Ph.D. Progress Report: Timothy H. Robinson
September, 2003
Committee members: Drs. Arturo Keller, John Melack, and Keith Clarke.
Dissertation Title: Watershed scale effects of land use on nutrient loading to southern California streams.
Program of Study to date: See second page for full POS!
Completed courses during this last year and this term. (GPA – 3.8)
Fall 2002:
PTX 230 Environmental Toxicology (Schmitt, UC Davis), ESM 595EE PhD Seminar (Melack),
ESM599 Dissertation Research and Preparation (Melack)
Winter 2003:
ESM 595K VBA Seminar (Frew), ESM595PP PhD Seminar (Bento), ESM599 Dissertation Research
and Preparation (Melack)
Spring 2003:
EEMB 595Q LTER Seminar, ESM 599 Dissertation Research and Preparation (Melack)
Fall 2003:
ESM599 Dissertation Research and Preparation (Melack)
Timeline for completion of the Ph.D. degree:
 Written Examinations – Passed March of 2002.
 Oral Examinations – Passed September of 2002.
 Dissertation Field Work – Fall of 2001 – Summer of 2003.
 Dissertation Defense – Winter of 2005.
 Completion of the Program – Winter of 2005.
Grant received:
 Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative, Coastal Environmental Quality Graduate Student Fellowship Application,
University of California Marine Council.
 Integrated Research, Education and Extension Competitive Grants Program (Water Quality), US Department of
Agriculture. Title: Integrated Approach to Assess Nutrient and Toxic Loading to Streams and Coastal Water Bodies.
Conferences attended, presentations given and professional courses taken outside of UC Santa Barbara:
 Conference: California and the World Ocean ‘02. Oral presentation.
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Reference: Robinson, Timothy H., Al Leydecker, John M. Melack and Arturo A. Keller. 2003. Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research
(LTER): Nutrient concentrations in coastal streams and variations with land use in the Carpinteria Valley, California. California and the World Oceans
’02 Conference. American Society of Civil Engineers. Santa Barbara, California.
Conference: UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program Spring Conference, Oakland. Poster presentation.
Course: Arc Hydro – GIS for Water Resources, Environmental Science Research Institute (ESRI), Redlands.
Conference: Southern California Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), 2003 Annual Meeting.
Santa Barbara. Oral and poster presentation.
Conference: VI Inter-Regional Conference on Environmental-Water 2003, Albacete, Spain. Oral presentation
Reference: Robinson, Timothy H., Al Leydecker, Arturo A. Keller, and John M. Melack. 2003. Nutrient Export Coefficient Modeling in Mediterranean
Coastal Streams. VI Inter-Regional Conference on Environment–Water, Land and Water Use Planning and Management. Centro Regional de Estudios
de Agua, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.
 Conference: LTER All Scientist Meeting, Seattle. Poster presentation.
Bren/UCSB Community activities:
 Mentor for the Summer Research Mentorship Program, June-July.
 Co-Instructed ESM595M Field Course in Soil and Water Quality. Developed and instructed the course.
 Co-Coordinated of the Watershed Science Group (WSG): invited two-three speakers per term
 GSA representative sitting on the Natural Reserve System Advisory Committee.
Santa Barbara Community activities (an important component of my dissertation topic development):
 GIS short course, “The Nuts and Bolts of GIS Technologies”, SETAC conference, Santa Barbara. Designed and
instructed the course.
 Carpinteria Creek Watershed Coalition, member of the steering committee.
 Assisting in the development of the Nutrient TMDL for the Santa Clara River (Keller).
Research assistantships:
 Santa Barbara Coastal LTER: I am one of five people on the terrestrial LTER team, who are responsible for monitoring
nutrient export from the catchments along the south Coast region of Santa Barbara (Point Conception to the Santa Clara
River). This entails stream sampling, stream gauge installation, and data interpretation. John Melack.
Professional memberships and associations:
 Professional associations - American Geophysical Union, American of Water Resource Association, Southern California
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, National Groundwater Association, the National Association of
Environmental Professionals, and Association of American Geographers.
 Sandyland Protective Association, board member.
 Revista Diálogo Andino, South America, scientific consultant.
Program of Study
Completed courses. (GPA – 3.79)
Fall 1999:
ESM 203 Earth System Science (Dozier/Dunne).
ESM 250 Quantitative Methods (Siegel)
ESM 200 Case Study (Bren Faculty)
ESM 299 Experimental Economics (Shogren)
ESM 597 Independent Study (Dozier)
Winter 2000:
ESM 202 Environmental Biogeochemistry (Keller/Melack)
ESM 595AA Floodplain Geomorphology (Dunne)
ESM 286 Environmental Risk (Moore/Eigner)
GEOG 184A Cartographic Programming (K. Clarke)
Spring 2000:
ESM 235 Watershed Analysis (Dunne)
ESM 236 Snow Hydrology (Dozier)
ESM 595DD Watershed Modeling (Keller)
GEOG 184B Cartographic Programming (K. Clarke)
Fall 2000:
ESM 223 Soil and Water Quality (Keller)
ESM 290 Theoretical Hydrology (Dunne)
ESM 595G Multiple Stressors on Ecosystems (Melack)
GEOL 270 Isotope Hydrology (J. Clark)
Winter 2001:
ESM 596 Directed Reading (Melack), GEOG 220 Seminar on Landuse Change Modeling, and GEOL
270 Seminar Isotope Hydrology (J. Clark)
Spring 2001:
EEMB 595Q Research Seminar (Melack), ESM 222 Fate and Transport (Keller), ESM 234 River
Systems (Dunne), ESM 595DD Watershed Modeling (Keller), ESM 595PP PhD Seminar (Dozier)
Fall 2001:
ESM 597 PhD Independent Studies – PhD Exam preparation
EEMB 595ET LTER seminar on Environmental Issues Involving Coastal Estuarine Habitats (R.J.
Schmitt)
Winter 2002:
ESM 599 PhD Research and Preparation (field work)
Spring 2002:
ESM 597 PhD Independent Studies – PhD Exam preparation
TA ESM 235 (Watershed Analysis).
Fall 2002:
PTX 230 Environmental Toxicology (Schmitt, UC Davis), ESM 595EE PhD Seminar (Melack) and
ESM599 Dissertation Research and Preparation (Melack)
Winter 2003:
ESM 599 PhD Research and Preparation (field work)
Spring 2003:
ESM 599 PhD Research and Preparation
Courses remaining:
Fall 2003:
ESM 599 PhD Research and Preparation
Winter 2004:
ESM 599 PhD Research and Preparation
Spring 2004:
ESM 599 PhD Research and Preparation
Fall 2004:
ESM 599 PhD Research and Preparation
Winter 2004:
ESM 599 PhD Research and Preparation
Finishing
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