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Ashleigh Kirker

Assistant Professor

Portrait of Ashleigh Kirker

Portrait of Ashleigh Kirker
Cheatham Hall, RM 210G, Virginia Tech
310 West Campus Dr.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
akirker@vt.edu
540-231-1560
  • B.S. College of Charleston, 2018
  • Ph.D. Temple University, 2023    

Interest areas:

  • Urban hydrology
  • Land use legacies
  • Process-based hydrologic modeling
  • Wetland function and connectivity

Teaching responsibilities

  • FREC 4354 - Forest Soils and Watershed Management
  • WATR 1984 - First Year in Water
  • WATR/ALS 4614/5614G - Watershed Assessment, Management, and Policy

Kirker, A. N., Cushman, E., & Toran, L. (2024). Disconnect between Capture Areas and Stormwater Runoff: A Pre-and Postinstallation Model of Two Stormwater Control Measures. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 10(3), 04024006. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.SWENG-544

Kirker, A. N., & Toran, L. (2023). When impervious cover doesn't predict urban runoff: Lessons from distributed overland flow modeling. Journal of Hydrology, 621, 129539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129539

Kirker, A. N., & Toran, L. (2023). Dual isotopes of nitrate reveal varying flow paths to stormwater retention basins. Catena, 220, 106681.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106681

Kirker, A., & Vulava, V. M. (2021). Identification of stormwater pollution hotspots in charleston peninsula. Journal of South Carolina Water Resources, 8(1), 7. https://open.clemson.edu/jscwr/vol8/iss1/7/

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