Dr. Alex K. Manda
Associate Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
East Carolina University, 301B Graham Building, 1000 E 5th Street, Greenville NC 27858
252-328-9403
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D., Geosciences, 2009 University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
M.S., Geology, 2004 Florida International University, Miami, FL
B.S., Geology, 2001 University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
POSITIONS HELD
2015-Present Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2023-Present Associate Director, Water Resources Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2017-2022 Co-Director/Director, Natural Resources and the Environment Research Cluster, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2015 – 2018 Associate research scientist, Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2009 – 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2009 – 2015 Assistant research scientist, Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2014 – 2015 Director, Certificate Program in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Coastal hydrogeology; Saltwater intrusion; Groundwater-surface water interactions; Environmental Geology; Hydrogeophysics; Hydrogeology of karst media; Hydrogeology of fractured rock; Influence of climate change and sea-level rise on water resources
PUBLICATIONS (*and BOLD Denotes student)
Miles, R.G., Zambone, A., and Manda, A.K. (2022). Perceptions of Earth Science using assistive and supportive technologies by students who are blind or visually impaired, Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities: Vol. 25: Iss. 1, pp. 1-19, Article 4. DOI: 10.14448/jsesd.14.0004
- Zhang, Li Jiahao, Carlo, A., Manda, A.K., Hamshaw, S., Dascalu, S.M., Harris, F.C., Wu, R., (2021) Data Regression Framework for Time Series Data with Extreme Events, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 2021, pp. 5327-5336, doi: 10.1109/BigData52589.2021.9671387.
Manda, A. K., Etheridge, J. R., Grace-McCaskey, C. A., Allen, T., & Howard, R. (2021). Are groundwater level data collected by citizen scientists trustworthy? A cautionary tale, Groundwater, 59(1), 123-130. doi: 10.1111/gwat.13019
Manda, A.K., (2020) A tale of two hydrogeology problems in coastal North Carolina, in Culver (ed) Troubled Waters: Understanding the Science Behind Our Coastal Crisis. Germany: Springer International Publishing, 123 -136. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-52383-1
Rashash, D., Manda, A.K., Crozier, C. & Gatiboni, L., (2020) Saltwater Intrusion in Agricultural Fields in Northeastern North Carolina and Potential Remediation Options, Soil Facts, North Carolina Cooperative Extension. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/saltwater-intrusion-in-agricultural-fields-in-northeastern-north-carolina-and-potential-remediation
- R. Etheridge, A. K. Manda, C. Grace-McCaskey, T. Allen & H. Hao (2020) Lessons learned from public participation in hydrologic engineering projects, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 65:3, 325-334, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2019.1700420
Grace-McCaskey C.A., Iatarola B., Manda A.K., Etheridge R.J., (2019) Eco-Ethnography and Citizen Science: Lessons from Within, Society & Natural Resources, https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1584343
Manda, A.K. and *Klein, W., (2019) Adaptation Strategies to Address Rising Water Tables in Coastal Environments Under Future Climate and Sea-Level Rise Scenarios, in Coastal Zone Management: Global perspectives, regional processes, Local issues Ramkumar, M, James, R.A, Menier, D., Kumaraswamy, K. (Eds), Elsevier, Cambridge, USA, p403-409.
*Klein, W., and Manda, A.K., (2019) Analytic Hierarchy Process to Weigh Groundwater Management Criteria in Coastal Regions, in Coastal Zone Management: Global perspectives, regional processes, Local issues Ramkumar, M, James, R.A, Menier, D., Kumaraswamy, K. (Eds), Elsevier, Cambridge, USA, p403-409.
Manda, A. K., Reyes, E., and *Pitt, J. (2018) In situ measurements of wind‐driven salt fluxes through constructed channels in a coastal wetland ecosystem. Hydrological Processes 32, 636-643.
*Alexander, A.C., Ndambuki, J., Salim, R., and Manda, A.K., (2017) Groundwater remediation optimization using Solving Constraint Integer Program (SCIP). Groundwater for Sustainable Development 7, 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2018.05.001.
