CV - Chris Graham - Oregon State University

Chris Graham
IGERT Ecosystem Informatics Fellow
Water Resources Science Program
Department of Forest Engineering
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
Office: 541.737.4149
chris.graham@oregonstate.edu
Professional Interest
I am interested in the subsurface flow processes at the hillslope scale, in both humid and arid climates. I am
specifically interested in identifying dominant flow pathways in forest soils, subsoils and bedrock.
Education
Ph.D. Forest Engineering, anticipated summer, 2008
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Advisor: Dr. Jeff McDonnell
M.S. Crop and Soil Science, 2004
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Advisor: Dr. Maria Dragila
Thesis title: Evaporation and salt redistribution in bare soils and soil cracks.
B.A. Mathematics, 1999
University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
Relevant Work Experience
2005 - present - PhD candidate, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
2003 - 2004 - Field Technician, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
2001 - 2004 - Masters student, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
2001 - Water Quality Technician, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Bullfrog, UT.
2000 - Trail Crew, Bryce Canyon National Park, Tropic, UT.
1999 - Volunteer, Montana Conservation Corps, Missoula, MT.
Honors
2005-08 – NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) Ecosystems
Informatics Fellow
Peer Reviewed Papers
Graham, C.B., J.J. McDonnell and R. Woods. 2007. Hypothesis testing at the hillslope scale: conceptualizing
lateral subsurface flow and the role of bedrock permeability. In prep for Water Resources Research.
Graham, C.B., H.R. Barnard, W.J. Van Verseveld, C.B. Graham, B.J. Bond, J.R. Brooks, and J.J. McDonnell.
2007. Field scale closing of the water balance. In prep for Water Resources Research.
Barnard, H.R., W.J. Van Verseveld, C.B. Graham, B.J. Bond, J.R. Brooks, and J.J. McDonnell. 2007. Opening
the black box: Hillslope ecohydrological responses to simulated summer rainfall in Western Oregon. In prep for
Ecohydrology.
Van Verseveld, W.J., H.R. Barnard, C.B. Graham, J.J. McDonnell, K.Lajtha, and J.R. Brooks. 2007.
Mechanistic assessment of the double paradox in hydrology and biogeochemistry: A hillslope sprinkling
experiment. Water Resources Research In Review

Weisbrod N., M.I. Dragila, C. Cooper, M. Pildersorf, C. B. Graham 2005. Evaporation from fractures exposed
at the land surface: Impact of gas-phase convection on salt accumulation, in AGU Monograph Dynamics of
Fluids and Transport in Fractured Rock.
Conference Papers
Barnard, H.R., W.J. van Verseveld, C.B. Graham, B.J. Bond, K. Lajtha, J.R. Brooks, J.J. McDonnell. 2007.
Linking water pathways and nutrient dynamics in a small head water catchment: results of a controlled sprinkler
experiment using a deuterium tracer in western Oregon. In: Proceedings: IAEA International Symposium on
Advances in Isotope Hydrology and its Role in Sustainable Water Resources Management, Vienna, Austria.
Oral Presentations * indicates presenter
“Stripping at Maimai” (Graham, Woods*, McDonnell, Gardener), New Zealand Hydrological Society, 2007
“Looking for new approaches to model subsurface flow in steep forested catchments” (Graham*), Ecosystems
Informatics Fall Colloquium, 2007
“Flow Processes at the Soil Bedrock Interface” (Graham*, McDonnell, Woods), UNESCO-IHE, 2007
“Past and current research at the Panola Mountain State Park instrumented hillslope” (Graham*, Peters,
McDonnell), Panola Mountain State Park, 2006
“Current Research at the Watershed 10 hillslope” (Graham*, Brooks, v. Verseveld, Barnard, McDonnell), HJA
Day, 2006
“A peek inside the black box: hillslope ecohydrological responses to simulated summer rainfall in western
Oregon” (Barnard*, v. Verseveld, Graham, Bond, Brooks, McDonnell), Conference of Ford Fellows, 2006.
“Hydrology and Ecohydrology at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest” (Graham*, Barnard*), Science and
Math Investigation Learning Experiences Program Retreat, 2006
“Little Panola: Investigating hillslope processes at a laboratory scale hillslope” (Graham*, Frey, McDonnell),
Oregon State University Graduate School Conference, 2005
“A hillslope scale sprinkler experiment” (Graham*, v. Verseveld*, Barnard*), SLICE, 2005
Posters
“Flow and transport at the hillslope scale: New experimental evidence from a whole-hillslope irrigation and
excavation” (Graham, McDonnell, Woods), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2007.
“Describing lateral preferential flow experimentally” (Graham, McDonnell, Woods), International Association
of Hydrological Sciences 2007
“Linking water pathways and nutrient dynamics in a small head water catchment: results of a controlled
sprinkler experiment using a deuterium tracer in western Oregon” (Barnard, v. Verseveld, Graham, Bond,
Lajtha, Brooks, McDonnell), International Atomic Energy Agency, International Symposium on Advances in
Isotope Hydrology and its Role in Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2007.
“Ecohydrology of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest: exposing patterns and processes” (Barnard, v.
Verseveld, Graham, Bond, Lajtha, Brooks, McDonnell), National Science Board Meeting, February 2007.
“Opening the black box: Hillslope ecohydrological responses to simulated rainfall in Western Oregon”
(Barnard, v. Verseveld, Graham, Bond, Brooks, McDonnell), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2006.

