Curriculum Vitae - Phillip H.
Larson
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Phillip
H. Larson, PhD
Professor
Director
of Earth Science Programs
Co-Director,
EARTH
Systems Laboratory
Minnesota
State University, Mankato
Graduate
Faculty/Adjunct Faculty
University
of Minnesota, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Email:
phillip.larson@mnsu.edu
Office:
5073892617
Website
(Personal): https://www.philliphlarson.com
Website
(Research Group): https://mnimorph.science/
(Zion
(the dog) at the Minnesota River; See: Larson,
P.H., Dorn, R.I., Faulkner, D.J, Friend,
D.A. (2015). Toe-Cut Terraces: A Review and Criteria to
Differentiate from Traditional Fluvial Terraces.
Progress in Physical Geography. DOI:
10.1177/0309133315582045)
BRIEF
BIO:
I
was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, and was raised along
the banks of the upper Mississippi and St. Croix
Rivers. The geography of my upbringing resulted in
a life-long interest in the landscapes around me.
Particularly, I fell in love with rivers, the landscapes
they create, and continuously transform. As my career
progressed, I became deeply interested in climate
change, environmental and natural hazard issues, and
human-fluvial landscape interconnections. This interest
in our planet and the landscapes around us was sparked
and supercharged in my childhood during family vacations
to the canyons and incredible landscapes of the
southwest, high alpine landscapes of the mountain west,
and beautiful juxtaposition of mountains, volcanism, and
coasts in the northwest USA. In particular,
locations like Zion, Grand Canyon, Canyonlands,
Arches, and others, instilled a deep appreciation and
passion for these places. It framed my home along the
Mississippi and St. Croix valleys in a new light, as
well. I spent a large part of my childhood at home
observing and wondering about these landscapes and the
serenity and beauty within them. In hindsight, it is
clear to me that these early experiences fostered an
excitement for understanding our world. Despite this, I
grew up in a small town and had little understanding of
science or careers in the geosciences. Thus, I followed
suit within the legacy of my community and worked in a
factory (building cast iron fire hydrants and valves)
following high school. Creating things with my hands and
working hard with on the assembly line was, indeed,
rewarding. The but I often found myself desiring for
something “more.” I decided to go back to school
as a first generation student to see what other
opportunities were out there.
When I entered my undergraduate degree pursuits, first
at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and
finishing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, I
initially found myself overwhelmed and confused about
how to determine a path in life. Thankfully, I
took introductory courses in Physical Geography and
Physical Geology and was encouraged by inspiring
professors that I, too, could be a geoscientist. It,
quite literally, blew my mind! And, suddenly, the
childhood passion for the landscapes and natural world
around me was rekindled, and it turned into a life-long
pursuit of learning, educating, and scientific research
in the geosciences. I continued these academic pursuits
into graduate work (both Master’s and Ph.D.) at Arizona
State - which was an incredible experience (THANK YOU,
RON DORN!).
Today, I consider myself so incredibly fortunate to be
geoscientist - with deep interests in using
geomorphic systems to: 1) address fundamental questions
about earth surface processes, 2) understand the impact
climate change (both past and present) has on these
systems, and 3) environmental and natural hazards
impacting communities in the present and in the past
(geoarcheology). I now serve as the Director of Earth
Science Programs, founded the AGES (now EARTH Systems)
Laboratory and continue in my duties as Professor in the
Department of Anthropology and Geography at Minnesota
State, where I have taught nearly 5,000
students. I am also Graduate Faculty in the
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities where I work closely
with Dr. Andrew Wickert and helped found our merged
faculty-student research group – MNiMORPH (click
here
to learn more).
RESEARCH
AND TEACHING SYNOPSIS:
Summary of research interests:
climate/environment change (both
past and present) including a focus on deglacial
landscape evolution, fluvial and drainage basin
geomorphology/landscape evolution, volcanic
geomorphology, natural hazards, river/watershed science.
More recent work has expanded into the linkages
between climatic/environmental change and aeolian
geomorphology, periglacial geomorphology,
and geoarcheology.
Skills/Methods utilized in research: Ground
penetrating radar, geographic information systems,
global navigation satellite systems, geochronology (e.g.
OSL, cosmogenic radionuclides),
sedimentology/geomorphology/surficial geology (coring,
mapping, description, interpretation, various analyses).
Currently learning development and implementation of
physical experiments/physical models.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
Professor of Geography:
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN. 2021-Present
Graduate Faculty:
University of Minnesota, Earth and Environmental
Sciences. 2019-Present
Website: https://www.esci.umn.edu/people/adjunct-faculty/
Graduate Program Coordinator -
Geography:
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN. 2019-2021; 2024
Associate Professor of Geography:
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN. 2018-2021
Assistant Professor of Geography:
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN. 2013-2018.
Director of Earth Science Programs:
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN.
2014-Present.
Founder and Co-Director, AGES Laboratory (now EARTH
Systems Laboratory)
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN.
2016-2021.
Full Course Instructor:
School of Geographical Science and Urban Planning –
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2010-2013
Taught Geography 101 (Intro Physical Geography),
Geography 211 (Landform Processes)
Lead Graduate Teaching Assistant:
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning -
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2009-2013.
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
in Geography, August 2013.
Arizona State University, School of Geographical
Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ
Dissertation: “Desert
fluvial terraces and their relationship with basin
development in the Sonoran Desert, Basin and Range:
Case studies from south-central Arizona.”
Master of Arts (M.A.) in
Geography, May 2011
Arizona State University, School of Geographical
Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ
Research Exam (Anthony J. Brazel
Award Winner 2010-2011)
Bailey Research Scholarship (2010)
Master's Research: "Landform development in the South Mountains
Metamorphic Core Complex."
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in
Geography-Resource Management,
May 2008
Physical Geology - Minor
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Department of
Geography and Anthropology, Department of Geology, Eau
Claire, WI
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
* denotes graduate student authors, authors in italics indicate
undergraduate
authors. TBS = to be submitted (author orders are
placeholders)
In Preparation:
Seong, Y.B., Skotnicki, S.J.,
Dorn, R.I., Schmeeckle, M., Larson,
P.H., Yong Yu, Byung, (in
prep, TBS 2025). Initiation of exotic rivers across
North America’s Sonoran Desert. Nature.
Larson, P.H., Millett, J.*, Running, G.L.,
Faulkner, D.J., Rittenour, T., Burds, L.*, Schirmer, R.,
Schaetzl, R. (in prep, TBS 2025). The origin and
geomorphology of cliff-top dunes: A review and case
study from the Chippewa River valley, Wisconsin, USA. Quaternary
Science Reviews.
*Shandonay, K.L., Senf, G. Bowen, M.W., Larson,
P.H., Running, G.L. (in prep, TBS 2025).
Late Quaternary records of environmental change in sand
stringers of the upper Midwest, USA. Boreas.