*Alexander, A.C., Ndambuki, J., Salim, R., and Manda, A.K., (2017) Assessment of Spatial Variation of Groundwater Quality in a Mining Basin. Sustainability 9(5), 823; doi:10.3390/su9050823
*Iverson, G., Humphrey Jr, C.P., Postma, M.H., O’Driscoll, M.A., Manda, A.K., *Finley, A. (2017) Influence of Sewered Versus Septic Systems on Watershed Exports of E. coli. Water Air and Soil Pollution 228:237. DOI 10.1007/s11270-017-3426-1
*Iverson, G., Humphrey, C., O’Driscoll, M., Manda, A.K., and *Anderson-Evans, E., (2015) Wastewater nitrogen contributions to coastal plain watersheds, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 226-325. DOI10.1007/s11270-015-2574-4.
Humphrey, C., *Finley, A., O’Driscoll, M., Manda, A.K., and *Iverson, G (2015) Groundwater and stream E. coli concentrations in coastal plain watersheds served by onsite wastewater and a municipal sewer treatment system, Water Science and Technology 72.10, 1851-1860.
Humphrey, C., *Anderson-Evans, E., O’Driscoll, M., Manda, A.K., and *Iverson, G. (2015) Comparison of Groundwater and Surface Water Phosphorus Concentrations in Watersheds Served by Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems and a Municipal Sewer System, Water Air and Soil Pollution DOI 10.1007/s11270-014-2259-4.
*Klein, W., and Manda, A.K. (2015), Comment on “Modeling and prediction of natural gas fracking pad landscapes in the Marcellus Shale region, USA” by Qingming Meng, Landscape and Urban Planning, v. 136, 54-56.
Manda, A.K., and Horseman, E., (2014) Fracturesis Jointitis; Causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention among groundwater practitioners, Groundwater, doi: 10.1111/gwat.12301.
*Klein, W., Manda, A.K., *Griffin, M.T. (2014) Refining management strategies for groundwater resources, Hydrogeology Journal DOI 10.1007/s10040-014-1177-2.
Manda, A. K., *Sisco, M. S., Mallinson, D. J., and *Griffin, M. T. 2015. Relative role and extent of marine and groundwater inundation on a dune-dominated barrier island under sea-level rise scenarios. Hydrological Processes 29(8), 1894–1904.
Manda, A.K. and *Klein, W., (2014) Rescuing degrading aquifers in the Central Coastal Plain of North Carolina (USA): Just process, effective groundwater management policy and sustainable aquifers, Water Resources Research, 50, 5662-5677, DOI: 10.1002/2013WR015242.
Manda, A.K., *Heath, J.L., *Klein, W.A., *Griffin, M.T, Montz, B.E. (2014) Analysis of environmental violations and wastewater production associated with multi-well pad development in the Marcellus shale (USA), Journal of Environmental Management 142, 36-45.
Manda, A. K., *Giuliano, A. S., Allen, T. 2014. Influence of artificial channels on the source and extent of saline water intrusion in the wind-tide dominated wetlands of the southern Albemarle Estuarine System, (USA). Environmental Earth Sciences Journal, 71(10), 4409–4419.
Manda, A.K., *Culpepper, A.R., (2013) Characterizing moldic and vuggy pore space in karst aquifers using borehole-wall, slabbed-core and thin-section images, Journal of Applied Geophysics, v. 88, pp. 12-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.10.005
Manda, A.K., S.B. Mabee, D.F. Boutt, M.L, Cooke (2013). A new method to estimate the permeability of fracture networks in fractured rock aquifers with negligible matrix porosity using type curves. Hydrogeology Journal, v. 21, pp. 357-369. DOI 10.1007/s10040-012-0919-2.
O’Driscoll, M., S. Clinton, A. Jefferson, A.K. Manda, S. McMillan (2010). The effects of urbanization on streams in the southern US: A Review. Water 2: 605-648; DOI:10.3390/w2030605.
Manda, A.K., S.B. Mabee (2010). Comparison of three fracture sampling methods for layered rocks, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, v. 47, 218-226.
