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Alan Heyvaert - Assistant Professor
Division of Hydrologic Sciences
Desert Research Institute
2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, Nevada 89512
alan.heyvaert@dri.edu
775-673-7322
Research Interests:

Dr. Heyvaert has focused his research on aquatic ecosystems, watershed management and paleolimnology. This includes investigations associated with nutrient budgets and mass balance models, as well as applied research on the effective design of stormwater monitoring networks and evaluation of BMP performance. His work includes applied research and directed monitoring studies on nutrient and pollutant loadings to lakes, rivers and reservoirs in the western U.S. and South America. Technical interests include nutrient chemistry, elemental and stable isotope analyses, radionuclide chemistry, and geochemical biomarkers. In the field of paleolimnology he has investigated historical conditions and the patterns of change in lakes and watersheds, with a focus on the Holocene paleoclimate and ecosystem response to anthropogenic impacts.

Research topics:
Aquatic Ecology
Biogeochemical Cycles
Limnology
Paleohydrology