Swanson, M.*, Larson,
P.H., Wickert, A.W., Jennings, C.. (in
prep, TBS 2025) . Hillslope processes,
characteristics, and hazards in proglacial flood derived
landscapes: Minnesota River Valley, USA.
Landslides.
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Being Revised, Submitted, or
in Review:
Larson, P.H.,
Dorn, R.I., Douglass, J.C., Rittenour, T.M., Seong,
Y.B., Jeong, A. (being revised, Spring 2025).
Aggradational piracy as an underappreciated process of
drainage integration and landscape evolution. Earth
Surface Processes and Landforms.
*Penprase, S.B., Wilwerding, A.C., McKenzie, M.,
Wickert, A.D., Larson, P.H., Rittenour,
T.M. (submitted, Dec 2024). Slackwater sediments reveal
time-variable glacial meltwater routing down the Upper
Mississippi River at the Younger Dryas-Holocene
transition. Climate of the Past.
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Published:
*Penprase, S., Wickert, A., Larson,
P.H., Wood, J., Larsen, I.,
Rittenour, T. (Accepted, 2025). Plow vs. ice age:
Erosion rate variability from glacial-interglacial
climate change is an order of magnitude lower than
agricultural erosion in the upper Mississippi River
Valley. Geology.
Triplett, L., Hammer,
M.N., Delong, S.B., Gran, K.B., Jennings, C.E., Engle,
Z.T., Bartley, J.K., Blumentritt, D.J., Breckenridge,
A.J., Day, S., Kohout, M.A., Larson, P.H.,
Mcdermott, J.A., Richard, E.M. (Accepted, 2025).
Landslide occurrence and susceptibility dictated by
glacial activity and post-glacial fluvial network
development in Minnesota, USA. Natural Hazards.
2023-2024: This gap is the result of post viral and
bacteria illness and recovery. Some work continued on
grants, with students, and conference presentations (as
seen elsewhere in the C.V.), but mental and physical
capacity was severely limited during this time. Please
ask if you have questions.
*Shandonay, K.L., Bowen,
M.W., Larson, P.H., Running,
G.L., Rittenour, T., *Mataitis, R. (2022). Morphology
and stratigraphy of aeolian sand stringers in southeast
Minnesota and western Wisconsin, USA. Earth
Surface Processes and Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5428
Larson, P.H., Dorn, R.I., Skotnicki, S.,
Seong, Y.B. Gootee, B. (2022). Drainage integration in
extensional tectonic settings and the revival of the
great rivers of Arizona. Geomorphology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.108082
Schaetzl, R., Running, G., Larson,
P.H., Rittennour, T., Yansa, C., Faulkner,
D. (2021). Luminescence dating of sand wedges
constrains the late Wisconsin permafrost interval in the
upper midwest, USA. Boreas. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12550
Larson, P.H., Dorn, R.I., Skotnicki, S.,
Seong, Y.B., DePonty, J. (2020). Impact of drainage
integration on basin geomorphology and landform
evolution: Case study along the Salt and Verde Rivers of
the Sonoran Desert, USA. Geomorphology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107439
Skotnicki, S., Seong, Y.B., Dorn, R.I., Larson,
P.H., Deponty, J. (2020). Drainage
integration of the Salt and Verde Rivers in a Basin and
Range extensional landscape, central Arizona, USA. Geomorphology.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107512
*Hilgendorf, Z, *Wells, G., Larson,
P.H., *Millett, J., *Swanson, M. (2020).
From basins to rivers: Understanding the revitalization
and significance of top-down drainage integration
mechanisms in drainage basin evolution. Geomorphology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.107020
Dorn, R., Larson,
P.H. (2019). Forward: Episodic forward
prolongation of trunk channels in the Western United
States. Geomorphology, 343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.06.010
Oh, J.S., Seong, Y.B., Larson, P.H., Hong,
S.C., Yu, B.Y. (2019). Asymmetric hillslope retreat on
Rock Peak, San Tan Mountains, Arizona, USA: Assessing
caprock lithology control on landscape evolution. Annals
of the American Association of Geographers. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2019.1624421
Donovan, M., Belmont, P., Notebaert, B., Coombs,
T., Larson, P.H., Souffront, M.
(2019). Accounting
for uncertainty in measurements of river channel
migration. Earth Science Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.04.009
Schaetzl, R., Larson, P.H., Faulkner,
D.J., Running, G.L., Jol, H.M., and Rittenour T.
(2018). Eolian sand and loess deposits indicate
west-northwest paleowinds during the Late Pleistocene in
western Wisconsin, USA. Quaternary Research. 89:
769-785. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2017.88
Yuan, F., Larson, P.H., Mulvihill,
R., *Libby, D., Nelson, J., Grupa, T., Moore, R. (2017).
Mapping and Analyzing Stream Network Changes in Watonwan
River Watershed, Minnesota, USA. International
Journal of Geo-Information. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi6110369
Larson, P.H., Meek, N., Dorn, R.I.,
Douglass, J., Seong, Y.B., (2016). How Rivers Get Across
Mountains: Transverse Drainages. Annals of the
American Association of Geographers. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2016.1203283
Larson, P.H., Kelley, S., Dorn, R.I.,
Seong Y.B. (2016). Pace of Landscape Change in the
northeastern Sonoran Desert, United States. Annals
of the American Association of Geographers. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2016.1201420
GK GILBERT AWARD RECIPIENT –
American Association of Geographers:
Faulkner, D., Larson, P.H., Jol,
H.M., Running, G.L., Loope, H.M., and Goble, R.J.
(2016). Episodic Incision and Terrace Formation
Resulting from Abrupt Late-Glacial Base-Level Fall,
Lower Chippewa River, Wisconsin, USA. Geomorphology. 266:
75-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.04.016
Seong, Y.B., Larson, P.H., Dorn, R.I.
and Yu, B.Y. (2016). Evaluating process domains in small
arid granitic watersheds: Case study of Pima Wash, South
Mountains, Sonoran Desert, USA. Geomorphology.
255: 108-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.12.014
Larson, P.H., Dorn, R.I., Faulkner,
D.J, Friend, D.A. (2015). Toe-Cut Terraces: A Review and
Criteria to Differentiate from Traditional Fluvial
Terraces. Progress in Physical Geography. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133315582045
Larson, P.H. and Dorn, R.I. (2014).
Strath Development in Small Arid Watersheds: Case Study
of South Mountain, Sonoran Desert, Arizona. American
Journal of Science. 314: 1202-1223. https://doi.org/10.2475/08.2014.02
Larson, P.H., Dorn, R.I., *Palmer,
R.E., *Bowles, Z., *Harrison. E., *Kelley S.,
Schmeeckle, M. W., Douglass, J. (2014).
Pediment Response to Drainage Basin Evolution in
South-Central Arizona. Physical Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2014.931089
Dorn, R.I., Dorn, J., *Harrison, E., *Gutbrod, E., Gibson,
S., Larson, P.H.,
Cerveny, N., Lopat., N., Groom, K.M., Allen, C.D.
