D. Scott Mackay
( Ph.D., 1997, U. Toronto)

Associate Professor
Ecohydrology

Department of Geography
State University of New York
105 Wilkeson Quadrangle
Buffalo, NY 14261 USA

Phone: +1-716-645-0477
Fax: +1-716-645-2329
dsmackay at buffalo dot edu

Curriculum vitae

coHydrology @ UB
Research Interests
My research group focuses on coupled hydrological and ecological processes involving water, energy, carbon, sediment, and nutrient fluxes in forests, agricultural watersheds, and semi-arid shrub systems. Our research spans spatial scales from individuals to regions and temporal scales from minutes to centuries. One area we have been focusing on recently how fluxes are altered along transitions between systems (e.g., upland-wetland, forest edges, and shrub "islands"). Funding for our work has been provided by the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy National Institute for Climate Change Research.

On-going research
• Controls on tree transpiration along environmental gradients
• Quantifying biological versus physical drivers of evapotranspiration
• Climate change effects on carbon fluxes in wetland-rich landscapes
• Linkages between rhizosphere hydraulics and carbon fluxes
• Hydrometeorological drivers of vector-borne diseases
• Sinks and sources of bioavailable phosphorus in agricultural watersheds

Research Links
• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
• Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE)
• Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS)
• The Susquehanna River Basin Hydrologic Observatory System (SRBHOS)
• North American Carbon Program (NACP)
• Community of Science Profile
• Semantic Integration of Geographic Information Training Group

Teaching
I regularly teach courses on global climate change, ecohydrology, and earth surface processes.