Dylan Ward, Ph.D.

Numerical modeling, field measurement, and geochronology to constrain rates and mechanics of fluvial and glacial geomorphic processes; Paleoclimate and atmospheric circulation as reflected in the landscape; Response of landscape processes to climate change and to exhumation of different rock types.
 

Ph.D.: University of Colorado Boulder, CO, 2010 (Geological Sciences)

M.S.: Virginia Tech University Blacksburg, VA, 2004 (Geosciences)

B.S.: Virginia Tech University Blacksburg, VA, 2002 (Geosciences)

2012 -To Present Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2010 -2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Grant: #W911NF-15-1-0392 Investigators:Ward, Dylan 07-15-2015 -07-14-2018 Department of the Army Imaging the physical controls on rock debris surface properties with a novel 3D reconstruction method Role:PI Active Type:Grant

Grant: #133549-87S1 / EAR-1226611 Investigators:Ward, Dylan 09-01-2012 -08-31-2016 National Science Foundation Glacio-geomorphic Constraints on the Climate History of the High, Arid Chajnantor Plateau, Subtropical Northern Chile Role:PI Active Type:Grant

Grant: #Subcontract 1 Investigators:Ward, Dylan 01-01-2017 -12-31-2017 Hillside Trust Hillside Trust subcontract Role:PI $25,000.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #Connecticut DEEP 2017 StateMap / Project DEPA00002049101 Investigators:Dietsch, Craig; Ward, Dylan 06-01-2017 -05-31-2018 U.S. Geological Survey USGS w/ Connecticut Geological Survey Role:Collaborator $41,228.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Tech. P0019692 sub NPS P19AC01051 Investigators:Ward, Dylan 01-01-2020 -09-30-2020 National Park Service Stream capture from below: formation of the Sinkhole Plain, Kentucky, through the lens of relict topography Role:PI $24,956.00 Active Level:Federal

Investigators:Bosch, Rachel; Ward, Dylan 07-01-2021 -06-30-2022 The Cave Research Foundation Speleothem and charcoal dating to constrain the pace of denudation of the Sinkhole Plain, Central Kentucky Karst (w/ Dylan Ward as Mentor). Role:PI 1300.00 Awarded Level:Non Profit

Grant: #EAR-2048452 Investigators:Soltanian Pereshkafti, Mohamad Reza; Wallace, Corey; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2021 -08-31-2024 National Science Foundation AWARD 2048452: The influence of hierarchical and multiscale river morphology and sediment heterogeneity on hyporheic exchange processes Role:Collaborator 520884.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian Pereshkafti, Mohamad Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:PI 34264.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #2023 Ohio ROCKS award Investigators:Kessler, Cody; Ward, Dylan 03-31-2023 -03-30-2024 Ohio Department of Natural Resources Determining the Electrical Properties of Emerging Contaminants in Contaminated Soil Role:PI 2500.00 Awarded Level:Ohio, State of

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian Pereshkafti, Mohamad Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:PI 34264.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian, Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:PI 34264.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian, Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:PI 34264.00 Closed Level:Federal

Grant: #W911NF-25-1-0024 Investigators:Ward, Dylan 01-06-2025 -01-05-2026 Army Research Office A topographic laser scanning uncrewed aerial vehicle (lidar drone) for research on exchanges of water, energy, and mass in human-impacted watersheds Role:PI 234512.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #EAR-2447390 Investigators:Dietsch, Craig; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2025 -08-31-2028 National Science Foundation REU Site: DEsigning Sedimentation and Tectonic Research Experiences for Student Success (DE-STRESS) Role:Collaborator 130499.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #3200007014 / G25AP00237 Investigators:Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-30-2025 -09-29-2026 U.S. Geological Survey Landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping for Cincinnati and northern Kentucky: improving hazard assessment in a landslide-prone urban region Role:PI 36499.00 Hold Level:Federal

Grant: #GR129186-SPC-1000007100 Investigators:Soltanian, Mohamad Reza; Sturmer, Daniel; Ward, Dylan 09-01-2022 -08-31-2023 U.S. Geological Survey Imaging hyporheic exchange dynamics in a headwaters stream impacted by urban karst (full proposal) Role:PI 34264.00 Closed Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

Cesta, J. and D. Ward  (2016). Timing and nature of alluvial fan development along the Chajnantor Plateau, northern Chile. Geomorphology, 273, 412-427More Information

Sagredo, E., Lowell, T., Kelly, M., Rupper, S., Aravena, J., Ward, D., and Malone, A.  (2016). Equilibrium line altitudes along the Andes during the Last millennium: Paleoclimatic implications. The Holocene, 1-15More Information

