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Full CV Toran_vita_2025<\/a><\/p>\n

ABBREVIATED CV<\/p>\n

Dr. Laura Toran
\nTemple University
\nDepartment of Earth and Environmental Science
\nPhiladelphia, PA 19122
\nltoran@temple.edu
\n215-204-2352<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

1982 – 1986 Univ. of Wisconsin Madison, WI
\nPh.D. Geology
\nTHESIS: Sulfate contamination in groundwater near an underground mine:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hydrogeochemical modeling, microbiology, and isotope geochemistry<\/p>\n

1976 – 1980 Macalester College St. Paul, MN
\nB.A. Geology Summa Cum Laude<\/p>\n

Professional experience<\/strong>
\n1997 – present Temple University Dept of Earth and Environmental Science Philadelphia, PA
\nWeeks Chair in Environmental Geology, Professor<\/p>\n

2021-2023 Executive Editor, Groundwater<\/p>\n

2011-2012 National Sciences Foundation
\nProgram Officer Hydrologic Sciences (rotator)<\/p>\n

1986 – 1997 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN
\nWigner Fellow and Research Associate<\/p>\n

1980 – 1982 U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division Reston, VA
\nResearch associate for Dr. William Back<\/p>\n

Awards Received<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2005
\n\u2022 Weeks Chair in Environmental Geology (Temple University)
\n\u2022 Deans Distinguished Research Award, College of Science and Technology, 2018
\n\u2022 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, High Value Research Award, 2018
\n\u2022 Deans Distinguished Teaching Award, 2015
\n\u2022 University Service Award, 2012
\n\u2022 Faculty Mentor Award, Temple College of Science and Technology 2007
\n\u2022 Wigner Fellowship (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
\n\u2022 American Geophysical Union Horton Research Grant, 1985<\/p>\n

Recent Funding<\/strong><\/p>\n

2016-2026 Toran, L,\u00a0 McKenzie, E., Caplan, J., Nyquist, J. and Eisenmann, S.\u00a0 Stormwater control management and monitoring.\u00a0 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, IDEA grant $500,000 and subcontract from AECOM. $5,634,953<\/p>\n

2022-2026 Toran, L. Delaware River Watershed Initiative – Phase 2+.\u00a0 $655,000.\u00a0 William Penn Foundation.<\/p>\n

2020-2026\u00a0 Welty, Claire, Toran, L. et al.\u00a0 Urban Critical Zone processes along the Piedmont-Costal Plain transition.\u00a0 National Science Foundation, $4,999,766, Temple portion $228, 219<\/p>\n

2019-2024 Martin, J., Toran, L., Covington, M. CZ RCN: Research coordination in carbonate critical zones. National Science Foundation, $499,121<\/p>\n

2018-2022 Toran, L. Evaluating urban stream stressors and mitigation strategies in the Upstream Suburban Philadelphia Cluster.\u00a0 William Penn Foundation, $1,117,896<\/p>\n

2020-2022 McKenzie, E.R.; Toran, L. Stormwater Nitrogen Management – Considering The Intersection Between Stormwater Management Practice (Smp) Design And Nitrogen Speciation.\u00a0 Pennsylvania Sea Grant, $120,000<\/p>\n

2016-2018 Toran, L. Wissahickon Watershed Improvement Plan.\u00a0 Wm Penn Foundation through Pennsylvania Environmental Council. $497,000<\/p>\n

2016-2020. Toran, L, Nyquist, JE, Davatzes, AK, and Brandt, CB. GP Impact: Career Paths for Urban Geoscientists: Recruitment, Retention, and Apprenticeship. National Science Foundation (NSF) $358,773.<\/p>\n

2014-2018 Toran, L and Herman, E.K. A new classification system for karst springs using storm hysteresis. National Science Foundation (NSF) $319,478.<\/p>\n

2013-2018 Featherstone, J., Mandarano, L., Toran, L., Weir, M. Performance and Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure Stormwater Management Approaches in the Urban Context: A Philadelphia Case Study, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). $999,995.<\/p>\n

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications, for manuscript links, see research pages
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Toran, L., 2025. Using Groundwater Head Maps. The Groundwater Project, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.62592\/JXTR4167, 82 pp.<\/p>\n

Toran, L., Bain, D., Hopkins, K., Moore, J., and O\u2019Donnell, E., 2025. Evaluating Trends Using Total Impervious Cover as a Metric for Degree of Urbanization, Hydrological Processes, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.70219<\/p>\n