Manda, A.K., S.B. Mabee, D.U. Wise (2008). Influence of rock fabric on fracture attribute distribution and implications for groundwater flow in the Nashoba Terrane, Eastern Massachusetts, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 30, 464-477, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.12.006
Manda, A.K. and M.R. Gross, (2006). Identifying and characterizing solution conduits in karst aquifers through geospatial (GIS) analysis of porosity from borehole imagery: An example from the Biscayne aquifer, South Florida (USA). Advances in Water Resources, v.29, p.383
Manda, A.K. and M.R. Gross, (2006). Estimating aquifer-scale porosity and the REV for karst limestones using GIS based spatial analysis, in Harmon, R.S. and C.M. Wicks (eds.), Perspectives on karst geomorphology, hydrology, and geochemistry; a tribute volume to Derek C. Ford and William B. White. Geological Society of America Special Paper, v. 404. p.177
Gross, M.R., K. Ghosh, A.K. Manda and D. Whitman, (2004). A GIS based spatial analysis of caves and solution cavities with applications to predicting cave occurrence in limestone terrane, in Caldwell, D.R., J. Ehlen and R. S. Harmon, (eds.), Studies in Military Geography and Geology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p.287.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Manda, A.K., The Castle Hayne aquifer of North Carolina, Currents vol. 27, NO. 4 Winter 2012, Pamlico Tar River Foundation E newsletter
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs031/1103806466275/archive/1109141659401.html
REPORTS
2012 – Manda, A.K., and Allen, T.R., Assessment of surface and ground water hydrology at the Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve, NC Prepared for the Division of Coastal Management, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Funds provided by the North Carolina Clean Water Management Fund, December 2012.
2012- Manda, A.K., Groundwater flow and water table position within the surficial aquifer, Emerald Isle, North Carolina: An assessment of causes and solutions to storm-water flooding, Town of Emerald Isle, August 2012.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Manda, A.K., Moysey, S., Palochak. T., Siriani, M., Crozier, C., Rashash, D., Wood, A., Brown, A., Lannon, B., (2022) Soil Salinization in Low-Lying Agricultural Fields of Eastern North Carolina: An Update on Research, North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference, Raleigh NC.
Moysey, S., Manda, A.K., Pezeshki, E., 2022, Hydrogeophysical Investigation of Agricultural Soil Salinization in the Eastern North Carolina Coastal Plain, 2022 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Water Resources Conference, June 14-16, 2022. Greenville SC.
Rashash, D., Crozier, C., Manda A.K., O’Driscoll, 2019 An Investigation into Salt Intrusion to Coastal Agricultural Fields, 19th Annual Meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society Enabling Future Generations to Solve Our Planet’s Grand Challenges June 3-6, 2019 – Asheville, NC
Rashash, D., C. Crozier, A. Manda, A. Gibbs, A. Wood, & A. Brown, 2019, An Investigation into Salt Intrusion to Coastal Agricultural Fields, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of North Carolina, January 22-23, 2019 in Raleigh, NC.
Manda, A.K., *Gullet, J., Crozier, C., Rashash, D., Wood, A., Brown, A., Lannon, B., (2019) Saltwater intrusion in low elevation fields of coastal North Carolina: Insights from field data and observations, North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference, Raleigh NC.
Manda, A.K., *Gullet, J., Crozier, C., Rashash, D., Wood, A., Brown, A., Lannon, B., (2019) Impact of artificial channels on hydrologic processes in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina: Blessing and curse? Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division, Charleston NC.
*Gullett, J. Manda, A.K, Crozier, C., Rashash, D., Gibbs, A., (2019) Documenting saltwater intrusions in agricultural lands of eastern North Carolina, Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division, Charleston NC.
*Klein, W., and Manda, A.K., (2018), Suitable Suspects: Moving Past Hydrologic Conditions to Create More Equitable Groundwater Management Strategies, Abstract: GC23F-1272 presented at 2018 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, Dec 10-14, 2018.
*Anderson, T., Manda, A.K., (2018) Simulating the Fate and Transport of Salts in Artificial Channels and Groundwater during Wind Tide Events in a Coastal Wetland System, Abstract: H13L-1912 presented at 2018 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, Dec 10-14, 2018.
Grace-McCaskey, C., Manda, A.K., Etheridge, J.R., & *O’Neill, J., (2017) A citizen science approach to groundwater monitoring: the impacts of participation on knowledge and attitudes, and implications for management, Geological society of America annual meeting, Seattle Washington.
