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Colin Belby
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Professor
Geography and Environmental Science
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Colin Belby Pronouns: He/Him/His
Professor
Geography and Environmental Science
Specialty area(s)
Geomorphology, River Systems, Water Resources, Environmental Contamination, Geospatial Field Mapping and GIS
Current courses at UWL
GEO 222 - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
GEO 401 - Capstone Seminar in Geography and Environmental Science
Education
B.A. (2002) - Augustana College, Rock Island, IL (Geography & Mathematics)
M.S. (2005) - University of Wisconsin - Madison (Geography - Fluvial Geomorphology)
Ph.D. (2009) - University of Wisconsin - Madison (Geography - Fluvial Geomorphology)
Career
Teaching history
Past Courses Taught at UW-L include:
GEO 101 - Earth Environments
GEO 222 - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
GEO 401 - Capstone Seminar in Geography and Environmental Science
GEO 410 - Geospatial Field Methods
GEO 427 - Water Resources
GEO 430 - River Systems
GEO 460 - Environmental Hazards
GEO 470 - Special Topics - Rivers and Lakes Surveying
Professional history
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2000-2003) - GIS Technician
University of Wisconsin - Madison (2003-2009) - Teaching Assistant and Lecturer
Research and publishing
Colin S. Belby, Lindsay J. Spigel, Faith A. Fitzpatrick, (2019). "Historic changes to floodplain systems in the Driftless Area", The Physical Geography and Geology of the Driftless Area: The Career and Contributions of James C. Knox, Eric C. Carson, J. Elmo Rawling, III, J. Michael Daniels, John W. Attig.https://doi.org/10.1130/2019.2543(07)
Ryan, Suzanne & Belby, Colin & King Heiden, Tisha & Haro, Roger & Ogorek, Jacob & Gerrish, Gretchen. (2019). The role of macroinvertebrates in the distribution of lead (Pb) within an urban marsh ecosystem. Hydrobiologia. 827. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10750-018-3785-7
Olson, Alex & Cyphers, Trevor & Gerrish, Gretchen & Belby, Colin & King Heiden, Tisha. (2018). Using morphological, behavioral, and molecular biomarkers in Zebrafish to assess the toxicity of lead-contaminated sediments from a retired trapshooting range within an urban wetland. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. 81. 1-15. 10.1080/15287394.2018.1506958
Belby, Colin & Rivera Pérez, Carmen & Gerrish, Gretchen. (2015). Understanding ecosystem change in upper Mississippi River backwaters through geochemical and biological analyses of sediment cores. River Systems: Integrating landscapes, catchment perspectives, ecology, management. 21. 2-3. 10.1127/rs/2015/0102.
Perroy, Ryan & Belby, Colin & Mertens, Cody. (2014). Mapping and modeling three dimensional lead contamination in the wetland sediments of a former trap-shooting range. The Science of the total environment. 487C. 72-81. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.102.