(2012). Case Hardening Vignettes from the Western USA:
Convergence of Form from a Divergence of Hardening
Processes. Association of Pacific Coast
Geographers Yearbook. 74: 112.
Larson, P.H. and Dorn, R.I. (2012).
Painting Yosemite Valley: A Case Study From the Rock
Coatings Encountered at Half Dome. Physical
Geography 33: 165-182. https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3646.33.2.165
Larson, P.H., Dorn, R.I, Douglass, J.,
Gootee, B.F., Arrowsmith, R. (2010). Stewart Mountain
Terrace: A New Salt River Terrace with Implications for
Landscape Evolution of the Lower Salt River Valley,
Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy
of Science 42: 26-35. https://doi.org/10.2181/036.042.0105
PUBLISHED DATA
INVENTORIES, REPORTS
* denotes graduate student
authors, authors in italics indicate undergraduate
authors.
DeLong, S.B., Engle, Z.T.,
Hammer, M.N., Jennings, C.E., Gran, K.B., Bartley, J.K.,
Blumentritt, D.J., Breckenridge, A.J., Day, S., Larson,
P.H., McDermott, J.A., Triplett, L.D.,
Wickert, A.D., Richard, Emilie, M., *Swanson, M.A.,
Allison, M., Dahlseid, A., Dahly, D.T., Dean, B.A.,
Endres, M., Kurak, E., Link, S., Matti, B., Rehwinkel,
R.W., Sockness, B., VanBerkel, J., Willard, J.G., and
Williams, A.B., (2021). Inventory of landslides in the
northwestern, northeastern, southern, and southeastern
parts of Minnesota: United States Geological Survey data
release. https://doi.org/10.5066/P94KF6OM
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/61439ca0d34e0df5fb951655
Larson, P.H., Belmont, P., Water Resources
Center. (2018). Final Report - Minnesota River Invasive
Carp Prevention Workplan: Minnesota DNR. Lessard-Sams
Outdoor Heritage Council through Minnesota DNR -
Minnesota River Invasive Carp Workplan.
BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS,
EDITOR/SPECIAL ISSUES:
* denotes graduate student authors, authors in italics indicate
undergraduate
authors
Larson, P.H., Ritter, M. (current) “The Physical
Environment.” 4th edition. Online digital textbook for
introduction to Physical Geography and Earth
Science. Utilized by introductory students at
Minnesota State and Arizona State.
Dorn, R.I., Larson,
P.H., Jeong, A. (in review, 2020-2024).
“Landforms on Faulted Rocks” in Essentials
of Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press.
Schaetzl, R., Marston, D., Eds.
Larson, P.H., Dorn, R.I., Seong, Y.B., Gootee, B. (2022).
Special Issue: "Drainage Integration in Extensional
Tectonic Terrains." Geomorphology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/geomorphology/special-issue/10769TKL6KQ
Hargitai, H. and Larson,
P.H. (2015). "Valley Terrace" in The
Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_629-1
Larson, P.H. and Dorn, R.I. (2015).
"Radiometric dating/techniques" in The
International Encyclopedia or Geography: People, the
Earth, Environment and Technology. Wiley
Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0077
Larson, P.H., *Harrison, E.J., and
*Palmer, E. (2013). "Introductory Physical Geography
Laboratory Manual", 10th edition, Hayden McNeil:
Michigan.
Larson, P.H. (2012). "Introductory
Physical Geography Laboratory Manual", 9th edition, Hayden
McNeil: Michigan.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS,
REPORTS, and/or PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:
* denotes graduate student authors, authors in
non-bold italics indicate undergraduate
authors
Wickert, A.D., Clubb, F.J., Larson, P.H.,
Riedesel, S., Peffekover, A., Penprase, S.B.,
Rittenour, T.M., Barefoot, E.A., Wood, J., Kuchta, M.,
Mitchell, P., Hassenruck-Gudipati, H.J., Jones, J.C.,
Larsen, I.C., Glade, I., Kurak, E., Schirmer, R.C.,
Jennings, C.E. (2024). Meltwater floods and isostatic
adjustment shaped the Upper Mississippi Valley.
Abstracts with Programs: American Geophysical Union
fall meeting.
Jones, J., Libby, D., England, H., *Rowen, J.,
Larson, P., Hilgendorf, Z., Brown, A.,
Wickert, A. (2024). A Tale of Three Rivers:
Anthropogenic Influence and Planform Change Across
Scales in Minnesota, USA. Abstracts with Programs:
American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
*Penprase, P. Wilwerding, A., McKenzie, M., Wickert,
A., Larson, P.H., Rittenour, T. (2024).
Slackwater Sediments Reveal Time-Variable Glacial
Meltwater Routing Down the Upper Mississippi River at
the Younger Dryas–Holocene Transition. Abstracts with
Programs: American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
*Rowen, J.K., England, H.O., Larson,
P.H., Hilgendorf, Z., Brown, A., Wood, J.,
Wickert, A. (2024). Assessing historical planform
channel change: Whitewater River basin, Minnesota,
USA. Abstracts with Programs: American Geophysical
Union fall meeting.
(https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2024AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/404247)
Senf. G., *Shandonay, K., Larson, P. (2024).
Distribution, chronology and paleoenvironmental
significance of aeolian sand stringers beyond the ice
margin, southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin,
USA. Abstracts with Programs: Geological Society of
America fall meeting.
(https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2024AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/402766)
*Delikowski, H., *Uchytil, G.,
*Rowen, J., *Fischer, A., Larson, P.H.,
Johnson, M., Faulkner, D., Running, G., Rittenour, T.,
Wickert, A., Brown, A., Hilgendorf, Z., Schirmer, R.
2024. Assessing the Role of Outburst
Floods in the Formation of the Lower St. Croix River
Valley, USA. Abstracts with Programs: European
Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024.
*Fischer, A., Susnik, C., Stafford, N.,
*Delikowski, H., *Rowen, J., Breckenridge, A., Larson,
P.H., Seong, Y.B., Faulkner, D., Ullman,
D., Wickert, A., Barefoot, E., Brown, A. 2024. A Sedimentologic,
Morphometric, and Geochronologic Investigation of
Ambiguous Dune-like Landforms: An Indicator of
Proglacial Lake Drainage in the Lake Superior Basin,
USA. Abstracts with Programs:
European Geosciences Union General Assembly
2024.
Wickert, A.D., Faulkner, D.J., Larson, P.H.,
Schildgen, T.F., Turowski, J.M., Malatesta, L.C., Iscen,
B.N., McNab, F., Hassenruck-Gudipati, H.J., Kwang, J.S.
2023. Geomorphic Evolution During Rapid Alluvial River
Incision. Abstracts with Programs: American Geophysical
Union fall meeting.
