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Department/Program(s):
    Position: Faculty
    Title: Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
    Area(s):
    • Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
    Research Area(s):
    Ecohydrology; savanna ecology; surface hydrology; landscape ecology; ecological modeling

    Office: C319B Engineering Quad C-Wing
    Phone: 609-258-4614
    Kelly Caylor

     

    Education

    Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 2003
    B.A. with High Distinction, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1996
     
    Research Interests
     
    My lab group’s research addresses the coupled feedbacks between terrestrial vegetation and surface hydrological dynamics, with a focus on the causes and consequences of spatial patterns in plants and their accompanying root systems within water-limited landscapes. My research approaches integrate theoretical development, field observations, and simulation modeling to develop new insight into the complex ecohydrological controls on water balance in water-limited landscapes. I examine these topics at a number of spatial and temporal scales; from patch-level experimental and observational work to regional-scale investigations that rely heavily on numerical modeling and the application of remote sensing technologies.
     
    Courses
     
    CEE 307/EEB 305  Field Ecohydrology
    CEE 599  Environmental Biophysics
    CEE 599  Research Topics in Ecohydrology

    Updated May 6, 2009


    Recent Publications


    1. Caylor, K.K., D. Dragoni (2008) "On the structural and environmental determinants of sap velocity: Part I, Methodolgical development", Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.2006.
    2. Dragoni, D., Caylor, K.K., and H. Schmid (2008) "On the structural and environmental determinants of sap velocity: Part II, Observational application ", Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.010.
    3. Wang, L., Caylor, K.K., and D. Dragoni (2008) "On the calibration of continuous, high-precision d18O and d2H measurements using an off-axis integrated cavity output spectrometer", Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, in press.
    4. Wang, L., G.S. Okin, Caylor, K.K., and S. Macko (2008) "Spatial heterogeneity and sources of soil carbon in southern African savannas", Geoderman, in press.
    5. Okin, G.S., N. Mladenov, D. Cassel, G.S. Okin, K.K. Caylor, and S. Ringrose (2008) "Spatial patterns of soil nutrients in two contrasting southern African savannas", JGR-Biogeosciences, Vol 113, G02011, doi:10.1029/2007JG000584.