Member Since 2010
Margaret A. Zimmer
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison
Professional Experience
University of Wisconsin Madison
Associate Professor
2024 - Present
University of California Santa Cruz
Associate Professor
2018 - 2024
Education
Duke University
Doctorate
2017
Honors & Awards
Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award
Received December 2024
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received December 2016
Presentation Title: Shallow and Deep Groundwater Contributions to Ephemeral Streamflow Generation
Event: 2016 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Hydrology
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Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received January 2011
Presentation Title: Fine scale variations of surface and ground water chemistry in an ephemeral to perennial drainage network in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA
Event: 2011 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Hydrology
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Publications
Geologic and Tectonic Controls on Deep Fracturing, Weathering, and Water Flow in the Central Califor...
The creation of fractures in bedrock dictates water movement through the critical zone, controlling weathering, vadose zone water storage, and grou...
July 04, 2024
Exploring the Complex Effects of Wildfire on Stream Water Ch...
February 06, 2024
The Drying Regimes of Non‐Perennial Rivers and Streams
July 16, 2021
AGU Abstracts
Bioturbated Dry Ravel and Soil Mixing in a Post-Wildfire Environment
HILLSLOPE MORPHOLOGY AND PROCESSES FROM FAILURE TO FORM II POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2024
Eliza Ross, Danica L. Roth, Rahul Kaushal, Samanth...
Wildfires act as potent agents of weathering and erosion, triggering the mobilization of dry ravel sediment and often resulting in temporary increases...
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Mobilization of Biologically Labile Levoglucosan from Fire-affected Watersheds in Central Coastal California
WILDFIRE IMPACTS ON WATERSHED HYDROLOGY, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND BIODIVERSITY I ORAL
global environmental change | 12 december 2024
Riley Barton, Christina Richardson, Maya Montalvo,...
The burning of biomass during wildfires produces pyrogenic carbon (PyC), which impacts water quality and carbon biogeochemistry. PyC comprises a conti...
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Shallow and deep critical zone controls on water movement and storage
ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING OF MOUNTAINOUS CRITICAL ZONES THROUGH OBSERVATIONS AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS II ORAL
hydrology | 14 december 2023
Amanda M. Donaldson, Russell P. Callahan, Nerissa...
Subsurface weathering exerts a strong control on water storage and movement within hillslopes, which has important consequences for groundwater rechar...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2022
Member
Catchment Hydrology Technical Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Catchment Hydrology Technical Committee
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