented to the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. 

Lab Funding as PI

  1. Phase 1 Instrumentation for Microplastics Analysis Laboratory, Department of Environment and Energy $374,994

  2. Research and Innovative STEM Education (RAISE), 2022, Office of Naval Research $750,000

  3. Anacostia Watershed Waste Source Location Identification, 2022, Chesapeake Bay Trust and Montgomery County $50,000