PhD. University of New Hampshire, Natural Resources, 2000
MSc. University of Aberdeen, Soil Science, 1996
BSC. University of Stirling, Environmental Science, 1995

Assistant Professor 2006 - Date, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Research Assistant Professor, 2002-2006, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Post Doctoral Research Associated, 2000-2002, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

I investigate land use and carbon and nitrogen cycling. Which can include links between foliar chemistry and soil solution chemistry and between soil characteristics and stream chemistry.

2008 - Mexican Academy of Sciences: Distinguished Visiting Professor Award, Colegio de Postgraduaos, Texcoco, MX 2002 - German Federation: Visiting Scientist Award, BITOK, Germany Member: American Geophysical Union, Soil Science Society of America

Aitkenhead-Peterson J, Nahar N, Santhy K and Bilek M (in review). Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in urban and rural sub-tropical post oak savannah watersheds: land use and land management influences. Biogeochemistry

Oulehle F, McDowell W H, Aitkenhead-Peterson J A, Krám P, Hruška J, Navrátil T, Buzek F, and Fottová D. (2008). Long-term trends in stream nitrate concentrations and losses across watersheds undergoing recovery from acidification in the Czech Republic. Ecosystems, 11, 410-425.

Albrechtova J, Seidl Z, Aitkenhead-Peterson J A, Lhotakova Z, Rock B, Alexander J E, Malenovsky Z, and McDowell W H. (2008). Spectral analysis of coniferous foliage and possible links to soil chemistry: can remote sensing of foliage predict variation in soil C and N chemistry? Sci. Tot. Env. 404, 424-432. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.11.006

Aitkenhead-Peterson J A., Smart R P., Aitkenhead M J., Cresser M S., and McDowell W H., (2007). Spatial and temporal variation of DOC export from gauged and un-gauged watersheds of the Dee Valley Scotland: effect of land cover and soil C:N. Water Resour. Res., 43, WO5442, doi:10.1029/2006WR004999

Aitkenhead M J, Aitkenhead-Peterson J A, Smart R P, Cresser M and McDowell W H. (2007). Predicting DOC export in Scottish watersheds using a neural network trained with watershed soil attributes. J. Computers and Geosciences. 33, 423-436. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2006.08.002

McDowell W H, Zsolnay A, Aitkenhead-Peterson J A, Gregorich E G, Jones D L, Jödemann D, Kalbitz K, Marschner B and Schwesig D (2006). A comparison of methods to determine the biodegradable dissolved organic matter (DOM) from different terrestrial sources. Soil Biol. Biochem. 38, 1933-1942, doi: 10-1016/j.soilbio.2005.12.018

Aitkenhead-Peterson J A, Alexander J E, Albrechtová J, Lhotakova Z, Huntley R, Rock B Cudlin, P, Krám P, Hruška J, Polak T, Oulehle F and McDowell W H. (2006) Linking foliar chemistry to forest floor solid and solute phase organic C and N in Norway spruce stands in northern Bohemia. Plant Soil, 283, 193-207, doi:10.1007/s11104-006-0010-7

Aitkenhead-Peterson J A, Alexander J E and Clair T A., (2005) Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen export from forested watersheds in Nova Scotia: Identifying controlling factors. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19,GB4016 doi.10.1029/2004GB002438

Aitkenhead-Peterson J A and Kalbitz K. (2005) Short-term response to the quantity and quality of rhizo-deposited carbon from Norway spruce exposed to low and high N inputs. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 168, 687-693. doi: 10.1002/jpla.200420468

McDowell W H, Magill A, Aitkenhead-Peterson J A, Aber J D, Merriam J and Kaushall S S. (2004) Effects of chronic nitrogen amendment on dissolved organic matter and inorganic nitrogen in soil solution. Forest Ecology and Management 196, 29-41

Aitkenhead J A and McDowell W H. (2000). Soil C:N ratio as a predictor of annual riverine DOC flux at local and global scales. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 14, 127-138

Aitkenhead J A, Hope D and Billett M F. (1999). The relationship between dissolved organic carbon in streamwater and soil organic carbon pools at different spatial scales. Hydrological. Processes. 13, 1289-1302

W H McDowell

Examination of soils and foliage in Watersheds 7 8 and 9

Principal Investigator