Manda, A.K., *Owers, J., & Allen, T.A., (2017) Simulating marine and groundwater inundation on a barrier island setting under changing sea-level rise scenarios, Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
Manda, A.K., (2017) Quantitatively assessing the influence of the ‘think-pair-share’ active learning pedagogical approach on content knowledge and self-confidence of students in an introductory level geology course, Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
Manda, A.K., Kolodij, L., Klein, W., & *Owers, J., (2016) Coastal groundwater watch: a citizen science project to monitor groundwater levels in the surficial aquifer of the North Carolina coastal plain, Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
*Owers, J. & Manda, A.K., (2016) Extent of tidal fluctuations on groundwater levels on a barrier island, Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
*Iverson, G., Humphrey, C., O’Driscoll, M., Manda, A.K., & Bean, E. (2015). Tracking nitrate-nitrogen sources using 15N and 18O in nitrate in coastal plain surface and ground waters. NC Water Resources Research Institute Conference.
Manda, A. K. & *Klein, W. A. (2015). Refining groundwater management policy in the coastal plain of North Carolina to safeguard groundwater resources. Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
*Pitt, J. & Manda, A.K. (2015). Influence of canals on the extent of saltwater intrusion during wind tide events in a coastal wetland system. Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
Manda, A. K., *Heath, J., *Klein, W., Montz, B., Griffin, M. (2014). Are multi-well pads for unconventional shale gas development better for the environment than single well pads? Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
*Szynal, D., Manda, A. K. (2014). Mechanism for saltwater intrusion in a confined karst aquifer on the western part of Bogue Banks barrier island, North Carolina. Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
Manda, A. K., *Nixon, J. (2014). Using borehole geophysical methods to assess the depth dependence of permeability in shallow fractured-crystalline rock aquifers of the piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of North Carolina. Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
Manda, A.K., *Giuliano, A.S., Allen, T., (2013) Source, fate and transport of salts in a channelized and peatland dominated wetland system, Southern Albemarle Estuarine System (North Carolina, USA), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 45, No. 2, p.76.
*Klein, W. and Manda, A.K., (2012) Managing groundwater resources in the North Carolina Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area: A Participatory investment in the sustainability of water resources, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No. 7, p.518.
*Iverson, G.J., O’Driscoll, M.A., Humphrey, C., Manda, A.K (2012) The influence of watershed wastewater management approach on shallow groundwater and surface water nitrogen loading, Pitt county NC, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No. 7, p.518.
Manda, A.K., and *Giuliano, A. (2012) Influence of roads and canals on groundwater-surface water interactions in a channelized wetland, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No. 4, p. 59
*Giuliano, A., and Manda, A.K. (2012) Wind driven salinity distributions in the Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve, Southern Alligator River Estuarine System, Eastern North Carolina, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No. 4, p. 59.
*Culpepper, A and Manda, A.K. (2012) Influence of measurement scale on pore structure distributions in moldic and vuggy limestone: An example from the Castle Hayne and Biscayne aquifers, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No. 4, p. 60.
Schleigh, S and Manda, A.K. (2012), Assessing Student Learning from a PBL Approach: Comparing Pre-Service Science Teachers to Undergraduate Science Students, Abstract P-1007087-849 presented at 2012 NARST Annual International Conference, Indianapolis Indiana, 25-28 March.
Schleigh, S and Manda, A.K. (2011), Examination of Knowledge and Nature of science in a PBL Curriculum: Comparing the Impact on Pre-service Teachers and Science Career Undergraduates, Abstract: ED13C-0831 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.
*Culpepper, A., Manda, A.K., (2011), A quantitative comparison of moldic and vuggy porosity structure in karst aquifers using image and geospatial analysis, Abstract : H31E-1205 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.
*Nixon, J., Manda A.K., (2011), Subsurface fracture distribution and influence of fractures on groundwater flow in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge physiographic provinces of North Carolina, Abstract: NS23A-1563 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.
*Giuliano, A., A.K. Manda, (2011), Assessing salinity in the Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Reserve, Eastern North Carolina, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 2, p. 81
Manda, A.K. (2011) Assessing fracture characteristics from borehole image logs using variations of the azimuth versus traverse distance (AVTD) method and statistical curvature analysis technique, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 2, p. 19.
Manda, A.K., and S.B. Mabee, (2010) Using GIS and discrete fracture network models to compare three fracture sampling techniques, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 1, p. 169.
*Manda, A.K, S.B. Mabee, D.F. Boutt, (2007). Discrete fracture network modeling of hydrostructural domains. An example from Eastern Massachusetts. 2007 U.S. EPA/NGWA fractured Rock Conference: State of the Science and Measuring Success in Remediation, September 24-26, 2007. Portland, Maine.
