Biography
My recent research interests include stormwater sampling in karst springs, using continuous monitoring to study urban hydrology, evaluating stormwater control measures, applying hydrogeophysics to understand groundwater-surface water interactions, and fracture flow modeling.
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
EES 3015 | Drone Short Course | Undergraduate |
EES 3021 | Groundwater Hydrology | Undergraduate |
EES 5015 | Drone Short Course | Graduate |
EES 8411 | Advanced Hydrogeology | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Donaghue, A.G., Morgan, N., Toran, L., & McKenzie, E.R. (2023). In situ monitoring of internal water storage reveals nitrogen first flush phenomena, intermittent denitrification, and seasonal ammonium flushing. J Environ Manage, 341, 117957. England. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117957
Ledford, S., Kurz, M., & Toran, L. (2021). Contrasting raz-rru stream metabolism and nutrient uptake downstream of urban wastewater effluent sites. Freshwater Science, 40(1), 103-119. doi: 10.1086/712932.
Beganskas, S., Ryan, R., Walters, E., Soro, M., Cushman, E., & Toran, L. (2021). Coupling PCSWMM and WASP to Evaluate Green Stormwater Infrastructure Impacts to Storm Sediment Loads in an Urban Watershed. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57(1), 134-153. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12896.
Beganskas, S. & Toran, L. (2021). Urban stream temperature patterns: Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the Philadelphia region, Pennsylvania, USA. Hydrological Processes, 35(2). doi: 10.1002/hyp.14039.
Ledford, S.H., Diamond, J.S., & Toran, L. (2021). Large spatiotemporal variability in metabolic regimes for an urban stream draining four wastewater treatment plants with implications for dissolved oxygen monitoring. PLoS One, 16(8), e0256292. United States. 10.1371/journal.pone.0256292
Berglund, J.L., Toran, L., & Herman, E.K. (2020). Can Karst Conduit Models Be Calibrated? A Dual Approach Using Dye Tracing and Temperature. Ground Water, 58(6), 924-937. United States. 10.1111/gwat.12988
Ledford, S. & Toran, L. (2020). Downstream evolution of wastewater treatment plant nutrient signals using high-temporal monitoring. Hydrological Processes, 34(3), 852-864. doi: 10.1002/hyp.13640.