BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Richard A. Marston, Ph.D., P.H.


Professional Preparation

American Institute of Hydrology , Certified Professional Hydrologist, 1984 (recertified 1999, 2004).
University of California at Los Angeles, Geography-Ecosystems, B.A. (1974)
Oregon State University, Geography, M.S. (1976)
Oregon State University, Geography, Ph.D. (1980)

Appointments

2005 to present:  University Distinguished Professor and Head, Department of Geography, Kansas State University
1999 to present: Co-Editor-in-Chief, Geomorphology (Elsevier)
1999 to 2005: Sun Chair Professor, School of Geology, Oklahoma State University
1994-1999: Professor, Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming
1996-1997: Visiting Professor, University of Alaska Southeast (Juneau campus); Director, Foundation for Glacier and Environmental

      Research, Juneau, AK
1988-1994: Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming
1986-1988: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming
1982-1986: Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso
1980-1982: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso

Awards and Honors

Geosciences Distinguished Alumni Award, Oregon State University, 2007

Distinguished Career Award, Mountain Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 2007

Past President, Association of American Geographers, 2006-07

Elected President, Association of American Geographers:  2005-06
Elected Vice President, Association of American Geographers: 2004-05

Elected Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005
Ronald F. Abler Distinguished Service Honors, Association of American Geographers: 2003
Elected Fellow in the Geological Society of America: 1997
Elected Fellow in The Explorers Club: 1995
Fulbright Research Commission to France: 1993
AAG National Citation Award in Applied Geography: 1984
AAG Warren Nystrom Award: 1981
OSU Lenora Bayley Memorial Fellowship: 1978
U.S. EPA Special Achievement Award: 1977

 

University Courses Taught (number of sections)

Environmental/Physical Geography (29), Geomorphology (14), Fluvial Geomorphology (12), Environmental Geology (7), Remote Sensing (6), Geography of Water Resources (7), Glacial & Periglacial Environments (4) Hydrology/Groundwater (5), Mountain Geography (5), Research Perspectives (3)

 

42 students have completed their graduate degree under my supervision;  3,698 students taught since Fall 1980

Recent Publications and Those for Which PDFs are Available

Marston, R.A.  2008.  Land, life, and environmental change in mountains.  Annals of the Association of American Geographers 98(3):507-520.  Author Posting. (c) 'Copyright Holder', 2008.
This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of 'Copyright Holder' for personal use, not for redistribution.  The definitive version was published in Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Volume 98 Issue 3, September 2008.  doi:10.1080/00045600802118491 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00045600802118491).

Dauwalter, D.C., Splinter, D.S., Fisher, W.L., and Marston, R.A.  2008.  Biogeography, ecoregions, and geomorphology affect fish species composition in eastern Oklahoma streams, USA.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 82:237-249.

Catlos, E.J., Dubey, C.S., Marston, R.A., and Harrison, M.T.  2007.  Geochronologic constraints across the Main central Thrust shear zone, Bhagirathi River (NW India):  Implications for Himalayan tectonics.  Chapter 7 (17 pp.) in Cloos, M., Carlson, W.D., Gilbert, M.C., Liou, J.G., and Sorenson, S.S. (eds.), Convergent Margin Terranes and Associated Regions:  A Tribute to W.G. Ernst, GSA Special Paper 419:135-151.

Dauwalter, D.C., Splinter, D.S., Fisher, W.L., and Marston, R.A.  2007.  Geomorphology and stream habitat relationships with smallmouth bass abundance at multiple spatial scales in eastern Oklahoma.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64(8):1116-1129.

Degenhardt, J.D., Giardino, J.R., Marston, R.A., and Pitty, A.F.  2007.  Interpretation of a blockstream in Tom Mays Canyon, Franklin Mountains, Texas.  Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 51(3):377-396.

Kang, R.S. and Marston, R.A. 2006.  Geomorphic effects of rural-to-urban land use conversion on three streams in the central Redbed Plains of Oklahoma. Geomorphology 79(3-4): 488-506.

Marston, R.A., Mills, J.D., Wrazien, D.R., Bassett, B. and Splinter, D.K. 2005. Effects of Jackson Lake Dam on the Snake River and its floodplain, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Geomorphology 71(1-2): 71-98.

Marston, R.A. and Lloyd, W.L. 2005.  Geographical hydrology of the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez border region.  Pages 242-248 in: Water for Texas: 2000 and Beyond. Norwine, J., Giardino, J.R. and Krishnamurthy, S. (eds.).  Texas A&M Press: College Station, TX, 271 pp.

Marcus, W.A., Aspinall, R.J., Marston, R.A., 2004.  Geographic information systems and surface hydrology in mountains. Pages 343-379 in Shroder, Jr., J.F. and Bishop M.P. (eds.), Geographic Information Science and Mountain Geomorphology. Springer-Praxis: Chichester, UK, 486 pp.

Marston, R.A. and Pearson, M.  2004.  Sediment budgets. Pages 927-930 in Goudie, A. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geomorphology.  International Association of Geomorphologists: Routledge, ENG, 1156 pp.

Cornwell, K., Norsby, D. and Marston, R. 2003.  Drainage, sediment transport, and denudation rates on the Nanga Parbat Himalaya, Pakistan.   Geomorphology 55(1-4): 25-43.

Marston, R.A., Bravard, J-P., Green, T. 2003.  Impacts of reforestation and gravel mining on the Malnant River, Haute-Savoie, French Alps.  Geomorphology 55(1-4): 65-74.