*Manda, A.K, S.B. Mabee, D.F. Boutt, (2006) Characterizing fractured crystalline bedrock aquifers using hydrostructural domains in the Nashoba terrane, eastern Massachusetts. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Abstracts with Programs, v.38, no.7, p.25.
Diggins, J.P., D.F. Boutt, *A.K. Manda, S.B. Mabee, (2006) Estimating bulk permeability of fractured rock aquifers using detailed outcrop data and discrete fracture network modeling. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Abstracts with Programs, v.38, no.7, p.223.
*Manda, A.K., S.B. Mabee, S.A. Hubbs, (2005) Field mapping and fracture characterization techniques predict groundwater preferential flow paths in fractured bedrock aquifers, Nashoba terrane, MA. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v.86, no. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H23E-1477.
Gross, M.R., *A.K. Manda, (2004), A New Method to Estimate the Representative Elementary Volume (REV) for Porosity in Heterogeneous Karst Aquifers Using Geographic Information Systems. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no.5.
*Manda, A.K., M.R. Gross, K.J. Cunningham, M.A. Wacker, (2003), Quantifying macropore geometry and distribution in the Biscayne Aquifer using GIS and image analysis. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, Abstracts with Programs, v.35, no.6, p.53.
presentations and posters
Manda, A.K., 2022 Salinization/Saltwater Intrusion in eastern North Carolina, 65th Annual Meeting of the Soil Society of North Carolina, Virtual Conference.
Kussman, A, Manda A.K., 2022, Analysis of Subsurface Stormwater Management Systems in a Coastal Aquifer Setting, NC Water Resources Research Institute, Raleigh NC
Moysey, S., Manda, A.K., Pezeshki, E., Biddy, C., Palochak, T., Sirianni, M., 2022, Salty Soils: Using Sensing to Understand Environmental Change in the Eastern Coastal Plain
Crane, C., Manda, A.K., Woods, T., Thompson, A., Doster E., 2019, Imagine NC Integrating Mathematics and Geology in eastern North Carolina, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Biennial STEM Awardees Conference 2019, Concord NC.
Crane, C. and Manda, A.K., 2019, Building Capacity and Connectedness while Leveraging Resources and Prior Investments, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Biennial STEM Awardees Conference 2019, Concord NC.
Doster, L., Thompson, T., Crane, C., Manda, A.K., Woods, T., and Mitchell, L. 2019, The IMAGINE-NC Project: Integrating Mathematics and Geology in Eastern North Carolina, School Science and Math Convention, Salt Lake City UT.
Miles, R., Manda, A.K., Zambone A. and Palochak, T., 2019, Discoveries in Earth Science (DES) Program Summer 2019, Bridging the Gap STEM education conference, Raleigh NC.
*Brown-Pickren, E., Manda, A.K., (2018) North Carolina Should Manage Subsistence and Recreational Fishing Separately, American Fisheries Society, Tidewater Chapter.
*Brown-Pickren, Liz, Alex Manda and Dave Loomis. 4/2017. Recreational fishing and the consumption of contaminants in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. National Environmental Recreation Research Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland.
*Brown-Pickren, Liz and Alex Manda. 3/2017. Subsistence: The Rodney Dangerfield of Fisheries. 31st Annual Meeting of the Tidewater Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
*Brown-Pickren, Liz and Alex Manda. 12/2016. Contaminant risks in subsistence fishing in coastal North Carolina: What you don’t know CAN hurt you. Restore America’s Estuaries / The Coastal Society Summit, New Orleans, Louisiana.
*Brown-Pickren, Liz and Alex Manda. 11/2016. Health risk awareness in self-caught fish in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Coastal Health Initiative Conference, Greenville, North Carolina.
*Brown-Pickren, Liz and Alex Manda. 4/2016. Subsistence fishing in North Carolina: Contaminant risks and social justice. American Fisheries Society Tidewater Meeting, Edgewater, Maryland.
