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| name = Audrey Hucks Sawyer
| name = Audrey Hucks Sawyer
| workplaces = Ohio State University ; University of Kentucky ; University of Delaware
| workplaces = Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Delaware
| alma_mater = PhD University of Texas-Austin 2011
| alma_mater = PhD University of Texas-Austin 2011
| awards = GSA Kohout Early career Award; NSF CAREER Award
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'''Audrey Hucks Sawyer''' is an American hydrogeologist and Assistant Professor of Earth Science at [[Ohio State University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://earthsciences.osu.edu/people/sawyer.143|title=Audrey Sawyer|website=earthsciences.osu.edu|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> Her work has focused on quantifying the role of groundwater - surface water interactions in transporting nutrients, contaminants, and heat in rivers and coastal settings.<ref>https://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/2012%20newsletter.pdf</ref> Sawyer has won multiple awards, including the [[National Science Foundation CAREER Awards|National Science Foundation CAREER Award]] <ref name=":2" /> in 2018 and the Kohout Early Career Award in 2016.<ref name=":8" />
'''Audrey Hucks Sawyer''' is an American hydrogeologist and Assistant Professor of Earth Science at [[Ohio State University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://earthsciences.osu.edu/people/sawyer.143|title=Audrey Sawyer|website=earthsciences.osu.edu|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> Her work has focused on quantifying the role of groundwater - surface water interactions in transporting nutrients, contaminants, and heat in rivers and coastal settings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/2012%20newsletter.pdf|title=2012 Newsletter|website=uky.edu|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Sawyer has won multiple awards, including the [[National Science Foundation CAREER Awards|National Science Foundation CAREER Award]]<ref name=":2" /> in 2018 and the Kohout Early Career Award in 2016.<ref name=":8" />


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==


In 2004 Audrey Sawyer graduated ''Summa Cum Laude'' from [[Rice University]] with a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science and Environmental Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cuahsi.org/layouts/board-lightbox/audrey-sawyer|website=www.cuahsi.org|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> In 2007, Sawyer attended [[Pennsylvania State University]], from which she received a Master of Science in Geoscience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g3.ems.psu.edu/|title=G3 Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids & Geohazards|last=Services|first=WPSU-Creative|website=g3.ems.psu.edu|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> Consequently, in 2011 Sawyer obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Science at [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://criticalzone.org/christina/people/person/sawyer-audrey/|title=Sawyer, Audrey {{!}} Christina Critical Zone Observatory|website=criticalzone.org|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> Her thesis focused on the “Complexity in river-groundwater exchange due to permeability heterogeneity, in-stream flow obstacles, and river stage fluctuations."<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Complexity in river-groundwater exchange due to permeability heterogeneity, in-stream flow obstacles, and river stage fluctuations|url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2805|date=May 2011|degree=thesis|first=Audrey Hucks|last=Sawyer}}</ref>
In 2004 Audrey Sawyer graduated [[summa cum laude]] from [[Rice University]] with a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science and Environmental Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cuahsi.org/layouts/board-lightbox/audrey-sawyer|title=AUDREY SAWYER|last=|first=|date=|website=www.cuahsi.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217111804/https://www.cuahsi.org/layouts/board-lightbox/audrey-sawyer |archive-date=2019-12-17 |access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> In 2007, Sawyer attended [[Pennsylvania State University]], from which she received a Master of Science in Geoscience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g3.ems.psu.edu/|title=G3 Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids & Geohazards|last=Services|first=WPSU-Creative|website=g3.ems.psu.edu|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref>
In 2011 Sawyer obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Science at [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://criticalzone.org/christina/people/person/sawyer-audrey/|title=Sawyer, Audrey {{!}} Christina Critical Zone Observatory|website=criticalzone.org|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> Her thesis focused on the "Complexity in river-groundwater exchange due to permeability heterogeneity, in-stream flow obstacles, and river stage fluctuations."<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Complexity in river-groundwater exchange due to permeability heterogeneity, in-stream flow obstacles, and river stage fluctuations|url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2805|date=May 2011|degree=thesis|first=Audrey Hucks|last=Sawyer}}</ref>


