Robertson, Wendy

1. Robertson, W.M. (2024) Curriculum Guide for Hydrologic Cycle. Scholarship and Lore: Games for Learning Series Game of Central Michigan University Press. 42pgs.
2. Robertson, W.M. (2024) Hydrologic Cycle: the game. Scholarship and Lore: Games for Learning Series Game of Central Michigan University Press.
3. Krzemien, S., Robertson, W.M., Engelken, P.J., and McCullough, D.G. (2024) Observations of reduced ET and persistent elevated water table beneath a riparian forest gap following emerald ash borer invasion and tree mortality. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.15117
4. Zielkowski, L., Bismack, A.S., McDowell, J.G., and Robertson, W.M. (2023) Spatial analysis of land use change in a flood-prone watershed: S. Ore Creek, MI, USA. Journal of Student Research, 12(3) DOI: 10.47611/jsr.v12i3.1955
5. Robertson, W.M., Kluver, D.B., Allen, J.T., and Anderson, E.J. (2022) The Hydrologic Response to a Meteotsunami in an Isolated Wetland: Beaver Island in Lake Michigan, U.S.A, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018611
6. Jackson, L.E., Robertson, W.M., Rohrssen, M., Chappaz, A., Lemke, L.D. (2022) Evaluation of 1,4-dioxane attenuation processes at the Gelman Site, Michigan, USA DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153634
7. Kluver, D.B. and Robertson, W.M. (2021) Validation and Projections of Climate Characteristics in the Saginaw Bay Watershed, MI, for Hydrologic Modeling applications. Frontiers in Water. DOI:10.3389/frwa.2021.779811
8. Robertson, W.M. (2021) Increasing student engagement and comprehension of the global water cycle through game-based learning in undergraduate courses, Journal of Geoscience Education DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2021.1977030
9. Robertson, W.M., Allen, J.T., Wolaver, B.D., and Sharp, J.M. Jr. (2019) Aridland spring response to mesoscale precipitation: Implications for groundwater-dependent ecosystem sustainability, Journal of Hydrology, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.074
10. Robertson, W.M., Robinett, M., and McCullough, D.G. (2018) Soil Moisture Response to white ash mortality following emerald ash borer invasion, Environmental Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s1265-018-7525-0
11. Kluver, D.B., Robertson, W.M., and Agardy, R.  (2018) Role playing a city’s response to climate change: engaging undergraduate geoscience students, Journal of Geoscience Education; DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2018.1411734
12. Robertson, W.M., Böhlke, J.K., and Sharp, John M. Jr. (2017) Response of deep groundwater to land use change in desert basins of the Trans-Pecos region, Texas, USA: Effects on infiltration, recharge, and nitrogen fluxes, Hydrological Processes DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11178
13. Robertson, W.M. and Sharp, J.M. Jr., (2015) Estimates of spatially distributed potential recharge to arid basin aquifers resulting from natural and anthropogenic sources, Journal of Hydrology, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.081
14. Flewelling, S., Hornberger, G., Herman, J., Mills, A., and Robertson, W. (2014) Diel patterns in coastal-stream nitrate concentrations linked to evapotranspiration in the riparian zone of a low-relief, agricultural catchment, Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9763
15. Robertson, W.M., and Sharp, J.M. Jr. (2013) Estimates of recharge in two arid basin aquifers, Red Light Draw and Eagle Flats (Texas, USA): a model of spatially variable net infiltration and its implications, Hydrogeology Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s10040-013-1018-8
16. Robertson, W.M., and Sharp, J.M. Jr. (2013) Variability of groundwater nitrate concentrations over time in arid basin aquifers: sources, mechanisms of transport, and implications for conceptual models, Environmental Earth Sciences Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2069-1

• Ph.D., Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014
• M.Sc., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 2009
• B.Sc., (Special Honors), Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006

Hydrology, hydrogeology, hydroclimatology, and ecohydrology; observation, modeling, and analysis of coupled human-natural systems; community science, co-creation, and co-design for resilience and sustainable interactions between humans and hydrology.  Simulation and game-based learning, immersive case-studies as pedagogical tools, and project-based learning in STEM courses.