(Invited) *Penprase, S, Wickert,
A., Larson, P., Larsen, I.,
Rittenour, T., Faulkner, D., Running, G. Using Paired
Optically Stimulated Luminescence and Cosmogenic Nuclide
10Be Dating to Understand Changes in Erosion Rate within
a Fill–Cut Terrace Sequence: Whitewater River,
Southeastern Minnesota, USA. 2022. Abstracts with
Programs: American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
*Penprase, S., Wickert, A., Larson, P.,
Faulkner D., Barefoot, E., Wood, J., Jones, J., Dunn,
C., Larsen, I., Rittenour, T., Running, G. 2022. Impacts
of Changing Climate and Glacially Driven Base Level on
an Upper Mississippi River Tributary During the Most
Recent Glacial–post-Glacial Transition. Abstracts with
Programs: American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
Wickert, A., *Jones, J., *Iscen, N.,
Hassenruck-Gudipati, H., *Libby, D., Larson,
P., Barnhart, K., Van Wyk de Vries, M. 2022.
Self-consistently simulating transient and steady-state
river-channel width. Abstracts with Programs: American
Geophysical Union fall meeting.
*Wood, J. Wickert, A. Larson, P.,
Ostermann, K., *Cervantes de Bois, C., Running, G,
Faulkner, D., Svien, L., Christianson, D., Thompson, B.
2022. Buried in Bluff Country: Reshaping southeastern
Minnesota's Whitewater River Valley (USA) Through
Catastrophe, Conservation, and Climate Change. Abstracts
with Programs: American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
Penprase, S., Wickert, A., Larson, P.,
Larsen, I.J., Rittenour, T. (2022). Using paired
Optically Stimulated Luminescence and Cosmogenic Nuclide
10Be Dating to understand changes in erosion rate within
a fill-cut terrace sequence: Whitewater River,
southeastern Minnesota, USA. Abstracts with Programs:
Geological Society of America fall meeting.
Wickert, A.D., *Jones, J.,
*Iscen, N., *Libby, D., Larson, P.H., Barnhart,
K.R., *Van Wyk de Vries, M.S., Dunn, C.N. (2021).
Transient width adjustments of straight river channels
with cohesive banks. Abstracts with Programs:
American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
*Penprase, S.B., Wickert,
A.D., Larson, P.H., Dunn, C.N.,
Bezada, M., Running, G.L., Faulkner, D.J., *Jones, J.,
Schewe, J. (2021). Characterizing River Profile,
Concavity, and Sediment Discharge Response to Changes in
Base Level across Timescales: Whitewater River,
Southeastern Minnesota, USA. Abstracts with Programs:
American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
Wickert, A.D., Clubb,
F.J., Larson, P.H., Glade, I. (2021).
Glacial isostatic deformation of the Last Glacial
Maximum Mississippi River terrace. Abstracts with
Programs: Joint Paleo Constraints on Sea Level Rise and
Solid Earth Response and Influence on Cryospheric
Evolution fall meeting.
*Shandonay, K., Bowen,
M.W., Larson, P.H., Running, G.L.,
Rittenour, T.M. (2021) Stratigraphic Investigations of
Aeolian Sand Stringers in Southeast Minnesota and
Western Wisconsin. Abstracts with Programs:
Geological Society of America fall meeting.
Wickert, A.D., Clubb, F.J., Larson, P.H.,
*Glade, I. (2021). Glacial isostatic deformation of the
Last Glacial Maximum Mississippi River terrace.
Abstracts with Programs: Joint Paleo Constraints on Sea
Level Rise and Solid Earth Response and Influence on
Cryospheric Evolution fall meeting.
Wickert, A.D., Schildgen, T.F.,
Tofelde, S., Savi, S., Rojo, Y., Fleagle, S.,
*Callaghan, K.L., Barnes, R., *Penprase, S.B., Larson,
P., Roth, D.L. (2020). Self-consistently
matching sediment supply, water discharge, and channel
slope: Lane's balance at the catchment scale. Abstracts
with Programs: American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
*Burds, L., Schirmer,
R.C., Larson, P.H., Running, G.L.,
Wickert, A.D., Brown, A., *Anton, A.T., *Wiitanen-Eggan,
A.K. (2020). Evaluation and application of geophysical
methods in identifying potential Native American earthen
mounds in the upper Mississippi basin, USA. Abstracts
with Programs: Geological Society of America annual
meeting. Connects Online.
*Shandonay, K.L., Bowen,
M.W., Larson, P.H., Running,
G.L. (2020). Stratigraphy and geomorphic
evolution of sand stringers in the upper Mississippi
River Basin. Abstracts with Programs: Geological Society
of America annual meeting. Connects Online.
Engle, Z.T., DeLong, S.B.,
Bartley, J.K., Blumentritt, D., Breckenridge, A.J., Day,
S.S., Gran, K.B., Jennings, C.E., Larson,
P.H., McDermott, J.A., Triplett, L.D.,
Wickert, A.D. (2020). Towards design of a landslide
inventory geodatabase for Minnesota. Abstracts with
Programs: Geological Society of America North-Central
annual meeting, Duluth, Minnesota.
Jennings, C.E., Gran, K.B.,
DeLong, S.B., Bartley, J.K., Blumentritt, D.,
Breckenridge, A.J., Dahly, D.T., Day, S.S., Engle, Z.,
Hammer, M., *Kurak, E., Larson, P.H.,
McDermott, J.A., Richard, E.M., *Swanson, M., Triplett,
L.D. (2020). A landslide inventory for Minnesota.
Abstracts with Programs: Geological Society of America
North-Central annual meeting, Duluth, Minnesota.
Schaetzl, R.J., Running,
G.L., Larson, P.H., Rittenour, T.M.
(2020). Sand wedges point to permafrost and
aeolian activity in the Chippewa Valley ca. 18-13 ka.
Abstracts with Programs: Geological Society of American
North-Central annual meeting, Duluth, Minnesota.
*Shandonay, K.L., *Mataitis,
R.J., *Burds, L., Larson, P.H.,
Bowen, M.W., Running, G.L., Schaetzl, R.J., Rittenour,
T. (2020). Geomorphology of aeolian sand stringers in
western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. Abstracts
with Programs: Geological Society of American
North-Central annual meeting, Duluth, Minnesota.
*Burds, L., Larson,
P.H., Schirmer, R.C., Running, G.L.,
Faulkner, D.J., Rittenour, T., *Mataitis, R.J. (2020).
Aeolian geomorphology and geoarcheology of the Kiwanis
site, Chippewa River valley, Wisconsin. Abstracts with
Programs: Geological Society of American North-Central
annual meeting, Duluth, Minnesota.
*Gardner, D., *Penprase, S., Larson, P.H.,
Wickert, A.D., Faulkner, D.J., Blumentritt, D.,
Schirmer, R.C. (2020). Landscape evolution
and stream terraces of the Whitewater River valley,
Minnesota: Preliminary Results. Abstracts
with Programs: Geological Society of American
North-Central annual meeting, Duluth, Minnesota.