== Career and research ==
== Career and research ==
Following her Doctoral degree, Sawyer worked as a Post Doctoral Researcher at the [[University of Delaware]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ceoe.udel.edu/schools-departments/department-of-geological-sciences/geological-sciences-research/hydrogeology/people|title=Hydro Group|website=www.ceoe.udel.edu|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> from 2011 until 2012. Subsequently, Sawyer was hired as an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental sciences at [[University of Kentucky]] from 2012 until 2014. Following this, Sawyer became an Assistant Professor of Earth Science at [[Ohio State University]] from 2014 to present.<ref name=":1" /> Sawyer's work focuses on analyzing the surface - groundwater interactions in rivers and coastal settings in order to quantify the level of contaminants, nutrients, and heat being transported between these bodies of water. She uses field observations, controlled laboratory column experiments, and computer models to study surface and groundwater content.<ref name=":2" />
Following her Doctoral degree, Sawyer worked as a Post Doctoral Researcher at the [[University of Delaware]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ceoe.udel.edu/schools-departments/department-of-geological-sciences/geological-sciences-research/hydrogeology/people|title=Hydro Group|website=www.ceoe.udel.edu|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> from 2011 until 2012. Subsequently, Sawyer was hired as an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental sciences at [[University of Kentucky]] from 2012 until 2014. Following this, Sawyer became an Assistant Professor of Earth Science at [[Ohio State University]] from 2014 to present.<ref name=":1" /> Sawyer's work focuses on analyzing the surface - groundwater interactions in rivers and coastal settings in order to quantify the level of contaminants, nutrients, and heat being transported between these bodies of water. She uses field observations, controlled laboratory column experiments, and computer models to study surface and groundwater content.<ref name=":2" />
[[File:Audrey Sawyer sampling.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Audrey Sawyer sampling.jpg|thumb]]
Sawyer is member of the [[American Geophysical Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.agu.org/Search/PublicProfile?userId=361AFC56-BCB0-4CD9-AA9A-182DA1FC52F3|title=AGU - American Geophysical Union|website=www.agu.org|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> and of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref name="aaas.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/search?searchTerm=Audrey%20H%20Sawyer&order=tfidf&limit=textFields&pageSize=10&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Achievement&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Blog&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Event&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20News&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Page&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Resource&articleTypes=Research%20and%20reviews&articleTypes=News&articleTypes=Careers%20and%20career%20resources&articleTypes=Perspectives%20and%20commentary&articleTypes=Book%20and%20media%20reviews&articleTypes=Errata%20and%20corrections&articleTypes=Sciencetific%20community&articleTypes=Podcasts,%20webinars,%20and%20media&articleTypes=Summaries%20and%20introductions&articleTypes=Other/unknown&articleTypes=Author%20information&|title=Results {{!}} American Association for the Advancement of Science|website=www.aaas.org|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref> She is also an Officer at the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Incorporated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cuahsi.org/about/governance/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors {{!}} Governance {{!}} About {{!}} CUAHSI - Universities Allied for Water Research|website=www.cuahsi.org|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> Sawyer has been the lead investigator of research done for the [[United States Geological Survey]] during 2014 and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://water.usgs.gov/wrri/annual-base-grants.php|title=The United States Geological Survey Water Resources Research Act Program: Annual Base Grants|website=water.usgs.gov|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> The focus of each of these researches have been "Use of time-lapse electrical resistivity to image solute transport in a karst conduit" (Start Date: 2014-03-01 End Date: 2015-02-28)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://water.usgs.gov/wrri/grant-details.php?ProjectID=2014KY238B&Type=Annual|title=The United States Geological Survey Water Resources Research Act Program: Grant Details for Project 2014KY238B|website=water.usgs.gov|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref> and "Quantifying direct groundwater discharge to Lake Erie and vulnerability to hidden nutrient loads" (Start Date: 2017-03-01 End Date: 2018-02-28)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://water.usgs.gov/wrri/grant-details.php?ProjectID=2017OH534B&Type=Annual|title=The United States Geological Survey Water Resources Research Act Program: Grant Details for Project 2017OH534B|website=water.usgs.gov|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref> respectively.
Sawyer is member of the [[American Geophysical Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.agu.org/Search/PublicProfile?userId=361AFC56-BCB0-4CD9-AA9A-182DA1FC52F3|title=AGU - American Geophysical Union|website=www.agu.org|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> and of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref name="aaas.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/search?searchTerm=Audrey%20H%20Sawyer&order=tfidf&limit=textFields&pageSize=10&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Achievement&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Blog&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Event&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20News&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Page&articleTypes=AAAS.org%20Resource&articleTypes=Research%20and%20reviews&articleTypes=News&articleTypes=Careers%20and%20career%20resources&articleTypes=Perspectives%20and%20commentary&articleTypes=Book%20and%20media%20reviews&articleTypes=Errata%20and%20corrections&articleTypes=Sciencetific%20community&articleTypes=Podcasts,%20webinars,%20and%20media&articleTypes=Summaries%20and%20introductions&articleTypes=Other/unknown&articleTypes=Author%20information&|title=Results {{!}} American Association for the Advancement of Science|website=www.aaas.org|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref> She is also an Officer at the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Incorporated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cuahsi.org/about/governance/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors {{!}} Governance {{!}} About {{!}} CUAHSI - Universities Allied for Water Research|website=www.cuahsi.org|access-date=2019-09-13|archive-date=2019-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217095908/https://www.cuahsi.org/about/governance/board-of-directors|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sawyer has been the lead investigator of research done for the [[United States Geological Survey]] during 2014 and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://water.usgs.gov/wrri/annual-base-grants.php|title=The United States Geological Survey Water Resources Research Act Program: Annual Base Grants|website=water.usgs.gov|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>


