Ashley M Matheny

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)

Talita Gomes Daniel (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)

Matheny Ecohydrology Research Group