*Penprase, S.B., Wickert, A.D., Larson, P., Clubb,
F.J.,
*Kurak, E. (2019). Isolating climatic and glacial
impacts on river morphology: a paired-catchment study in
the upper Mississippi River watershed. Abstracts with
Programs: American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San
Francisco, California.
Faulkner, D.J., Larson,
P.H., Running, G.L., Jol, H.M. (2019).
The paraglacial lower Chippewa River, west-central
Wisocnsin, USA. Abstracts with Programs: Geological
Society of America annual meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
Larson, P.H., *Millett, J., *Burds, L., *Mataitis, R.J.,
Running, G.L., Rittenour, T.M., Nelson, M.S., Schaetzl,
R.J., Faulkner, D.J., Schirmer, R.C. (2019). Defining
the geomorphology of cliff-top dunes: Case study of the
Chippewa River valley, WI, USA. Abstracts with Programs:
Geological Society of America annual meeting, Phoenix,
Arizona.
*Mataitis, R.J., Larson,
P.H., Running, G.L., Schaetzl, R.J.,
Bowen, M.W., Faulkner, D.J., Rittenour, T.M., Nelson,
M.S., *Burds, L., Schirmer, R.C. (2019). Revisiting the
distribution and geomorphology of sand stringers beyond
the ice margin. Abstracts with Programs: Geological
Society of America annual meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
Schaetzl, R.J., Larson,
P.H., and Running, G.L. (2019). Dominance of
strong northwest winds across the midwest in the
postglacial period. Abstracts with Programs: Geological
Society of America annual meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
Schaetzl, R.J., Running,
G.L., Larson, P.H., Rittenour,
T., Faulkner, D., Knauff, J., Baisch, C., and Kaplan, S.
(2019). Loess deposition and remobilization in an
ice-marginal landscape. Abstracts with Programs:
International Union of Quaternary Research annual
meeting, Dublin, Ireland.
Marcou, N., Slade, A.,
*Mataitis, R., *Millett, J., Larson, P.H., Faulkner,
D., Schaetzl, R., Running, G., Bowen, M. (2019). Sand
stringers of southeastern Minnesota and west-central
Wisconsin: A progress report. Abstracts with Programs:
American Association of Geographers annual meeting,
Washington D.C.
*Swanson, M., *Kuehl, K., Bergstrom-Conley, R.,
*Millett, J., Wickert, A., Jennings, C.,
Bowen, M., Larson, P.H. (2019).
Revisiting the post-glacial landscape evolution of the
Minnesota River valley: Preliminary Results.
Abstracts with Programs: American Association of
Geographers annual meeting, Washington D.C.
Faulkner, D., Larson, P., Adams,
H., *Kuehl, K., *Hilgendorf, Z., Jol, H., Running, G.
(2019).
The Chippewa River: Paragon of a Paraglacial Fluvial
System. Abstracts with Programs: American
Association of Geographers annual meeting, Washington
D.C.
Larson, P.H., Belmont, P., Water
Resources Center. (2018). Final Report - Minnesota River
Invasive Carp Prevention Workplan: Minnesota DNR.
Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council through Minnesota
DNR - Minnesota River Invasive Carp Workplan.
*Oubre, M., Escobar, L., Larson, P. (2018).
Habitat Suitability for Four
Species of Invasive Carp in the Minnesota River,
South-Central Minnesota, USA. Abstracts with Programs:
American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Atlantic
City, Spring 2018.
*Millett, J., *Anzalone, C., Coonen, K., Jansen,
E., Gardner, D., Larson, P.H., Running,
G., Faulkner, D., Schirmer, R. (2018). Sandy Aeolian
Deposition in Southeaster Minnesota and Western
Wisconsin: A Forgotten and Poorly Understood Sandy
Aeolian Landscape. Preliminary Results. Abstracts
with Programs: American Association of Geographers
annual conference, New Orleans, Spring 2018.
*Oubre, M., Escobar, L., Larson, P.,
Water Resources Center. (2017). A Framework for Moedling
the Risk of Biological Invasions. Abstracts with
Programs: American Fisheries Society annual conference,
Tampa Bay, Fall 2017.
*Oubre, M., Escobar, L., Larson, P.,
Water Resources Center. (2017). Predicting Invasion Risk
for Invasive Carp in the Minnesota River. Abstracts with
Programs: American Fisheries Society annual conference,
Tampa Bay, Fall 2017.
Yuan, F., Larson, P.H., Mulvihill,
R., Nelson, J., Grupa, T., Moore, R. (2017).
Stream Network Changes and Environmental Impacts in
Watonwan River Watershed. Abstracts with Programs:
American Association of Geographers annual conference,
Boston, Spring 2017.
Arnold, S., Brown, A., Larson, P.H.,
Schirmer, R.C. (2017). A machine-learning geospatial
methodology for identifying Native American burial
mounds and earthworks from high resolution LiDAR
datasets, Minnesota, USA: Implications for research in
Geoarcheology and Geomorphology. Abstracts with
Programs: American Association of Geographers annual
conference, Boston, Spring 2017.
*Hilgendorf, Z.T., Moore, R., *Swanson,
M., *Salfer, J.T., *Libby,
D., Larson, P.H., Richards,
M., Batzlaff, B. (2017). Refining and
evaluating a method of hydro-modification of LIDAR
derived DEMs in agricultural land-use dominated
watersheds. County Ditch 57 watershed, Minnesota, USA.
Abstracts with Programs: American Association of
Geographers annual conference, Boston, Spring
2017.
Yuan, F., *Mulvihill, R., Larson,
P.H., *Libby, D., and *Hilgendorf,
Z. (2016). Mapping and Analyzing Stream Network Changes
in Watonwan River Watershed. Minnesota GIS/LIS
Consortium Annual Meeting, Duluth, Fall 2016.
*Libby, D.J. and Larson, P.H. (2016).
Assessing Historical Planform Channel Change Within an
Altered Watershed: Minnesota River, Minnesota, USA.
Abstracts with Programs: Geological Society of America
annual conference, Denver, Fall 2016.
*Libby, D.J., Larson, P.H., *Hilgendorf,
Z., *Williams, V.A., *Chadwick-Camp,
M., Howell, D.W., Aeikens, A.L., Scheeler, D.J.,
Millett, J.J., and Rothmeier, K.P. (2016).
Assessing Error and Uncertainty in Remote Analysis of
Channel Change Dynamics and Morphology. Case Study:
Minnesota River, Minnesota, USA. Abstracts with
Programs: Association of American Geographers annual
conference, San Francisco, Spring 2016.
*Hilgendorf, Z., Larson, P.,
and Hoppie, B. (2016). Analysis of nonpoint source
pollution mitigation strategies within an agricultural
watershed: Cobb River watershed, Minnesota River Basin,
south-central Minnesota - Premliminary Results.
