Katie is an Assistant Professor of Ecology in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NC State University. Her research is motivated by the goal of a leafy green future- where the distribution and management of forests on the landscape supports clean, abundant water, and environmental quality for everyone. She and her group use fieldwork, databases, spatial analysis, and simulation modeling techniques to understand forest processes now and under changing conditions. She holds a PhD in Environment and Natural Resources with a Specialization in Forest Science from the Ohio State University, as well as an MS in Ecology from the University of Georgia and a BS in Biology from the College of William and Mary. Katie is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. When she’s not doing research, Katie enjoys being outdoors with her family. ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6020-9250 Google Scholar: Link ResearchGate: Link
Professional Bio Katherine Lee Martin Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics Campus Box 8008, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 Phone: (919)515-2086; Email: [email protected]
Education/Training The Ohio State University, PhD, Environment and Natural Resources University of Georgia, MS, Ecology College of William and Mary, BS, Biology, Computer Science minor
Academic Positions and Employment Assistant Professor (2016- present), Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NCSU, Raleigh, NC ORISE Fellow (2014-2016), Center for Integrated Forest Science, USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC Postdoctoral Scholar (2012-2014), Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Publications (*student author) 25. McQuillan, K.*, T. Hwang, and K.L. Martin. 2023. Extended growing seasons and decreases in hydrologic connectivity indicate increasing water stress in humid, temperate forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 338: 109525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109525 24. Height, T., K.L. Martin, Z. Leggett. 2023. A call for environmental justice amplification among ecology scholars and practitioners: A black ecology perspective. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2039Non peer reviewed 23. Greenberg, C., C.E. Moorman, K.J. Elliott, K.L. Martin, M. Hopey. 2023. Breeding bird abundance and diversity greatest in high-severity wildfire patches in eastern hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120715 22. Gay, E.T.*, K.L. Martin, P.V. Caldwell, R.E. Emanuel, G.M. Sanchez, K.M. Suttles. 2023. Riparian buffers increase future baseflow and reduce peakflows in a developing watershed. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160834 21. Bergeson, C.B.*, K.L. Martin, B. Doll., B.B. Cutts. 2022. Soil infiltration rates are underestimated by models in an urban watershed in central North Carolina, USA. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115004 20. McQuillan, K.A.*, M.G. Tulbure, K.L. Martin. 2022. Forest water use is increasingly decoupled from water availability even during severe drought. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01425-9 19. Zhang, Z.* K.T. Stevenson, and K.L. Martin. 2022. Use of nature-based schoolyards predicts students’ perceptions of schoolyards as places to support learning, play, and mental health. Environmental Education Research. doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2032612 18. Zhang, Z.*, K.L. Martin, K.T. Stevenson, and Y. Yao. 2021. Equally green? Understanding the distribution of urban green infrastructure across student demographics in four public school districts in North Carolina, USA. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 127434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127434 17. Zhang, Z.*, K.T. Stevenson, and K.L. Martin. 2021. Exploring the geographical, curricular, and demographic factors of nature use by children in urban schoolyards in Raleigh, NC, USA. Urban Greening and Urban Forestry 65: 127323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127323. 16. Saia, S. M., K.M. Suttles, B.B. Cutts, R.E. Emanuel, K.L. Martin, D.N. Wear, J.W. Coulston, and J.M. Vose. 2019. Applying climate change risk management tools to integrate streamflow projections and social vulnerability. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00387-5 15. Hwang, T, K.L. Martin, J.M. Vose, D.N. Wear, B. Miles, Y. Kim, and L.E. Band. 2018. Non-stationary hydrologic behavior in forested watersheds is mediated by climate-induced changes in growing season length and subsequent vegetation growth. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR022279 Link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2017WR022279 *Recipient of Water Resources Research Editor's Choice Award 14. Suttles, K.M., N.K. Singh, J.M. Vose, K.L. Martin, R.E. Emanuel, J.W. Coulston, S.M. Saia, and M.T. Crump. 2018. Assessment of hydrologic vulnerability to urbanization and climate change in a rapidly changing watershed in the Southeast USA. Science of the Total Environment 645: 806-816. Treesearch Link: www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_coulston_002.pdf 13. Martin, K.L., R.E. Emanuel, J.M. Vose. 2018. Terra incognita: the unknown risks to environmental quality posed by the spatial distribution and abundance of concentrated animal feeding operations. Science of the Total Environment 642: 887-893. Treesearch Link: www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_vose_001.pdf 12. Martin, K.L. T. Hwang, J.M. Vose, J.W. Coulston, D.N. Wear, B. Miles and L.E. Band. 2017. Potential watershed impacts of climate and land use change depend on magnitude and spatial distribution. Ecohydrology. doi: 10.1002/eco.1870 Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/eco.1870 11. Vose, J.M., K.L. Martin, and P.K. Barten. 2016. Applications of forest hydrologic science to watershed management in the 21st century. in D. Amatya, T. Williams, L. Bren and C. de Jong, editors. Forest Hydrology. CABI Press, Wallingford, United Kingdom. 10. Hurteau, M.D., S. Liang, K.L. Martin, M.P. North, G.W. Koch, and B.A. Hungate. 2016. Restoring forest structure and process stabilizes forest carbon in wildfire-prone southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Ecological Applications 26: 382-391. 9. Golladay, S.W., K.L. Martin, J.M. Vose, D.N. Wear, A.P. Covich, R.J. Hobbs, K.D. Kelpzig, G.E. Likens, R.J. Naiman, and A.W. Shearer. 2016. Achievable future conditions as a framework for guiding conservation and management. Forest Ecology and Management 360: 80-96. Treesearch link: www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2016/ja_2016_martin_001.pdf 8. Martin, K.L., M.D. Hurteau, B.A. Hungate, G.W. Koch, and M.P. North. 2015. Carbon tradeoffs of restoration and provision of endangered species habitat in a fire-maintained forest. Ecosystems 18: 76-88. 7. Hurteau, M.D., J.B. Bradford, P.Z. Fule, A.H. Taylor, and K.L. Martin. 2014. Climate change, fire management and ecological services in the southwestern US. Forest Ecology and Management 327: 280-289. 6. Martin, K.L. and P.C. Goebel. 2013. The foundation species influence of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) on biodiversity and ecosystem function on the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. Forest Ecology and Management 289: 143-152. 5. Martin, K.L., and P.C. Goebel. 2012. Decline in riparian Tsuga canadensis forests of the central Appalachians across an Adelges tsugae invasion chronosequence. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 139: 367-378. 4. Martin, K.L., D.M. Hix, and P.C. Goebel. 2011. Coupling of vegetation layers and environmental influences in a mature, second growth Central Hardwood forest ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 720-729. 3. Martin, K.L. and P.C. Goebel. 2011. Preparing for hemlock woolly adelgid in Ohio: communities associated with hemlock-dominated ravines of Ohio’s Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. Proceedings, 17th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2010 April 5-7; Lexington, KY. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report. Refereed paper. 2. Martin, K.L. and P.C. Goebel. 2010. Impacts of hemlock decline on successional pathways and ecosystem function at multiple spatial scales in forests of the central Appalachians, USA. Pp. 147-152, In: J.C. Azevedo, M. Feliciano, J. Castro and M.A. Pinto (Editors), Proceedings of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology International Conference, Sept. 21-27. Bragança, Portugal. Non-referred paper 1. Martin, K.L. and L.K. Kirkman. 2009. Management of ecological thresholds to re-establish disturbance-maintained herbaceous wetlands of the Southeastern USA. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 906-914.
