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Member Since 1981
Diane M. McKnight
Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Professional Experience
University of Colorado Boulder
Professor
1996 - Present
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1979
Honors & Awards
Robert E. Horton Medal
Received 2021
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Peter S. Eagleson Award
Received 2014
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Walter Langbein Lecture
Received 2005
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Publications
Climate, Hydrology, and Nutrients Control the Seasonality of Si Concentrations in Rivers

The seasonal behavior of fluvial dissolved silica (DSi) concentrations, termed DSi regime, mediates the timing of DSi delivery to downstream waters...

September 17, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Diel and Tracer Experiments Reveal Dynamic Groundwater Flow Paths, Loadings of Acid Rock Drainage, and Iron Speciation in a Mineralized High-Alpine Catchment
AGU 2024
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Diane M. McKnight, Garrett Rue
The environmental impacts of acid rock drainage (ARD) and acid mine drainage (AMD) occur in many waterways across the Rocky Mountains and worldwide, p...
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Associations Between Tardigrade Abundance and Hantzschia and Luticola Turnover in the Freshwater Streams in the Dry Valleys
AGU 2024
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Natalie Aranda, Diane M. McKnight, Byron J. Adams
The microbial mats living in the freshwater streams of the Antarctic Dry Valleys are host to a myriad of cyanobacteria, algae, and microfauna whose ec...
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Burning Cities, Rippling Impacts: Water Quality and Ecosystem Response to the 2021 Marshall Fire, Colorado
AGU 2024
biogeosciences | 13 december 2024
Lauren Magliozzi, Camryn Miller, Lane Allen, Julie...
The Marshall Fire, which occurred on December 30, 2021, destroyed over 1,000 structures and impacted the Coal Creek watershed in Boulder County, Color...
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Volunteer Experience
2015 - 2016
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
2005 - 2009
Editor
JGR Biogeosciences Section
2002 - 2004
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
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