In very general terms, my research interests are the multidisciplinary application of science and engineering to problems in ecological design and agriculture. I am particularly interested in natural water treatment systems as energy- and capital-conscious engineered solutions to water pollution.
My dissertation research is an evaluation of natural treatment systems for the control of the pesticide chlorpyrifos at the watershed scale. The four components of this research are: to quantify sorption of chlorpyrifos to surfaces in natural treatment systems, model vegetated ditch reactors for chlorpyrifos removal by partitioning, use GIS-based watershed models to determine the total land area required for remediation to meet water quality criteria, and suitability analysis techniques to determine optimal locations for ditch implementation.
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Stringfellow, W.T., Graham, J., Rogers, M.R., Borglin, S.E., Brunell, M., Hanlon, J, Spier, C., and K. Nguyen. (2009). Water quality changes occurring in agricultural drains of varying riparian function. In M. Moore and R. Kroger (Eds.), Agricultural Drainage Ditches: Mitigation Wetlands of the 21st Century. Kerala, India: Research Signpost. [ISBN: 978-81-308-0376-0] [Download]
Rogers, M.R. and W.T. Stringfellow. (2009). Partitioning of chlorpyrifos to soil and plants in vegetated agricultural drainage ditches. Chemosphere75(1), 109-114. [Pre-print version per Elsevier policy] [Chemosphere print version DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.036]
Rogers, M.R. (2010). Presentation. “Tools to estimate necessary vegetated ditch BMPs for pesticide mitigation at a watershed scale.” ACS National Meeting. March 21-25, San Francisco, CA. [PDF] [Abstract - PDF]
Rogers, M.R. (2009). Poster: “A GIS to estimate requisite vegetated ditch BMPs for pesticides on a watershed scale.” SETAC North American Annual Meeting. November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA. [JPG - right click and "Save As"] [Abstract - PDF]
Rogers, M.R. and W.T. Stringfellow. (2008). Presentation: Partitioning of chlorpyrifos to soil and plants in vegetated agricultural drainage ditches. SETAC North America Annual Meeting. November 16-20, 2008, Tampa , FL. [PDF] [Abstract - PDF]
Rogers, M.R. and W.T. Stringfellow. (2008). Presentation: Sorption of chlorpyrifos in vegetated agricultural drainage ditches. CALFED Science Conference. October 22-24, 2008, Sacramento , CA. [PDF] [Abstract - PDF]
Rogers, M.R. and W.T. Stringfellow (2006). Presentation: GIS and Meta-analysis techniques for the site suitability analysis of agricultural best management practices. International Conference on the Future of Agriculture. August 7-9, 2006, Sacramento , CA. [PDF] [Abstract - PDF]
Rogers, M.R. and W.T. Stringfellow (2006). Poster: Meta-analysis and GIS techniques for site selection of agricultural best management practices. American Ecological Engineering Society Annual Meeting. April 13-14, 2006, Berkeley , CA [JPG - right click and "Save As"]
A Multi-scale Evaluation of Agricultural Best Management Practices for the Control of Pesticides. California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Funded for 2008-2010. [PDF]
Environmental Fate of Organophosphate Pesticides in Constructed Wetlands Treating Non-point Source Agricultural Drainage. UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program. Funded for 2004-2006. [PDF]