Courses Taught The Environment and Water, ES 150: Spring Our Changing Environment, ES 495/FOR 595: Spring Celebrating Diverse Scholars, FOR 610: Fall Previous: Forests, Water, and Global Change, ES 495/NR 595: Spring Climate Change Science & Art, ES 495/FOR 595 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability Science ENV 101 Case Study: Streams in the City
External Research Support The Nature Conservancy of North Carolina: Investigating whether forest management can improve water supply resilience to drought and ensure adequate baseflow for aquatic species in the Southern Blue Ridge, NatureNet Fellowship awarded to Katie McQuillan. 8/2021-8/2023, $72,494. USDA Forest Service: A multi-scale decision support tool to quantify forest benefits on water quantity and quality in the southern United States 7/2020- 7/2023. $299, 769. North Carolina Sea Grant: Can strategic riparian buffers improve coastal resilience in the Cape Fear River Watershed? Principal Investigator. 2/2020-1/2022. $93,913 USDA Forest Service: Predicting Wildland Fire Behavior and Water Supply in Fire-affected Landscapes. Principal Investigator. 10/2019-8/2022 $195,000 Green Infrastructure in Schools: Creating a Network for Stormwater Management and Student Engangement and Well-being. Co-Investigator. NCSU Water Resources Research Institute, 3/2019-2/2020, $10,000 USDA Forest Service: Watershed Response to Land Use and Climate Change in Central North Carolina. Principal Investigator. 5/2018-8/2023, $44,980 NSF RAPID: Collaborative Research: Impacts of Extreme Flooding on Hydrologic Connectivity and Water Quality in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and Implications for Vulnerable Populations. Co-Investigator. 11/2016-10/2017, $29,023
Professional Membership American Geophysical Union, Ecological Society of America
Students & Postdocs mentored
Postdocs
Katie McQuillan, May 2023- current
Dominica Libera, November 2020- Aug 2022.
PhD
Shannon McAvoy, PhD Geospatial Analytics, Aug 2021- current.
Elly Gay, PhD Forestry, Jan 2021- current.
Katie McQuillan, PhD Geospatial Analytics, Aug 2019- May 2023.
Zhenzhen Zhang, PhD Forestry and Environmental Resources, completed Dec 2021.
Master's
Chase Bergeson, MS Natural Resources, completed May 2021.
Elly Gay, MS Natural Resources MS, completed Dec 2020.
Amanda Roberts, MS Forestry, 2019-2020, left program.
Thomas DellaRocco, MNR, completed Dec 2018.
Undergraduate Researchers
Riley Westman, Environmental Science BS, Undergrad researcher, Jan 2023- current.
Carolyn Zuber, Environmental Science BS, Research Assistant Fall 2021-Dec 2022.
Logan Vaugh, Environmental Science BS, Research Assistant at Large, Summer 2019-Fall 2020.
Hailey Shoptaugh, Environmental Science BS, Applied Ecology minor Fall 2019- Spring 2020.
Jordan Williams, Biology BS, Research Assistant, Summer 2019, Independent Study: Anthropogenic Litter Inputs in Campus Streams, Fall 2019-Spring 2020.
Sarah Bailey, Forest Management BS, Independent Study: Forest Composition and Carbon Storage of Lake Raleigh Woods and Options for Future Management, Fall 2018-Spring 2020.
Will Mangum, Environmental Science BS, Research Assistant at Large, Spring 2019-2020.
Eleazer Ocampo, Environmental Science BS, Summer Research Assistant, Applied Ecology minor: Biodiversity of trees across NCSU campus, Spring 2018-Spring 2019.
Graduate student committees
Molly Gaines, Center for Geospatial Analytics, PhD Geospatial Analytics (current)
Elizabeth Ramsey, Dept. Civil Engineering, completed May 2022.
Daniela Agostini, Dept. Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management, MS Parks, Recreation & Tourism, completed May 2020.
Adam Bahtiar, Dept. Forestry & Env Resources, MS Natural Resources, completed Aug 2019.
Maude Dinan, Dept. Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management, MS Natural Resources, completed Aug 2019.
Nancy Gibson, Dept. Forestry & Env Resources, MS Natural Resources, completed May 2019.