Michael Burchell
Professor and Department Extension Leader
Weaver Administration Bldg 200
Education
Ph.D. Biological & Agricultural Engineering NC State University 2003
M.S. Civil Engineering University of Mississippi 1996
B.S. Biology NC State University 1992
Area(s) of Expertise
Wetland restoration,
Effects of grassed/forested riparian buffers on reducing nutrient/sediment loads to streams,
Constructed wetlands for stormwater and wastewater treatment,
Innovative stormwater BMPs in coastal areas,
Agricultural drainage water management,
and Golf course BMPs,
Publications
- Lead occurrence in North Carolina well water: importance of sampling representation and collection techniques , ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2024)
- Carbon storage potential in a recently created brackish marsh in eastern North Carolina, USA (vol 127, pg 579, 2019) , ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (2021)
- Characterizing ambient nutrient concentrations and potential warning levels for surface water in natural forested wetlands in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA , ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (2021)
- Characterizing copper and zinc content in forested wetland soils of North Carolina, USA , ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (2021)
- Impact of control structures on hydrologic restoration within the Great Dismal Swamp , ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (2020)
- Diel fluctuations of high level nitrate and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in constructed wetland mesocosms , Ecological Engineering (2019)
- Natural and Constructed Wetlands in North Carolina: An Overview for Citizens , (2019)
- The Potential Long-Term Impacts of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Regimes of North Carolina’s Coastal Plain Non-Riverine Wetlands , Transactions of the ASABE (2019)
- The Potential Resiliency of a Created Tidal Marsh to Sea Level Rise , Transactions of the ASABE (2019)
- Carbon storage potential in a recently created brackish marsh in eastern North Carolina, USA , Ecological Engineering (2018)
Honors and Awards
- NC Soil and Water Conservation Society, Professional Achievement Water Quality
- NC State/Nancy G. Pollock Dissertation Award