Abstracts with Programs: Association of American
Geographers annual conference, San Francisco, Spring
2016.
*Libby, D.J., Larson, P.H.,
Belmont, P., Faulkner, D.J. (2016). Quantifying Historic
Channel Change Dynamics of the Minnesota River,
south-central Minnesota, USA. Abstracts with Programs:
Association of American Geographers annual conference,
San Francisco, Spring 2016.
*Hilgendorf, Z., Larson, P. and
Hoppie, B. (2015). County Ditch 57: Understanding the
Implications of Intensive Agricultural Practices within
First-Order Drainages and their Effects on the Larger
System. Abstracts with Programs: Association of American
Geographers: West Lakes Regional Conference, Fall
2015
*Brown, A., *Smith, C., Schirmer, R.,
and Larson, P. (2015).
Archeology and Landscape
Geomorphology in Three Dimensions: Integrating
Photogrammetrically and LiDAR Derived Point Clouds for
Multi-Scale 3D Analysis. Abstracts with Programs:
Association of American Geographers annual conference,
Chicago, IL. Spring 2015.
*Smith, C., *Brown, A., Larson,
P.H, and Wittkop, C. (2015). The
Significance of Alluvial Fans in the Landscape Evolution
of the lower Minnesota River Valley: Preliminary
Results. Abstracts with Programs: Association of
American Geographers annual conference, Chicago, IL.
Spring 2015.
Williams, V. and Larson, P.H. (2014).
Geostatistical
and Geospatial Analysis of I/I into Wastewater Treatment
Infrastructure. Presented at the Association of American
Geographers annual conference, Tampa Bay, FL. Spring
2014.
Larson, P.H., Dorn, R.I., *Kelley, S.
(2013). Reconstructing Paleotopography, Geomorphic
Processes and Landscape Evolution in Response to
Drainage Basin Integration - Salt and Verde Rivers,
Basin and Range, Arizona: Preliminary Results. Abstracts
with Programs. Presented at the Geological Society of
America annual conference, Denver, CO. Fall 2013.
Larson, P.H. (2011). Landform and
Drainage Development in a Metamorphic Core Complex,
Basin and Range, South-Central Arizona. Abstracts
with Programs. Presented at the Association of
American Geographers annual conference, New York, NY.
Spring 2011.
Larson, P.H., Dorn, R., *Gutbrod,
E., Gibson, S., Harrison, E., Schmeeckle,
M. (2009). Introduction to Geomorphology: An Online SQ
Experience. Presented at the Assocation of American
Geographers annual conference, Las Vegas, NV. Spring
2009.
Olson, L.M., Larson, P.H.,
Hupy, J., Jol, H.M., Faulkner, D.J., Running, G.L.
(2007). Late Quaternary Eolian Dunes and Fluvial
Terraces of the Lower Chippewa River Valley. Presented
at the Association of American Geographers annual
conference, Boston, MA, Spring of 2008.
Larson, P.H., Dryer, W.P., Mc
Donald, J., Baker, A., Running, G.L.,
Faulkner, D.J., Jol, H.M.
(2007). Geomorphology of Cliff-Top Parabolic Dunes
within the Lower Chippewa River Valley, Upper Putnam
Park, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Presented at the
Association of American Geographers annual conference,
Boston, MA, Spring of 2008.
Larson, P.H., Mc Donald, J.M.,
Dryer, W.P., Pascal, E.G., Jol, H.M., Craig,
M., Warnke, D.A., Teitler, L., (2007). High
Resolution GPR Investigation of a Lake Manly Shoreline
Deposit, Death Valley, California. Presented at the
Geological Society of America annual conference, Denver,
CO, fall 2007.
Speer, D.M., Larson, P.H., Faulkner,
D.J., Running, G.L., Jol, H.M., (2007).
Post-Glacial History of the Lower Chippewa River,
Western Wisconsin: A Progress Report. Presented at the
Association of American Geographers annual conference,
San Francisco, CA, spring 2007.
HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING
EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE:
Minnesota State University – Courses
Geog101 - Introduction to Physical Geography (GE3, GE10,
Lab Science) (online and in-person)
Geog313 - Natural Disasters (GE2)
Geog315 - Geomorphology
Geog409/509 - Water Resources
Geog440/540 - Field Methods
Geog415/515 - Earth Surface Processes
Geog416W/516 - Fluvial Geomorphology and Hydrology (W -
Writing Intensive)
Geog417/517 - Quaternary Environments and Climate
Change
Geog440/540 – National Parks, Environmental Issues, and
Geoscience in the Southwest
Geog 440/540 – Hawaii (In
Preparation)
Geog499 – Applied Geomorphology
Geog610 – Advanced Geomorphology/Arid Geomorphology/Arid
Environments
Geog610 – Issues in Physical
Geography
Geog677 – Advanced Fluvial Geomorphology/Sediment
Transport
Arizona State University
- Courses
GPH 211-Landform Processes (online)
GPH 111-Introduction to Physical Geography
K-12 Outreach/Service
AVID tutor (Math and Science)-
Connolly Middle School, Tempe, AZ
Arizona Geographic Alliance Summer Workshop
Co-Instructor
National Geographic Geography Bee Judge (Minnesota State
Championship 2017)
Director of Earth Science Programs/Earth Science Ed
Major, Minnesota State University (2014-present)
Earth-Space Science Teaching Reaccreditation (EPPAS),
Minnesota State University (2016, 2018, 2020)
University, Community, and
Discipline-Focused Service
Director of Earth Science
Programs, Minnesota State University (2014-present)
Co-Director and Founder of AGES
(now EARTH Systems) Laboratory (2016-present)
Created Geomorphology &
Earth Surface Processes Certificate in Earth Science
Prog. (2018)
Collaboratively Created
Geoarcheology Certificate in Anthropology Prog.
(2018)
Graduate Program Coordinator,
Geography (2019-2021)
Graduate Faculty, University of
Minnesota (2019-present)
Serving as co-advisor/committee
member for PhD students at premiere research institution
in the state of Minnesota
Southern Minnesota Landslide
Hazards Research and Outreach (2017-present)
Minnesota River Basin Invasive
Carp Research and Outreach (2015-2019)
Curriculum Restructuring for
Earth Science and Geography B.S. (2019-2020)
Led the redesign of the entire
Geography B.S. and Earth Science B.S. to make degrees
more inclusive, flexible, and contemporary to the
science of today
Applied for and Offered Study
Away Courses for Students:
Geog 416W/516: Fluvial
Geomorphology and Hydrology
Geog 440/540: National
Parks, Environmental Issues, and Geoscience in the
Southwest
Geog 610: Advanced
Geomorphology/Desert Geomorphology/Arid Environments
Served on and co-led Hiring
Committee for Soils Geomorphologist position in
Geography
Hosting, updating, and
maintaining “The Physical Environment” digital
intro-physical geography textbook. This is
offered to students free of charge at several
universities. See book publications above.
