Elyse Clark

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Environmental, Geographic and Public Health Sciences School of Health and Natural Sciences
Elyse Clark, Ph.D., Earth and Geographic Sciences
978.665.4794 Office: Antonucci Science Complex 325
Office Hours
Fall 2025

Tuesday 12:30 - 2 p.m.
Wednesday 12:30 - 2 p.m.

Courses Taught

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Earth Systems Science (GEOG 1000)
Environmental Geology (GEOG 2003)
Water Resources and Society (GEOG 2006)
Geology (GEOG 2100)
Soils and the Environment (GEOG 3005)
Environmental Hydrogeology (GEOG 4600)

Background

  • Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Hydrogeochemistry)
  • B.S., University of Mary Washington (Geology and Environmental Science)
  • Hydrogeology
  • Earth Systems Science
  • Disturbance Hydrology
  • Land Reclamation and Stream Restoration
  • Land Use Changes
  • Water Quality
  • Clark EV, J Lanier, and BK Odhiambo. 2024. Assessment of dam sediment and grab samples for metal contamination in a historically industrialized New England city. Water, Air & Soil Pollution 235 (17). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06767-x
  • Clark EV, DJ Soucek, SH Schoenholtz, KM Whitmore, and CE Zipper. 2023. Trace elements and consequent ecological risks in mining-influenced streams of Appalachia. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 42(12): 2651-2665. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5734
  • Richardson JB, SA Thrasher, B Saccardi, and EV Clark. 2023. Sulfidic schist release of As, Cu, and Pb in laboratory experiments and across eleven watersheds in central Massachusetts, USA. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01718-1
  • Welsh DP, JP Ludlam, EL Downs, ES Gordon, EV Clark, B Levy, J Huang, and AM O’Connor. 2023. Stream fish community structure across an urban gradient in a northeastern US watershed. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106:1579-1595.
  • Clark, EV, CE Zipper, DJ Soucek, and WL Daniels. 2021. Contaminants in Appalachian Water Resources Generated by Non-Acid-Forming Coal Mining Materials. In: Appalachia’s Coal-Mined Landscapes. Springer. 
  • Clark, EV, CE Zipper, WL Daniels, and MJ Keefe. 2018. Appalachian coal mine spoil elemental release patterns and depletion. Applied Geochemistry 98:109-120.
  • Clark, EV, WL Daniels, CE Zipper and KE Eriksson. 2018. Mineralogical influences on water quality from weathering of surface coal mine spoils. Applied Geochemistry 91: 97-106. DOI 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.02.001
  • Clark, EV, WL Daniels, CE Zipper, ZW Orndorff, and MJ Keefe. 2017. Modeling patterns of total dissolved solids release from Central Appalachia, USA mine spoils.  Journal of Environmental Quality 46: 55-63.  DOI 10.2134/jeq2016.04.0149
  • Clark, EV, BM Greer, ET Hester, and CE Zipper. 2016. Specific conductance-stage relationships in Appalachian valley fill streams. Environmental Earth Sciences 75: 1222. DOI 10.1007/s12665-016-6026-2
  • Clark, EV and CE Zipper. 2016. Vegetation influences near-surface hydrological characteristics on a surface coal mine in eastern USA. Catena 139: 241-249. DOI 10.1016/j.catena.2016.01.004
  • Clark, EV, BK Odhiambo, S Yoon, and L Pilati. 2015. Hydroacoustic and spatial analysis of sediment fluxes and accumulation rates in two Virginia reservoirs, USA. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22:8659-8671.   DOI 10.1007/s11356-014-4050x
  • Clark, EV, BK Odhiambo, and MC Ricker. 2014. Comparative analysis of metal concentrations and sediment accumulation rates in two Virginia reservoirs, USA: Lakes Moomaw and Pelham. Water Air and Soil Pollution 225:1860.   DOI 10.1007/s11270-013-1860-2

 

  • American Geophysical Union
  • Geological Society of America
  • Soil Science Society of America