Marcus, W.A., Marston, R.A., Colvard, C.R. and Gray, R.D. 2002.  Mapping the spatial and temporal distributions of woody debris in streams of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA.  Geomorphology 44(3-4):323-335.

Marston, R.A. and Dolan, L.S. 1999.  Effectiveness of sediment control structures relative to spatial patterns of soil loss in an arid upland watershed. Geomorphology 31(1): 313-324.

Marston, R.A., Miller, M.M. and Devkota, L. 1998.  Geoecology and mass movement in the Manaslu-Ganesh and Langtang-Jugal himals, Nepal.  Geomorphology 26(1-3): 139-150.

Piegay, H. and  Marston, R.A. 1998.   Distribution of large woody debris along the outer bend of meanders in the Ain River, France.  Physical Geography 19(4): 318-340.

Marston, R.A., Fritz, D.E. and Nordberg, V. 1997.   The impact of debris torrents on substrates of mountain streams.  Geomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environement 1: 21-32.

Marston, R.A., Kleinman, J., and Miller, M.M. 1996.   Geomorphic and Forest Cover Controls on Flooding: central Nepal Himalaya.  Mountain Research and Development 16(3): 257-264.

Marston, R.A., Girel, J., Pautou, G., Piegay, H., Bravard and Arneson, C. 1995.  Channel metamorphosis, floodplain disturbance, and vegetation development: Ain River, France.  Geomorphology 13: 121-131.

Marston, R.A. and Wick, D.A. 1994.   Natural variability and forestry impacts in mountain streams of southeastern Wyoming.  Pages 225-234 in Proceedings of the 1994 Summer Symposium, American Water Resources Association: Jackson, WY, 1182 pp.

Marston, R.A. and Anderson, J.E. 1991.    Watersheds and vegetation of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.  Conservation Biology 5(3): 338-346.

Marston, R.A. and Haire, D.H. 1990.  Runoff and soil loss following the 1988 Yellowstone fires.  Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Geographical Journal 18(1): 1-8.

Marston, R.A. 1983.  Supraglacial stream dynamics on the Juneau Icefield.  Annals of the Association of American Geographers 73(4): 597 608.

Marston, R.A. 1982.  The geomorphic significance of log steps in forest streams.  Annals of the Association of American Geographers 72(2): 99 108.

 

Note: Author/co-author of  9 books/monographs; 50 refereed journal articles and book chapters; 11 refereed proceedings articles; 7 non-refereed proceedings articles; 8 review articles; 62 consulting and technical reports; 23 teaching/service publications and newsletter columns.

362 presentations (230 invited) at professional meetings, workshops, symposia.

10 Most Recent Grants and Contracts (total of 44 grants, 1978 to present = $2,479,708)

 

1.      Foreign Military Studies Office:  $76,716.  Antilles Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Project.  Co-PI (with John A. Harrington, Jr., PI, and Shawn Hutchinson, co-PI).  Grant funded for period August 2006-August 2007.

2.      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:  $21,900.  Mapping Burns in Tallgrass Prairie using Remote Sensing.  Co-PI (with Doug Goodin, PI, and William Hargrove, co-PI). Grant funded for period May 2006- June 2007.

3.      U.S. Department of Agriculture, CREES:  $598,000.  Land and Stream sediment Process Restoration in a Agricultural Watershed.  Co-PI (with Kyle Mankin as PI; and Tim Keane, Dan Devlin, Phil Barnes, Jeff Neel, Mike Christian, Bill Hargrove as other co-PIs).  Grant funded for period August 2006-July 2009.

4.      Oklahoma EPSCoR:  $13,200.  Moving Mountains: Extremely Rapid Uplift and Denudation of the Garhwal Himalaya, NW India.  Co-PI (with E.J. Catlos).  Grant funded for period October 2004-May 2005.

5.   Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation: $69,333.  Effects of Fluvial Geomorphology on Freshwater Mussels: Kiamichi River, Oklahoma.  Co-PI (with W. Fisher).  Grant funded for period July 2004-June 2006.

6.   National Science Foundation, International Program (Africa, Near East, So. Asia): $36,000.  Investigation of Activity along the Himalayan Main Central Thrust: Present Geomorphology and Past Slip, Garhwal, NW India.  Co-PI (E.J. Catlos, PI).  Grant funded for period 9/1/02 – 8/31/05.

7.   National Science Foundation, Astronomy Program, Research Experience for Undergraduates:  $210,810 (primary award to University of Arkansas; subcontract for $70,770 to Oklahoma State University).  New Frontiers: Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Space and Planetary Sciences Co-PI (with S. McKeever at OSU, and D. Sears & T. Kral at UA).  Grant funded for period 5/15/02-5/31/05.

8.   U.S. Department of Education, Star Schools Program: $322,287 (2001-02)+ $100,253 (2002-03) + $73,041 (2003-04) + $107,145 (2004-05)  = $602,726 (incl. $199,727 OSU match).  Hypothesis-Based Learning in Earth Science for Middle School Teachers.  Co-PI (with Jim Puckette).  Grant funded for period 11/1/01-4/15/05.

9.   Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation:  $150,000.  Factors Influencing Fish Populations in Oklahoma Waters.  Co-PI (with W. Fisher).  Grant funded for period 7/1/02 – 6/30/05.

10. National Park Service, Water Resources Division and U.S. Geological Survey, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit: $90,936.   Geomorphic Adjustment of the Washita River, Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, Oklahoma.  Grant funded for period 6/1/03 – 12/31/05