Ashley M Matheny
Mailcode: C1100
Dr. Matheny is an ecohydrologist whose research focuses on understanding and simulating the ways vegetation influences the movement of water between the soil and the atmosphere. She uses wide variety of field measurements and numerical modeling strategies to answer questions regarding the ways disturbances such as drought and salinity influence vegetation-climate feedbacks in terms of both water and carbon use.
Dr. Matheny encourages students of all levels who are interested in joining her research group to contact her directly. (ashley.matheny@jsg.utexas.edu)
Areas of Expertise
Ecohydrology, Bio- and Micro-meteorology, Vegetation Hydrodynamics, Watershed Hydrology, Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Biogeochemistry, Water and Carbon Cycles, and Modeling
Research Locations
Current Research Programs & Projects
Transpiration in response to forest disturbance
Including tree water storage dynamics in modeling of stomatal conductance
Asynchronous and diverging boreal forest hydrodynamics
Understanding the Importance of Biomass Hydraulic Capacitance for Transpiration (NSF CAREER)
Exploring halophyte hydrodynamics and the role of vegetation traits on ecosystem response to disturbance at the terrestrial-aquatic interface
Select Past Research
Seasonal patterns of water vapor cycling in a deep mountain valley
Outstanding Early Career Award - American Meteorological Society (2022)
Early CAREER grant - National Science Foundation (2021)
G. Moses and Carolyn G. Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award - Jackson School of Geosciences (2020)
University of Texas Rising STARs Faculty Award - University of Texas at Austin (2017)
Professor of the Month - National Residence Hall Honorary (2016)
2nd Place Oral Presentation - 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2016)
Presidential Fellowship - Ohio State University (2015 - 2016)
Marian P. and David M. Gates Student Research Fellowship - University of Michigan (2015)
Scholar Award - P.E.O. International (2015 - 2016)
Ohio Scholarship - P.E.O. International (2015 - 2016)
Outstanding Student Paper Award - American Geophysical Union (2014)
Keith W. Bedford Travel Grant - Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, Ohio State University (2014)
Marian P. and David M. Gates Student Research Fellowship - University of Michigan (2014)
Distinguished Graduate Student - Women in Engineering, Ohio State University (2011)
University Fellowship - Ohio State University (2010 - 2011)
Graduate Students
Caleb E Adams (Supervisor)
Ana Maria Restrepo Acevedo, Ph.D., 2023
(Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Lillian Beaman, M.S., 2022
(Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Lingcheng Li, Ph.D., 2020 (Co-supervisor)
| Year | Semester | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 382S | Physical Hydrology |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 376S | Physical Hydrology |
| 2023 | Spring | GEO 390E | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2023 | Spring | GEO 370E | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2022 | Fall | GEO 382S | Physical Hydrology |
| 2022 | Fall | GEO 376S | Physical Hydrology |
| 2022 | Spring | GEO 390E | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2022 | Spring | GEO 370E | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2021 | Fall | GEO 346C | Intro Physcl/Chem Hydrogeology |
| 2021 | Summer | GEO f382C | Groundwater Field Methods-Nm |
| 2021 | Summer | GEO f376L | Field Meths Groundwtr Hydrl-Nm |
| 2021 | Spring | GEO 391 | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology-Wb |
| 2021 | Spring | GEO 370E | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology-Wb |
| 2020 | Fall | GEO 346C | Intro Phys/Chm Hydrogeology-Wb |
| 2020 | Spring | GEO 391 | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2020 | Spring | GEO 370E | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2019 | Fall | GEO 382S | Physical Hydrology |
| 2019 | Fall | GEO 376S | Physical Hydrology |
| 2019 | Summer | GEO f382C | Groundwater Field Methods-Nm |
| 2019 | Summer | GEO f376L | Field Meths Groundwtr Hydrl-Nm |
| 2019 | Spring | GEO 391 | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2019 | Spring | GEO 371T | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2018 | Fall | GEO 382S | Physical Hydrology |
| 2018 | Fall | GEO 376S | Physical Hydrology |
| 2018 | Summer | GEO f382C | Groundwater Field Methods-Nm |
| 2018 | Summer | GEO f376L | Field Meths Groundwtr Hydrl-Nm |
| 2018 | Spring | GEO 371T | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |
| 2018 | Spring | GEO 391 | Ecohydrology/Biometeorology |