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Sawyer's work has been published by multiple journals, such as [[Water Resources Research]], ''[[Geophysical Research Letters]]'', ''[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]'': Bio-geosciences section, and Oceans section.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?target=default&ContribAuthorStored=Sawyer%2C+Audrey+H&|title=Author: Sawyer, Audrey H : Search|website=AGU Journals|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref> In addition to this, she has been published by ''[[Journal of Hydrology]]'', ''GroundWater Journal'',{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} as well as the scientific journals supported by the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref name="aaas.org" />
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== Publications ==
Sawyer has both led and collaborated in over 30 publications between 2009 and 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SgKbCNMAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Audrey H. Sawyer - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref>


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Sawyer's most cited research focused on "Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross-bedded sediment" (2009). This study quantified how the permeability of [[Cross-bedding|cross beds]] influence the ground-water and river bed water exchange, also referred as the hyporheic exchange.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last1=Sawyer|first1=Audrey Hucks|last2=Cardenas|first2=M. Bayani|s2cid=129538068|date=2009|title=Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross-bedded sediment|journal=Water Resources Research|volume=45|issue=8|doi=10.1029/2008WR007632|issn=1944-7973|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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Sawyer's work has been published by multiple journals, such as [[Water Resources Research]], ''[[Geophysical Research Letters]]'', ''[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]'': Bio-geosciences section, and Oceans section.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?target=default&ContribAuthorStored=Sawyer%2C+Audrey+H&|title=Author: Sawyer, Audrey H : Search|website=AGU Journals|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref> In addition to this, she has been published by ''[[Journal of Hydrology]]'', ''GroundWater Journal'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/results?vid=2&sid=8d3bc917-596e-499d-b802-53006f17777d@sdc-v-sessmgr03&bquery=Audrey+H+Sawyer&bdata=JnR5cGU9MCZzZWFyY2hNb2RlPUFuZA==|title=Result List: Audrey H Sawyer: *|website=eds.a.ebscohost.com|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref> as well as the scientific journals supported by the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref name="aaas.org"/>


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Sawyer received the Kohout Early Career Award in 2016 from the Geological Society of America's Hydrology Division. "The award will be presented to a distinguished early career scientist for outstanding achievement in contributing to the Hydrogeological profession through original research and service, and for the demonstrated potential of continued excellence throughout their career."<ref name=":8" />
Sawyer's most cited work are as follows:


In 2018, she was awarded the [[National Science Foundation CAREER Awards|National Science Foundation CAREER Award]].<ref name=":2" /> This award was given to her for her research done on "Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream-aquifer interface".<ref name=":6" />
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*''Audrey Hucks Sawyer; M Bayani Cardenas'' "Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross‐bedded sediment"<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Sawyer|first=Audrey Hucks|last2=Cardenas|first2=M. Bayani|date=2009|title=Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross-bedded sediment|journal=Water Resources Research|volume=45|issue=8|doi=10.1029/2008WR007632|issn=1944-7973|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/62bf001b4a27fb7e3c5b62fb7e134ba3bf415c01}}</ref> (2009) (123 citations)<ref name=":0" />
*''Audrey Hucks Sawyer; M Bayani Cardenas; Ashleigh Bomar; Meredith Mackey'' "Impact of dam operations on hyporheic exchange in the riparian zone of a regulated river"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mackey|first=Meredith|last2=Bomar|first2=Ashleigh|last3=Cardenas|first3=M. Bayani|last4=Sawyer|first4=Audrey Hucks|date=2009-07-15|title=Impact of dam operations on hyporheic exchange in the riparian zone of a regulated river|journal=Hydrological Processes|volume=23|issue=15|pages=2129–2137|doi=10.1002/hyp.7324|issn=1099-1085|bibcode=2009HyPr...23.2129H|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/d421a6aa26203a10ab0dda83b9f79dda785adcbe}}</ref> (2009) (118 citations)<ref name=":0" />
*''Audrey H Sawyer, M Bayani Cardenas, Jim Buttles'' "Hyporheic exchange due to channel‐spanning logs"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Buttles|first=Jim|last2=Cardenas|first2=M. Bayani|last3=Sawyer|first3=Audrey H.|date=2011-08-01|title=Hyporheic exchange due to channel‐spanning logs|journal=Water Resources Research|volume=47|issue=8|pages=W08502|doi=10.1029/2011WR010484|issn=1944-7973|bibcode=2011WRR....47.8502S}}</ref> (2011) (84 citations)<ref name=":0" />
*''Sawyer, A.H. ; C.H. David, and J.S. Famiglietti'' "Continental patterns of submarine groundwater discharge reveal coastal vulnerabilities"<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Famiglietti|first=James S.|last2=David|first2=Cédric H.|last3=Sawyer|first3=Audrey H.|date=2016-08-12|title=Continental patterns of submarine groundwater discharge reveal coastal vulnerabilities|journal=Science|volume=353|issue=6300|pages=705–707|doi=10.1126/science.aag1058|issn=0036-8075|pmid=27492476|bibcode=2016Sci...353..705S}}</ref> (2016)
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*''Corey D. Wallace; Audrey H. Sawyer; Rebecca T. Barnes'' "Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream-aquifer interface"<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Wallace|first=Corey D.|last2=Sawyer|first2=Audrey H.|last3=Barnes|first3=Rebecca T.|date=2019|title=Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream–aquifer interface|journal=Hydrological Processes|volume=33|issue=3|pages=405–413|doi=10.1002/hyp.13335|issn=1099-1085|bibcode=2019HyPr...33..405W}}</ref> (2018)
*''Sawyer, A.H., H.A. Michael, and A.W. Schroth'' "From soil to sea: the role of groundwater in coastal critical zone processes"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sawyer|first=Audrey H.|last2=Edmonds|first2=Douglas A.|last3=Knights|first3=Deon|date=2015|title=Surface water-groundwater connectivity in deltaic distributary channel networks|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=42|issue=23|pages=10,299–10,306|doi=10.1002/2015GL066156|issn=1944-8007|bibcode=2015GeoRL..4210299S}}</ref> (2016)
*''Robert E. Danczak; Audrey H. Sawyer; Kenneth H. Williams; James C. Stegen; Chad Hobson; Michael J. Wilkins'' "Seasonal hyporheic dynamics control coupled microbiology and geochemistry in Colorado River sediments"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Danczak|first=Robert E.|last2=Sawyer|first2=Audrey H.|last3=Williams|first3=Kenneth H.|last4=Stegen|first4=James C.|last5=Hobson|first5=Chad|last6=Wilkins|first6=Michael J.|date=2016|title=Seasonal hyporheic dynamics control coupled microbiology and geochemistry in Colorado River sediments|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences|volume=121|issue=12|pages=2976–2987|doi=10.1002/2016JG003527|issn=2169-8961|bibcode=2016JGRG..121.2976D|url=http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3t31p30d}}</ref> (2016)
*''Pryshlak, T.T.*, A.H. Sawyer, S.H. Stonedahl, and M.R. Soltanian'' "Multiscale hyporheic exchange through strongly heterogeneous sediments"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Soltanian|first=Mohamad Reza|last2=Stonedahl|first2=Susa H.|last3=Sawyer|first3=Audrey H.|last4=Pryshlak|first4=Timothy T.|date=2015-11-01|title=Multiscale hyporheic exchange through strongly heterogeneous sediments|journal=Water Resources Research|volume=51|issue=11|pages=9127–9140|doi=10.1002/2015WR017293|issn=1944-7973|bibcode=2015WRR....51.9127P|url=http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429803457}}</ref> (2015)


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== Publications ==
Sawyer's most cited research focused on "Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross‐bedded sediment" (2009). This study quantified how the permeability of [[Cross-bedding|cross beds]] influence the ground-water and river bed water exchange, also referred as the hyporheic exchange. This research concluded that permeability heterogeneity of cross-bedded sediment influences the path and residence times of hyporheic exchange.<ref name=":4" />
Partial list of published works.