Pope, G. G., Toran, L., Caplan, J. S., & Nyquist, J. (2025). Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Road Salt in a Highway Bioswale: A Comparison of Point and Continuous Monitoring Methods. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution<\/em>, 236(10), 1-19.<\/p>\n

Kirker, A. N., Cushman, E., & Toran, L., 2024. Disconnect between Capture Areas and Stormwater Runoff: A Pre-and Postinstallation Model of Two Stormwater Control Measures. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment<\/em>, 10<\/em>(3), 04024006.<\/p>\n

Kirker, A.N. and Toran, L., 2023. When impervious cover doesn’t predict urban runoff: Lessons from distributed overland flow modeling. Journal of Hydrology<\/em>, 621<\/em>, p.129539. DOI: 10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2023.129539<\/p>\n

Donaghue, A.G., Morgan, N., Toran, L, and McKenzie, E.R., 2023. In situ<\/em> monitoring of internal water storage reveals nitrogen first flush phenomena, intermittent denitrification, and seasonal ammonium flushing. Journal of Environmental Management, <\/em>341: 117957. doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2023.117957<\/p>\n

Oswald, C.J., Kelleher, C., Ledford, S.H., Hopkins, K.G., Sytsma, A., Tetzlaff, D., Toran, L., Voter, C., 2023.\u00a0 Integrating urban water fluxes and moving beyond impervious surface cover: A review.\u00a0 Journal of Hydrology<\/em>, 618: doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2023.129188<\/a><\/p>\n

Eric Humphrey, C.E., Gardner, P.M., Spangler, L.E., Nelson, N.C., Toran, L Solomon, D.K., 2023. Quantifying stream-loss recovery in a spring using dual-tracer injections in the Snake Creek Drainage, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA. Hydrogeology Journal, <\/em>31: 1-16.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kirker, A.N. and Toran, L. 2023.\u00a0 Dual isotopes of nitrate reveal varying flow paths to stormwater retention basins.\u00a0 Catena<\/em> 220: 106681. doi.org\/10.1016\/j.catena.2022.106681<\/a><\/p>\n

Covington, M.D., Martin, J.D., Toran, L., Macalady, J.L., Sekhon, N., Sullivan, P.L., Garcia Jr., A.A., Heffernan, J.B., and Graham, W.D.\u00a0 2022. Carbonates in the Critical Zone.\u00a0 Earth\u2019s Future <\/em>\u00a011(1) DOI: 10.1029\/2022EF002765<\/p>\n

Pope, G.G., Nyquist, J.E., and Toran, L. 2022. Time lapse resistivity monitoring of a simulated runoff test in a bioswale located in Philadelphia, PA.\u00a0 Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment. <\/em>9(1): 04022018
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Donaghue, A.G. ,Morgan, N., Toran, L, and McKenzie, E.R., 2022. The impact of bioretention column internal water storage underdrain height on denitrification under continuous and transient flow. Water Research<\/em>, 214: 118205. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.watres.2022.118205<\/p>\n

Ledford, S.H. Diamond, J.S., and 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. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0256292<\/p>\n

Martin, J.B., Carton De Grammont, P., Covington, M.D., and Toran, L. 2021. A new focus on the neglected carbonate critical zone.\u00a0 EOS<\/em>, 102.<\/p>\n

Beganskas, S., and Toran, L. 2021. Urban stream temperature patterns: Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the Philadelphia region, Pennsylvania, USA. Hydrological Processes.<\/em> 35(2): e14039<\/p>\n

Ledford, S.H. Kurz, M., and Toran, L. 2021. Contrasting Raz\u2013Rru stream metabolism and nutrient uptake downstream of urban wastewater effluent sites. Freshwater Science<\/em>.\u00a0 40(1): 103-119<\/p>\n

Beganskas, S., Ryan, R.J., Walters, E., Soro, M., Cushman, E., and Toran, L.\u00a0 2021 Coupling PCSWMM and WASP to Evaluate Green Stormwater Infrastructure Impacts to Storm Sediment Loads in an Urban Watershed.\u00a0 Journal of the American Water Resources Association<\/em>.\u00a0 57 (1): 134-153.<\/p>\n