“Partitioning of the water balance at the hillslope scale: A sprinkler experiment at Watershed 10, HJ Andrews
LTER” (Graham, v. Verseveld, Barnard, McDonnell, Brooks, Lajtha, Bond), LTER All Scientist Meeting, 2006.
“Linking water pathways and nutrient sources in a small headwater catchment: A controlled sprinkler
experiment at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon USA” (v. Verseveld, Barnard, Graham, McDonnell,
Brooks, Lajtha, Bond), LTER All Scientist Meeting, 2006.
“Conifer transpiration shows little response to simulated summer rainfall: results of an experimental test using a
deuterium tracer in western Oregon” (Barnard, v. Verseveld, Graham, Brooks, Bond, McDonnell), LTER All
Scientist Meeting, 2006.
“Hillslope scale ecohydrological processes: The 2005 Watershed 10 hillslope sprinkling experiments” (Barnard,
Graham, v. Verseveld, Bond, Brooks, Lajtha, McDonnell), HJ Andrews, LTER Symposium, 2006.
“Experimental observation and quantification of convective flux of water vapor from surface-exposed fractures”
(Dragila, Weisbrod, Kamai, Graham), Gordon conference on Flow and Transport in Permeable Media, 2006.
“A scale model analysis of hillslope hydrology: A 2005 version of Hewlett’s sloping soil mass” (Graham,
McDonnell, Frey), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2005.
“Modeling salt redistribution in fractured porous media caused by convection driven evaporation within the
fracture” (Graham, Dragila, Cooper, Weisbrod), American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 2005.
“Physical modeling of hillslope runoff generation: A scaled lab experiment of the Panola hillslope” (Frey,
McDonnell, Graham), European Geophysical Union General Assembly, 2005.
“H. J. Andrews Experiment Forest, Watershed 10” (McGuire, v. Verseveld, Graham, McDonnell), Slope
Intercomparison Experiment Meeting, 2005.
A new laboratory instrument for defining near-saturation wetting-drying and capillary conductivity. (Vache,
McDonnell, Ekanayake, Graham), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2004.
“Evaporation and salt precipitation in soil cracks: Numeric analysis” (Graham, Dragila, Weisbrod), Soil Science
Society of America Annual Meeting, 2004.
“Evaporation from fractures exposed at the land surface: impact of gas-phase convection on salt accumulation.”
(Weisbrod, Dragila, Graham, Cassidy), Second International Symposium on Dynamics of Fluids and Transport
in Fractured Rock, 2004.
Professional Service and Leadership Activities
2006-2007 Vice President, Hydrophiles Student Group, Oregon State University
Teaching and Mentoring Experience
2006 - Co-instructor, Oregon State University, CSS 535: Vadose Zone Laboratory
2006 - Co-instructor, Oregon State University, FE 538: Field Hydrology
2004 – Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, CSS 535: Vadose Zone Laboratory
2004 – Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, CSS 205: Soils: Sustainable Ecosystems
2003 – Instructor, Oregon State University, CSS 306: Problem Solving: Soil Science Applications
Undergraduates Mentored: Gerrit Kopmann (NIWA, New Zealand), Matthew Bergen (University of New
Hampshire)
Memberships: American Geophysical Union (since 2001)