Ashley M. Matheny - Timeline

Early Life

Undergraduate: The Ohio State University
- BS in Civil Engineering
- Began research on tree water use in Michigan forests
Graduate: The Ohio State University
- MS in Civil Engineering (2013)
- PhD in Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering (2013-2016)
- Advisor: Gil Bohrer
- Dissertation: Plant hydrodynamic modeling for forest transpiration
Postdoctoral: The Ohio State University (2016-2017)
- Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering

2010: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Studied water interactions with dams
- Witnessed hydraulic jump on Ohio River (career-defining moment)
2017-present: University of Texas at Austin
- Assistant Professor, Jackson School of Geosciences
- Department of Geological Sciences
- Ecohydrology research program

2022: AMS Outstanding Early Career Award in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2021: NSF CAREER Award
2020: G. Moses and Carolyn G. Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award
2017: UT Rising STARs Faculty Award
2015-2016: Presidential Fellowship (Ohio State)
2015-2016: P.E.O. Scholar Award
2014: AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award

2014: Published species-specific transpiration responses in JGR Biogeosciences
2015: Published stem water storage observations in Ecosphere
2016: Published contrasting water acquisition strategies in Ecohydrology
2017: Published calibration methods for tree water content sensors in JoVE
2018: Developed LEAF logger system (published in HardwareX)
2021: Co-authored plant hydraulics development in Noah-MP model (JAMES)
2021: Contributed to SAPFLUXNET global database (Earth System Science Data)

Michigan: University of Michigan Biological Station
- Long-term monitoring since undergraduate years
- Red oak, white pine, red maple studies
Texas: Central Texas Hill Country
- Semi-arid forest research
- Ashe juniper and live oak
New Mexico: Valles Caldera
- Groundwater-surface water interactions
- Field courses for students
Gulf Coast: Texas coastal mangroves
- Port Aransas area
- Salinity stress research
International: Australia, Panama, Abu Dhabi, Jamaica
- Mangrove ecosystem studies
- Climate change impacts

Completed:
- Ana Maria Restrepo Acevedo (PhD, 2023)
- Lillian Beaman (MS, 2022)
- Lingcheng Li (PhD, 2020, co-supervised)
Current:
- Caleb E Adams (PhD)
- Talita Gomes Daniel (PhD)
- Bella F Gray (PhD, committee member)