HONORS/AWARDS:
· Douglas R. Moore Research
Lectureship (2022) - Minnesota State
University, Mankato: Most prestigious research award
conferred by Minnesota State, Mankato
· GK Gilbert Award for
Excellence in Geomorphological Research (2019)
– American Association of Geographers, Geomorphology
Specialty Group (Faulkner et al., 2016)
· Dr. Duane Orr Teacher of the
Year Award Nomination (2018) - Minnesota State
University Student Association
· Advisor Recognition Award
Nomination (2018; not
eligible to win because of prior win) - Minnesota
State University
· Presidential Teaching Scholar
Fellowship (2016) - Minnesota State
University
· Advisor Recognition Award (2016) - Minnesota State
University
· Innovation with Technology
Award (2015) – Minnesota
State University
· Anthony J. Brazel Research
Exam Award (2010-2011) – Arizona
State University
· Mathew G. Bailey Scholarship
Award (2010) – Arizona State
University
· Undergraduate Excellence in
Research Award (2008) – University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
· University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire Outstanding Senior Award (2008)
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
INVITED TALKS:
· Douglas R. Moore Research
Lectureship (2022) – Minnesota State University,
Mankato. How Rivers Are Born and Evolve: A Paradigm
Shift in Earth Science.
·
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyFJDHT574Q
· Earth Seminar Series. University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. From Bathtub to Base-level:
Origin of Through-Flowing Drainages in Extensional
Tectonic Landscapes Part 2 (April 9th, 2021)
· Earth Surface Camaraderie.
Colorado School of Mines and University of Minnesota
Earth Surface Group. Drainage Integration in
Extensional Tectonic Terrains (Talk #1) and The Pediment
Problem (Talk #2) (2020)
· Department of Earth &
Environmental Sciences Seminar. University of
Minnesota-Duluth. From Bathtub to Base-level:
Origin of Through-Flowing Drainages in Extensional
Tectonic Landscapes (2020)
· Soft Rock Lecture Series.
University of Minnesota, Department of Earth
Sciences. Revival of the Great Rivers of
Arizona (2019)
· Minnesota State University
Geography Colloquia Series Talk: A River Runs
Through It: Creating Rivers in the Basin and Range,
pt. 2 (2015)
· Midwest Undergraduate Geography
Symposium. Gustavus Adolphus. Keynote Address: A
River Runs Through It: Creating Rivers in the Basin
and Range. (2015)
· Minnesota State University
Geography Colloquia Series: Bedrock Strath
Development in Small Arid Watersheds (2013)
· Earth Science Seminar Series -
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire: Implications
of Strath Development and Landscape Evolution in Small
Arid Watersheds: South Mountain, AZ. (2013)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
· Member, American Geophysical
Union
· Member, Geological Society of
America
· Member, European Geosciences
Union
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL
RESEARCH FUNDING:
(in preparation) National
Science Foundation: CNH2 – ~$1,150,000 -
Tentative Title: Assessing coupled
geomorphic-anthropogenic landscape evolution to
understand the origin of the Silvernale Phase of the
upper Mississippi River valley, Minnesota, USA.
Minnesota State, Mankato - PI - Phillip Larson,
Co-PI - Ronald Schirmer, Mark Bowen; University of
Minnesota - Institutional PI - Andrew Wickert.
(in preparation) National
Science Foundation: Mid-Career Advancement Award - ~$250,000
- Tentative Title: Drainage integration: A fundamental
mechanism of reshaping Planetary Surfaces. PI- Phillip
Larson
(in review - 2024) United States
Geological Survey: Federal Interagency Sedimentation
Project. The influence of particle shape on grain size
distribution analysis using laser diffraction.
University of Minnesota - Jessica Margraff (PI), Andrew
Wickert (Co-PI); Minnesota State, Mankato - Phillip
Larson, Mark Bowen (Institutional PIs). MSU Total:
$14,858
(2024) Faculty Research Grant (MSU) - $6,000 -
Understanding the Process and Impact of Glacial Lake
Outburst Floods (Jokulhaups). A Geophysical,
Geomorphologic, Geochronologic, and Geospatial Analysis
of Glacial Lake Missoula Floods in Camas Prairie, MT. PI
- Phillip Larson
(2024) National Science Foundation: RAPID GLD -
Collaborative Research: RAPID: Quantifying the fluvial
geomorphic response of the Blue Earth River to a
catastrophic avulsive dam failure, Rapidan Dam,
Minnesota. UW-Eau Claire - Zachary Hilgendorf (Lead);
Minnesota State, Mankato - Phillip Larson
(Institutional PI); University of Minnesota - Andrew
Wickert (Institutional PI). MSU Total: $26,558
(2022) National Science Foundation: FRES (Frontier
Research in Earth Sciences) - $2,795,159 - Collaborative
Research: Lake Superior basin: Natural geomorphic
experiment, deepwater-terminating ice stream, and
isostatically adjusting rift. PI's: Univ. of
Minnesota - Andy Wickert (Lead), Karen Gran (Co-PI),
Maximilliano Bezada (Co-PI), Keisha Varma (Co-PI);
Minnesota State, Mankato - Phillip Larson
(Institutional PI); Harvard - Jerry Mitrovica
(Institutional PI); UW-Superior - Andy Breckenridge
(Institutional PI); UW-Madison - Luke Zoet (Co-PI),
Marianne Haseloff (Institutional PI). MSU Total: $705,829
(2022) Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund -
$199,000 - Land-use and climate impacts on Minnesota's
Whitewater River. PI - Andy Wickert (UMN); Subcontract
PIs: Phillip Larson (Minnesota State, Mankato),
Dylan Blumentritt (Winona St.); Collaborators: Lawerence
Svien (Minnesota board of Water and Soil Resources),
Sara Holger (Minnesota DNR). MSU Total: $85,000
(2019) Global Education Faculty Curriculum Development
Grant (MSU) - $2000 - Climate change research
and training driven pedagogical development for
Geography 101, Geog 417/517, and potential new study
abroad exploration - Patagonia, Argentina. (PI - Phillip
Larson)
(2019) Faculty Improvement Grant (MSU) - $2732 -
Training and Research in Solid Earth response of the
Patagonian Andes to post-Little Ice Age glacial retreat.
PI - Phillip Larson
(rejected 2019) Uncovering links between
hydrology, geomorphology, and aquatic ecology on the
Chippewa River, Wisconsin. United States Geological
Survey. PI- Andy Wickert (UMN), Co-PI- Phillip
Larson. Co-PI- Doug Faulkner (UWEC). Co-PI-
Jeffrey Ziegeweid (USGS). MSU Total: $93,231.