*[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Hyporheic-flow-and-residence-time-distributions-in-Sawyer-Cardenas/62bf001b4a27fb7e3c5b62fb7e134ba3bf415c01 Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross-bedded sediment] (2009)
One of the most noted research led by Sawyer focused on analyzing the content of dissolved contaminants in groundwater discharge around the coastline of the United States in 2016.<ref name=":5" /> The analysis displayed the hotspots for contaminant discharge into marine waters, which allowed researchers to map out cities and areas at risk. Results displayed that more than one-fifth of the coastline waters are susceptible to contamination coming from groundwater discharge. Consequences are coastal dead zones, toxic algae bloom, contamination of underground freshwater aquifers in specific coastal locations around the United States.<ref name=":5" /> In an interview with [[USA Today|UsaToday]], Sawyer noted, “We hope others will use our analysis to better plan strategies for coastal land development and groundwater management that help preserve water quality.”<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/08/05/water-supply/88302582/|title=U.S. coast at risk of hidden contamination|last=Rice|first=Doyle|website=USA TODAY|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref> “Right now, we’ve created a map of American coastlines that highlights some previously known as well as unknown areas of vulnerability along the U.S. coastline, but we hope to be able to do it for the world shortly, as data become available,” she added.<ref name=":3" />
*[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Impact-of-dam-operations-on-hyporheic-exchange-in-a-Sawyer-Cardenas/d421a6aa26203a10ab0dda83b9f79dda785adcbe "Impact of dam operations on hyporheic exchange in the riparian zone of a regulated river"] (2009)

*[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011WRR....47.8502S/abstract "Hyporheic exchange due to channel-spanning logs"] (2011)
Another noted research Sawyer performed was the "Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream-aquifer interface", with which she was granted the [[National Science Foundation CAREER Awards|National Science Foundation CAREER Award]] <ref name=":2" /> in 2018. This collective research sought to understand how groundwater chemistry evolves in response to [[water table]] fluctuations over a range of timescales. The investigators used field observations, controlled laboratory column experiments, and computer models in order to quantify the movement of reactive solutes such as oxygen, nitrate, iron, and manganese beneath a fluctuating water table. Results have been used to increase the understanding of dynamic changes in both groundwater and river water quality, all for the management of these water resources.<ref name=":6" />
*[https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:osu1429803457 "Multiscale hyporheic exchange through strongly heterogeneous sediments]" (2015)
*[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016Sci...353..705S/abstract "Continental patterns of submarine groundwater discharge reveal coastal vulnerabilities"] (2016)
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*[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019HyPr...33..405W/abstract "Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream-aquifer interface"]<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last1=Wallace|first1=Corey D.|last2=Sawyer|first2=Audrey H.|last3=Barnes|first3=Rebecca T.|date=2019|title=Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream–aquifer interface|journal=Hydrological Processes|volume=33|issue=3|pages=405–413|doi=10.1002/hyp.13335|issn=1099-1085|bibcode=2019HyPr...33..405W|doi-access=free}}</ref> (2018)


== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==


*[[National Science Foundation CAREER Awards|National Science Foundation CAREER Award]] <ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1819086&HistoricalAwards=false|title=NSF Award Search: Award#1819086 - Collaborative Research: Emergent Hydrological Properties Associated with Multiple Channel-Spanning Logjams|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2018)
*[[National Science Foundation CAREER Awards|National Science Foundation CAREER Award]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1819086&HistoricalAwards=false|title=NSF Award Search: Award#1819086 - Collaborative Research: Emergent Hydrological Properties Associated with Multiple Channel-Spanning Logjams|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2018)
* Kohout Early Career Award given by Geological Society of America’s Hydrology Division<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://community.geosociety.org/hydrodivision/awards/kohout|title=Kohout Early Career Award - Hydrogeology Division|website=community.geosociety.org|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2016)
* Kohout Early Career Award given by Geological Society of America's Hydrology Division<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://community.geosociety.org/hydrodivision/awards/kohout|title=Kohout Early Career Award - Hydrogeology Division|website=community.geosociety.org|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2016)
*[[American Geophysical Union]] Editor’s Choice Award for Excellence in Refereeing in Geophysical Research Letters<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eos.org/agu-news/recognizing-2015-reviewers-for-the-american-geophysical-union|title=Recognizing 2015 Reviewers for the American Geophysical Union|website=Eos|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2015)
*[[American Geophysical Union]] Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Refereeing in Geophysical Research Letters<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eos.org/agu-news/recognizing-2015-reviewers-for-the-american-geophysical-union|title=Recognizing 2015 Reviewers for the American Geophysical Union|website=Eos|date=26 May 2016 |access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2015)
*[[American Geophysical Union]] Editor’s Choice Award for Excellence in Refereeing in Water Resources Research<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eos.org/agu-news/2014-editors-citations-for-excellence-in-refereeing|title=2014 Editors&apos; Citations for Excellence in Refereeing|website=Eos|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2014)
*[[American Geophysical Union]] Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Refereeing in Water Resources Research<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eos.org/agu-news/2014-editors-citations-for-excellence-in-refereeing|title=2014 Editors' Citations for Excellence in Refereeing|website=Eos|date=20 May 2015 |access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2014)
*[[American Geophysical Union]] Horton Research Grant recipient<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honors.agu.org/research-grants-and-awards/horton-research-grant-recipients/|title=Horton Research Grant Recipients|website=Honors Program|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2009)
*[[American Geophysical Union]] Horton Research Grant recipient<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honors.agu.org/research-grants-and-awards/horton-research-grant-recipients/|title=Horton Research Grant Recipients|website=Honors Program|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> (2009)

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Sawyer received the Kohout Early Career Award in 2016 from the Geological Society of America’s Hydrology Division. "The award will be presented to a distinguished early career scientist for outstanding achievement in contributing to the Hydrogeological profession through original research and service, and for the demonstrated potential of continued excellence throughout their career."<ref name=":8"/>

Furthermore, she was awarded the [[National Science Foundation CAREER Awards|National Science Foundation CAREER Award]] in 2018.<ref name=":2" /> This award was given to her for her research done on "Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream-aquifer interface".<ref name=":6" /> The grant awarded will also help establish a hydrogeology learning lab at [[Mirror Lake (Ohio)|Mirror Lake]], in the middle of Ohio State's campus.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://news.osu.edu/water-wonders-renovated-mirror-lake-rovides-hydrogeology-lab-for-students/|title=Water Wonders: Renovated Mirror Lake provides hydrogeology lab for students|website=Water Wonders: Renovated Mirror Lake provides hydrogeology lab for students|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref> This learning lab contains of monitoring stations in both the lake and a groundwater well. Each is equipped with wireless sensors to monitor pressure, water level, temperature, electric conductivity, total dissolved solids and salinity.<ref name=":7" /> In 2019, Sawyer appeared on Great Lakes Now to discuss the importance of groundwater as a drinking water source in the Midwest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2019/09/aquifer-groundwater-great-lakes/|title=Groundwater: Is it a 6th Great Lake?|last=Blakely|first=Natasha|website=Great Lakes Now|access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref>


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Audrey Hucks Sawyer
Alma materPhD University of Texas-Austin 2011
AwardsGSA Kohout Early career Award; NSF CAREER Award
Scientific career
Fieldsgroundwater-surface water interactions, hydrogeology, coastal hydrology
InstitutionsOhio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Delaware
Thesis Complexity in river-groundwater exchange due to permeability heterogeneity, in-stream flow obstacles, and river stage fluctuations.  (2011)
Doctoral advisorM Bayani Cardenas
Websitehttp://u.osu.edu/sawyer.143/

Audrey Hucks Sawyer is an American hydrogeologist and Assistant Professor of Earth Science at Ohio State University.[1] Her work has focused on quantifying the role of groundwater - surface water interactions in transporting nutrients, contaminants, and heat in rivers and coastal settings.[2] Sawyer has won multiple awards, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award[3] in 2018 and the Kohout Early Career Award in 2016.[4]

