Joshua C Koch, Ph.D.
Surface water / groundwater interactions; hyporheic zone hydrology and biogeochemistry; carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling; flow above / through frozen ground; preferential flow and soil pipe formation and transport.
Professional Experience
2011 - Present Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Anchorage, AK
2006 - 2011 Student Hydrologist, Branch of Regional Research, USGS, Boulder, CO
2005 - 2006 Research Assistant, Institute of Alpine and Arctic Research, University of Colorado, Boulder
2003 - 2005 Research Assistant, Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2002 - 2003 Hydrologist Intern, Branch of Regional Research, USGS, Lakewood, CO
2001 - 2002 Hydrologist Intern, MA-RI Water District, USGS, Northborough, MA
Education and Certifications
PhD 2010 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
MS 2005 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Department of Hydrology
BA 2001 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Earth and Environmental Sciences
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Geophysical Union, Hydrology and Cryosphere Sections
American Water Resources Association - Alaska Chapter
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
Science and Products
Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes
Changing Arctic ecosystems - measuring and forecasting the response of Alaska's terrestrial ecosystem to a warming climate
Thermal and hydrological observations near Twelvemile Lake in discontinuous permafrost, Yukon Flats, interior Alaska, September 2010-August 2011
Science and Products
Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes
Changing Arctic ecosystems - measuring and forecasting the response of Alaska's terrestrial ecosystem to a warming climate
Thermal and hydrological observations near Twelvemile Lake in discontinuous permafrost, Yukon Flats, interior Alaska, September 2010-August 2011
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government