Joel Moore

Professor of Geosciences

Joel Moore

Contact Info

Phone:
410-704-4245
Office:
Science Complex, Room 2150B
Email:
moore@towson.edu

Education

Ph.D., Geosciences
Pennsylvania State University
B.A., Geology and History
Wheaton College

Areas of Expertise

Critical zone processes, including mineral weathering, soil development, and stream chemistry

Deicing salt and water quality

Effects of urbanization on stream and soil geochemistry

The Moore Lab

Joel Moore and his research group investigate critical zone processes, including stream and soil geochemistry, with a focus on urban watersheds as well as the effects of deicing (road) salt use.

To learn more about Joel’s research, visit his Google Scholar profile and also his lab website.

Select Publications

  • P. J. Baltzer, J. Moore, C. J. Salice, V. B. Beauchamp (2024) The effects of legacy sediment removal and floodplain reconnection on riparian plant communities. Wetlands. 44: 15.
  • Cosans, C. L., M. L. Gomes, M. J. Marsh, J. Moore, and C. J. Harman (2024) Similarities in storage and transport of sulfate in forested and suburban watersheds, despite anthropogenically elevated suburban sulfate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129: e2023JG007588.
  • C. Welty, J. Moore, D. J. Bain, M. Talebpour, J. T. Kemper, P. M. Groffman, J. M. Duncan. (2023) Spatial heterogeneity and temporal stability of baseflow stream chemistry in an urban watershed. Water Resources Research. 59: e2021WR031804.
  • P. McMahon, V. B. Beauchamp, R. E. Casey, C. J. Salice, K. Bucher, M. Marsh, and J. Moore (2021) Effects of stream restoration by legacy sediment removal and floodplain reconnection on water quality. Environmental Research Letters. 16: 035009.
  • R. J. Miranda, R. Hermann, K. P. Hurley., J. Moore (2021) Motivations and Challenges for Pursuing Geoscience Majors at a Public University. Journal of Geoscience Education. 69: 300-312.
  • J. Moore, R. M. Fanelli, A. J. Sekellick. (2020) High-frequency data reveal deicing salts drive elevated specific conductance and chloride along with pervasive and frequent exceedances of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aquatic life criteria for chloride in urban streams. Environmental Science & Technology. 54: 778-789.

In The media

Researching the Critical Zone

FIve year $400,000 Natiional Science Foundation grant will help fund student, faculty research in urban stream geology.  Read the story.