Scott Ator, Hydrologist

Education

M.S.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 2003, Environmental Science and Policy

B.S.

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1994, Geology (summa cum laude)

Associations and Memberships

• American Geophysical Union
• Maryland Water-Monitoring Council

Research or professional focus / current projects:

Research interests include effects of natural and anthropogenic processes on streams and Groundwater chemistry at local and regional scales; Groundwater/surface-water interactions; sources, fate, and transport of nutrients, pesticides, and sediment in streams and/or Groundwater at multiple scales; and seasonal and temporal trends in water chemistry.

Selected Publications

Ator, S.W. Denver, J.M., and Brayton, M.J., 2005, Hydrologic and geochemical controls on pesticide and nutrient transport to two streams on the Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5051, 34 p.

Ator, S.W., Denver, J.M., Krantz, D.E., Newell, W.L., and Martucci, S.K., 2005, A surficial hydrogeologic framework for the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1680, 44 p.

Ator, S.W., Olsen, A.R., Pitchford, A.M., and Denver, J.M., 2003, Application of a multi-purpose unequal-probability stream survey in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 873-886.

Domagalski, J.L., Ator, S.W., Coupe, R., McCarthy, K., Lampe, D., Sandstrom, M., and Baker, N., 2008, Comparative study of transport processes of nitrogen, phosphorus, and herbicides to streams in five agricultural basins, USA: Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 37, pp. 1158-1169.

Phillips, P.J., Ator, S.W., and Nystrom, E.A., 2007, Temporal changes in surface-water insecticide concentrations after the phaseout of diazinon and chlorpyrifos: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 41, n. 12, pp. 4246-4251.