Ashley is a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia's Odum School of Ecology.
 Ashley applies agent-based models
to
simulate patterns of nitrate loading to and processing within stream
networks
For her master's research, Ashley used
in-stream nitrate uptake data
collected from eight different biomes as part of the second Lotic
Intersite
Nitrogen eXperiment (LINX-2) to compare patterns of biological nitrogen
utilization within and among stream networks. The LINX-2 project,
including Ashley's M.S. work, was funded by the National Science
Foundation.
As part of her Ph.D. program, Ashley is investigating interactions
among hyporheic (shallow groundwater) hydrology and biological nitrogen uptake in streams and
floodplains
across temporal and spatial scales.
Her doctoral research is funded by a STAR Fellowship awarded to her by the U.S. Environmental Protenction Agency. She is advised by Dr. Geoffrey Poole.
Ashley earned her B.S. in Environmental Studies at the University of
Cincinnati and M.S. from the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia.
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