Ward, D.J., J.M. Cesta, J. Galewsky, and E. Sagredo  (2015). Late Pleistocene glaciations of the arid subtropical Andes and new results from the Chajnantor Plateau, northern Chile. Quaternary Science Reviews, 128, 98-116More Information

Pelletier, J.D., A.B. Murray, J.L. Pierce, P.R. Bierman, D.D. Breshears, B.T. Crosby, M. Ellis, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A.M. Heimsath, C. Houser, N. Lancaster, M. Marani, D.J. Merritts, L.J. Moore, J.L. Pederson, M.J. Poulos, T.M. Rittenour, J.C. Rowland, P. Ruggiero, D.J. Ward, K.X. Whipple, A.D. Wickert, and E.M. Yager  (2015). Forecasting the response of Earth's surface to future climatic and land-use changes: A review of methods and research needs. Earths Future, 3More Information

Ward, D.J, and J. Galewsky  (2014). Exploring landscape sensitivity to the Pacific Trade Wind Inversion on the subsiding island of Hawaii. Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface, 119 (9) , 2048More Information

Ward, D.J., R.S. Anderson, and P.J. Haeussler  (2012). Scaling the Teflon Peaks: Rock type and the generation of extreme relief in the glaciated western Alaska Range. Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface, 117 (F01031) More Information

Dühnforth, M., R.S. Anderson, D.J. Ward, and G.M. Stock  (2012). Unsteady late Pleistocene incision of streams bounding the Colorado Front Range from measurements of meteoric and in situ 10Be. Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface, 117 (F01023) More Information

Galewsky J., C. Rella, Z. Sharp, K. Samuels, and D. Ward  (2011). Surface measurements of upper tropospheric water vapor isotopic composition on the Chajnantor Plateau, Chile. Geophysical Research Letters, 38 (L17803) More Information

Ward D.J., M.M. Berlin, and R.S. Anderson  (2011). Sediment dynamics below retreating cliffs. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.More Information

Ward, D. J. and R. S. Anderson  (2010). The use of ablation-dominated medial moraines as samplers for 10Be-derived erosion rates of glacier valley walls, Kichatna Mts., AK. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.More Information

Dühnforth, M., R.S. Anderson, D.J. Ward, and G.M. Stock  (2010). Bedrock Fracture Control of Glacial Erosion Processes and Rates. Geology, 38, 423More Information

Ward, D. J., R. S. Anderson, Z. S. Guido, and J. P. Briner  (2009). Numerical modeling of cosmogenic deglaciation records, Front Range and San Juan mountains, Colorado. Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface, 114 (F01026) More Information

Guido, Z.S., D.J. Ward, and R.S. Anderson  (2007). Pacing the post-last glacial maximum demise of the Animas Valley Glacier and the San Juan Mountain ice cap, Colorado. Geology, 35 (8) , 739

Dylan J. Ward, James A. Spotila, Gregory S. Hancock and John M. Galbraith  (2005). New constraints on the late Cenozoic incision history of the New River, Virginia. Geomorphology, 72, 54

Invited Presentations

Dylan Ward (10-30-2013. ) New evidence for LGM glaciation of the arid Chajnantor Plateau, northern Chilean Andes .Geological Society of America national meeting, Denver, CO.

Dylan Ward (09-26-2013. ) Predicting changes to alpine glacial landscapes under future climate scenarios .Workshop for the prediction of landscape response to climate change, Biosphere 2 (University of Arizona).

Dylan Ward (04-19-2013. ) The landscape signature of the Pacific Trade Wind Inversion on the Island of Hawaii .Illinois State University,

Dylan Ward (04-20-2012. ) Interpreting cosmogenic deglaciation records using numerical models: Examples from the Rocky Mountains and the Chilean Andes .Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA.

Christopher Sheehan (Doctoral ) Advisor Status:In Progress

Jason Cesta (Doctoral ) Advisor Status:In Progress

Rachel Thornton (Master ) Status:In Progress

Zoey Dodson (Master ) Advisor Status:In Progress

Christopher Sheehan (Master ) Advisor Status:Completed 2016

Jason Cesta (Master ) Advisor Status:Completed 2015

Modeling Landscapes Level:Both

Geomorphology Level:Undergraduate

Geology of the National Parks Level:Undergraduate

Earth, Sea, and Sky Level:Undergraduate

Earth Science and Technology Level:Undergraduate

Intro Physical Geology Level:Undergraduate