Martin, J.B., Covington, M., Toran, L., Carton de Grammont, P., and Wicks, C.\u00a0 2021. Carbonate Critical Zone Research Coordination Network Workshop Report.\u00a0 Karst Waters Institute<\/em> Special Publication 20, 19 pp.<\/p>\n

Pearsall, H. et al., 2021.\u00a0 Perspective: Advancing equitable health and well-being across urban-rural sustainable infrastructure systems.\u00a0 Urban Sustainability<\/em> 1(1): 1-6.<\/p>\n

Berglund, J.L., Toran, L. and Herman, E.K., 2020. Can Karst Conduit Models be Calibrated? A Dual Approach Using Dye Tracing and Temperature. Groundwater<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ledford, S.H. and Toran, L. 2020. Downstream evolution of wastewater treatment plan nutrient signals using high-temporal monitoring.\u00a0 Hydrological Processes<\/em> 34: 852-864.<\/p>\n

Toran, L. 2019. Groundwater-surface water interactions. In. Maurice, P. ed. Encyclopedia of Encyclopedia of Water: Science, Technology, and Society. John Wiley and Sons.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/9781119300762.wsts0027<\/p>\n

Guo, L., Lin, H., Fan, B., Nyquist, J., Toran, L., Mount, G.J., 2019. Preferential flow through shallow fractured bedrock and a 3D fill-and-spill model of hillslope subsurface hydrology. Journal of Hydrology 576: 430-442.<\/p>\n

Rossi, R.J. and Toran, L. 2019. Exploring the potential for groundwater inundation in coastal US cities due to interactions between sewer infrastructure and global change. Environmental Earth Sciences 78: 258. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12665-019-8261-9<\/p>\n

Berglund, J.L., Toran, L., and Herman, E.K. 2019. Deducing Flow Path Mixing by Storm-Induced Bulk Chemistry and REE Variations in Two Karst Springs: With Trends Like These Who Needs Anomalies? Journal of Hydrology, 571: 349-364.<\/p>\n

Arnold, E., & Toran, L. 2018. Effects of Bank Vegetation and Incision on Erosion Rates in an Urban Stream. Water<\/em>, 10<\/em>(4), 482.<\/p>\n

Nyquist, J. E., Toran, L., Pitman, L., Guo, L., & Lin, H. 2018. Testing the fill-and-spill model of subsurface lateral flow using ground-penetrating radar and dye tracing. Vadose Zone Journal<\/em>, 17<\/em>(1).<\/p>\n

Berglund, J.L., Toran, L., and Herman, E.K.\u00a0 2018. Using stable isotopes to distinguish sinkhole and diffuse storm infiltration in two adjacent springs. In Sasowsky, I.D., Byle, M. and Land, L. Eds.\u00a0 15th<\/sup> Sinkhole Conference Proceedings.\u00a0 National Cave and Karst Research Institute.<\/p>\n

Price, J. R., Ledford, S. H., Ryan, M. O., Toran, L., & Sales, C. M. 2018. Wastewater treatment plant effluent introduces recoverable shifts in microbial community composition in receiving streams. Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, 613<\/em>, 1104-1116.<\/p>\n

Toran, L., Herman, E.K., and Berglund, J.L. 2018. Advances in monitoring to understand flow paths in karst:\u00a0 comparison of historic and recent data from the Valley and Ridge of Pennsylvania. In: Younos, T., Schreiber, M., Kosic-Ficco, K. Eds.\u00a0 2018.\u00a0 Karst Water Environment:\u00a0 Advances in Research, Management and Policy.\u00a0 Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Series V 68. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer International.<\/p>\n

Toran, L. and Jedrzejczyk , C. 2017.\u00a0 Water level monitoring to assess the effectiveness of stormwater infiltration trenches.\u00a0 Environmental and Engineering Geosciences<\/em>. 23(2): 113-124.<\/p>\n

Toran, L. 2016. Water level loggers as a low-cost tool for monitoring of stormwater control measures. Water. 8, 346; doi:10.3390\/w8080346 (10 pp)<\/p>\n

Klein, TI, and Toran, L. 2016. Collocation of hydrological and biological attenuation of nitrate in an urban stream. Hydrological Processes. 30(17): 2948-2957.<\/p>\n

Toran, L., and Reisch, C. E., 2014. Characterizing snowmelt anomalies in hydrochemographs of a karst spring, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania (USA): evidence for a changing recharge pathways. Environmental Earth Science 72(1): 47-58.<\/p>\n

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