(rejected, 2019) A new template for
integrated watershed-, reach-, and point-scale
monitoring of catchment function through open-source
technology. Department of Energy. PI- Andy
Wickert (UMN), Co-PI- Phillip Larson. MSU
Total: $65,831.
(2017) Landslide Hazards and Impacts on Minnesota's
Natural Environment. Environmental and Natural
Resources Trust Fund (Legislative-Citizen Commission on
Minnesota Resources) – Proposal Total: $500,000. PI- Dr.
Karen Gran (U of Minnesota – Duluth), Dr. Andrew Wickert
(U of Minnesota), Dr. Carrie Jennings (Freshwater
Society, U of Minnesota), Co-PI - Phillip Larson.
MSU Total: $51,964.
(2016) Presidential Teaching Scholar Fellowship (MSU)
- $7,300, PI- Phillip Larson
(2015) Faculty Research Grant (MSU) - $4,900 -
Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating of basin sediment cores,
Arizona. PI - Phillip Larson
(2014) School of Social and Behavior Sciences Special Funding (MSU) - $3,000 - Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating in the Salt and Verde River Valley, AZ. PI - Phillip Larson
(2014) Faculty Improvement Grant (MSU)- $2,500 - Professional development - Optical Stimulating Luminescence at Utah State University. PI- Phillip Larson
(2014) Faculty Research Grant (MSU)- $5,000 - Optical Stimulated Luminescence dating of fluvial terraces and aeolian dunes in the Chippewa River Valley, WI (PI - Phillip Larson). (2011) Mathew G. Bailey Scholarship Award (ASU) - ~$800 - Field work on the Salt and Verde River Valleys. (PI - Phillip Larson)
GRADUATE STUDENTS
SUPERVISED (committee chair unless
otherwise noted)
|
Student - Thesis research chair/advisor
unless otherwise noted |
Undergraduate
Institution |
Thesis Research |
Year Graduated |
Current Position |
|
Carson A. Smith |
Gustavus Adolphus
(Geology) |
Floodplain Inundation
Mapping: An Evaluation of Geospatial Tools on
the Minnesota River, MN. |
2013 - 2016 |
|
|
Andrew Brown |
Minnesota State
University (Anthropology) |
MAID – Minnesota
Archeological Integrated Database |
2014 – 2016 |
EARTH Systems Laboratory
Geospatial Data Research Manager |
|
Devon Libby |
Minnesota State
University (Geography) |
Assessing Historical
Planform Channel Change in an Altered Watershed
with Quantification of Error and Uncertinaty
Present in a GIS/Aerial Photograph-based
Analysis; Case Study: Minnesota River,
Minnesota, USA. |
2014 – 2018 |
|
|
Vinson Williams |
Minnesota State
University (Geography) |
A Geospatial Approach to
Assessing I/I in Wastewater Infrastructure: Case
Study of Minneapolis/St Paul, MN. |
2015 – 2017 |
|
|
Zach Hilgendorf |
University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Geography) |
The Efficacy of Best
Management Practices on Peak Discharge and
Contaminant Loads in Agricultural Drainage
Systems, Blue Earth River Watershed,
South-Central Minnesota, USA. |
2015 - 2018 |
Assistant Professor, UW- Eau Claire |
|
Melissa Oubre |
Arizona State University
(Geography) |
Predicting Invasive Carp
Habitat Suitability in the Minnesota River
Basin, Minnesota. |
2015 - 2018 |
PhD Student - Bowling
Green (Fall, 2018) |
|
Jason Millett |
Minnesota State
University (Geography) |
Cliff-Top Dunes in the
Lower Chippewa River Valley of West-Central
Wisconsin |
2017 - 2019 |
|
|
Kira Kuehl |
University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Geography) |
Non-thesis (APP) Single-Grain Optical
Stimulated Luminescence Dating at Cambria Pit,
Minnesota River Valley, Minnesota, USA |
2017 - 2020 |
|
|
Melissa Kohout/Swanson |
Minnesota State
University (Earth Science) |
Mass Wasting
Investigation and Assessment in the Midwest:
Case Study of the Minnesota River Valley, New
Ulm to St. Peter, Minnesota, USA |
2017 - 2019 |
|
|
Ricky Mataitis |
University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Geology) |
Distribution,
Geomorphology and Significance of Sand Stringers
in west-central Wisconsin and southern
Minnesota, USA. |
2018 - 2020 |
Magee
Geophysical Services (Reno, NV) |
|
Luke Burds |
University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Geography) |
The Kiwanis Site: A
Multi-Method Geophysical Approach to
Investigating Mound Features |
2018 – 2021 |
|
|
Alec Anton |
|
|
|
State of South Dakota -
Archeologist |
|
Kenzie Shandonay |
University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Geography) |
Aeolian Sand Stringers
in the Upper Midwest, USA: Morphology,
Stratigraphy, and Paleoenvironmental
Significance. |
2019-2021 |
PhD Candidate - Arizona
State (Fall 2021) |
|
Owen Lott
|
Minnesota State
University (Earth Science) |
Comparative Analysis of
Water Quality Monitoring Procedures in Small
Minnesota Lake Systems, Bass Lake Watershed,
South-Central Minnesota |
2019-2021 |
Johnson Outdoors |
|
Shanti Penprase
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Carleton College
(Geology) |
TBD |
? - 2024 |
Post
Doc - Dartmouth |
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Nilay Iscen |
Middle East Technical University (M.S., B.S.)
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TBD |
Current |
PhD Student - University
of Minnesota |
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Jimmy Wood (Co-advised with Andrew
Wickert, University of Minnesota)
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University of
Nebraska-Omaha |
Buried in bluff country:
Stream and valley sedimentation in the
Whitewater River Valley, Minnesota (USA) |
2022-2024 (Earth and Environmental Sciences) |
National Park Service |
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Hunter Delikowski |
University of Wisconsin
– Eau Claire |
Post-glacial Landscape
Evolution of the Lower St. Croix River Valley:
The Enigma of Glacial Lake Grantsburg, the
Osceola Bench, and the St. Croix Dells. |
2022-2024 |
M.S. Student – MNSU |
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Abi Fisher |
University of Wisconsin
– Eau Claire |
Geomorphology,
Sedimentology, and Depositional Chronology of the
Christmas Dunes and their Implications for
Proglacial Lake Drainage in the Lake Superior
Basin |
2022-2024 (Geography) |
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Madie Laaksonen |
St. Norbert |
Outlets of Lake Duluth
TBD Title |
2023-current (Geography) |
M.S. Student - MNSU |
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Jayda Rowen |
Minnesota State
University (Earth Science) |
Geomorphology and
Sedimentology of Megaflood landforms:
Comparative Study of Proglacial Lake Drainage in
the Camas Prairie and Christmas Dunes |
2024-current (Geography) |
M.S. Student - MNSU |
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Emma Trettin |
UW-La Crosse |
TBD Title - Whitewater
River channel geometry |
2024-current |
M.S. Student - MNSU |
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