Early life and education

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In 2004 Audrey Sawyer graduated summa cum laude from Rice University with a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science and Environmental Engineering.[5] In 2007, Sawyer attended Pennsylvania State University, from which she received a Master of Science in Geoscience.[6]

In 2011 Sawyer obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Science at University of Texas at Austin.[7] Her thesis focused on the "Complexity in river-groundwater exchange due to permeability heterogeneity, in-stream flow obstacles, and river stage fluctuations."[8]

Career and research

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Following her Doctoral degree, Sawyer worked as a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Delaware[9] from 2011 until 2012. Subsequently, Sawyer was hired as an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental sciences at University of Kentucky from 2012 until 2014. Following this, Sawyer became an Assistant Professor of Earth Science at Ohio State University from 2014 to present.[1] Sawyer's work focuses on analyzing the surface - groundwater interactions in rivers and coastal settings in order to quantify the level of contaminants, nutrients, and heat being transported between these bodies of water. She uses field observations, controlled laboratory column experiments, and computer models to study surface and groundwater content.[3]

Sawyer is member of the American Geophysical Union[10] and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[11] She is also an Officer at the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Incorporated.[12] Sawyer has been the lead investigator of research done for the United States Geological Survey during 2014 and 2017.[13]

Sawyer's work has been published by multiple journals, such as Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research: Bio-geosciences section, and Oceans section.[14] In addition to this, she has been published by Journal of Hydrology, GroundWater Journal,[citation needed] as well as the scientific journals supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[11]

Sawyer's most cited research focused on "Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross-bedded sediment" (2009). This study quantified how the permeability of cross beds influence the ground-water and river bed water exchange, also referred as the hyporheic exchange.[15]

Sawyer received the Kohout Early Career Award in 2016 from the Geological Society of America's Hydrology Division. "The award will be presented to a distinguished early career scientist for outstanding achievement in contributing to the Hydrogeological profession through original research and service, and for the demonstrated potential of continued excellence throughout their career."[4]

In 2018, she was awarded the National Science Foundation CAREER Award.[3] This award was given to her for her research done on "Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream-aquifer interface".[16]

Publications

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Partial list of published works.

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Audrey Sawyer". earthsciences.osu.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  2. ^ "2012 Newsletter" (PDF). uky.edu. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "NSF Award Search: Award#1819086 - Collaborative Research: Emergent Hydrological Properties Associated with Multiple Channel-Spanning Logjams". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  4. ^ a b c "Kohout Early Career Award - Hydrogeology Division". community.geosociety.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  5. ^ "AUDREY SAWYER". www.cuahsi.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. ^ Services, WPSU-Creative. "G3 Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids & Geohazards". g3.ems.psu.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  7. ^ "Sawyer, Audrey | Christina Critical Zone Observatory". criticalzone.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  8. ^ Sawyer, Audrey Hucks (May 2011). Complexity in river-groundwater exchange due to permeability heterogeneity, in-stream flow obstacles, and river stage fluctuations (thesis thesis).
  9. ^ "Hydro Group". www.ceoe.udel.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  10. ^ "AGU - American Geophysical Union". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  11. ^ a b "Results | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  12. ^ "Board of Directors | Governance | About | CUAHSI - Universities Allied for Water Research". www.cuahsi.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  13. ^ "The United States Geological Survey Water Resources Research Act Program: Annual Base Grants". water.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  14. ^ "Author: Sawyer, Audrey H : Search". AGU Journals. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  15. ^ Sawyer, Audrey Hucks; Cardenas, M. Bayani (2009). "Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross-bedded sediment". Water Resources Research. 45 (8). doi:10.1029/2008WR007632. ISSN 1944-7973. S2CID 129538068.
  16. ^ a b Wallace, Corey D.; Sawyer, Audrey H.; Barnes, Rebecca T. (2019). "Spectral analysis of continuous redox data reveals geochemical dynamics near the stream–aquifer interface". Hydrological Processes. 33 (3): 405–413. Bibcode:2019HyPr...33..405W. doi:10.1002/hyp.13335. ISSN 1099-1085.
  17. ^ "Recognizing 2015 Reviewers for the American Geophysical Union". Eos. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  18. ^ "2014 Editors' Citations for Excellence in Refereeing". Eos. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  19. ^ "Horton Research Grant Recipients". Honors Program. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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