Manda, A. K, Lauren Kolodij, *Wendy Klein and *James Owers, Using citizen scientists to investigate the influence of a shallow watertable on storm water flooding in coastal communities, Citizen Science Symposium, Duke University, Durham, NC,16-Apr-2016
Manda, A. K, Coastal Groundwater Watch: A citizen science project to monitor groundwater levels, Geology Seminar Series, East Carolina University, Greenville NC, 12-Feb-2016
Manda, A. K, Coastal Groundwater Watch: A citizen science project to monitor groundwater levels, North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve Coastal Training Program, Beaufort, NC, 3-Feb-2016
Manda, A. K, Coastal Groundwater Watch: A citizen science project to monitor groundwater levels, Pitt Community College, Winterville NC, 23-Feb-2016
Manda, A. K, Coastal Groundwater Watch, Town of Pine Knoll Shores, 19-Feb-2016
Manda, A. K, Using GIS to assess impacts to infrastructure in coastal communities that are threatened by rising groundwater, NCArcUser Group conference, East Carolina University, Greenville NC, 26-May-2016
Manda, A.K., *Sisco, S., Mallinson, D., *Griffin, M., (2014) Is groundwater inundation a hidden threat to coastal residents under groundwater and sea-level rise scenarios? University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
Manda, A. K., *Heath, J., *Klein, W., Montz, B., *Griffin, M. (2014). Are multi-well pads for unconventional shale gas development better for the environment than single well pads? Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
Manda, A. K., *Nixon, J. (2014). Using borehole geophysical methods to assess the depth dependence of permeability in shallow fractured-crystalline rock aquifers of the piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of North Carolina. Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, Southeast Division.
Manda, A.K., *Sisco, S.M., Mallinson, D., *Griffin, M. 2014. Impact of a shallow water table on onsite wastewater treatment systems and implications for climate change and sea level rise. Water Resources Research Institute of NC, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Manda, A. K., *Heath, J., *Klein, W., Montz, B., & *Griffin, M. (2013). Assessing the Water Footprint of Marcellus Shale Gas Development in the Susquehanna River Basin. ECU Coastal Water Resources Seminar, Greenville, North Carolina.
*Wheeler, J, Manda, A.K, *Klein, W., Montz, B., 2012. Assessing Spatial Relationships between Sites for Natural Gas Development and Natural and Artificial Features in Pennsylvania, Research and Creativity Week, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
*Iverson, G., Humphrey, C., O’Driscoll, and Manda A.K., 2012. Differences in nitrogen loading between on-site wastewater treatment system and centralized sewer system watersheds in Pitt County, NC, North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference, Raleigh NC.
*Anderson-Evans, E., Humphrey, H.H., O’Driscoll, M.A., Manda, A.K., (2012), Comparison of Phosphorus Concentrations and Loads in Residential Catchments Served by Onsite Wastewater Systems and Municipal Sewer Systems, National Environmental Health Association, San Diego California.
Manda, A.K. and *Giuliano, A. 2011. Assessing water quality and quantity in the Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve, North Carolina Coastal Reserve & National Estuarine Research Reserve – Research Symposium, Feb 22, 2011 NOAA-NERR Auditorium, Pivers Island, Beaufort, NC.
Manda, A.K., 2011. Effective use of Groundwater Models to Characterize Bedrock Aquifers, presented at 2011 Ralph Heath Symposium, Coastal Water resources Center, East Carolina University, 3-4 Oct.
Manda, A. K. 2010. Groundwater Discharge in Coastal Ecosystems. ECU American Fisheries Society, Greenville, North Carolina.
Manda, A.K. 2010. Hydraulic properties of fracture networks: Can fracture properties and geometric arrangement of fractures be used to predict the permeability of fractured crystalline rocks? WRRI Annual Symposium, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference.
Manda, A. K., Mabee, S.B., Boutt, D.F., Cooke, M.L. 2010. Assessing the effects of geometric arrangement of fractures and fracture properties on the transmissive properties of three-dimensional fracture networks. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Manda, A. K. 2010. Groundwater Discharge in Coastal Ecosystems. ECU American Fisheries Society, Greenville, North Carolina.
Manda, A., Boutt, D.F., Mabee, S.B., Cooke, M.L., 2010. Role of geometric arrangement of fractures and fracture properties in controlling the hydraulic properties of three-dimensional fracture networks. Appalachian State Department of Geology, Boone, North Carolina.
FUNDING SUMMARY
Manda A.K., and Wu, R. 2020-2023, Mitigating the effects of storm water flooding in coastal regions using machine learning techniques, North Carolina Sea Grant $119,529.
Crane, C., Moysey, S., Manda, A.K., Thompson T, Doster E., 2020-2023. IMAGINE-NC: Integrating Mathematics and Geology In Eastern North Carolina, SSEP Grant, Burroughs Wellcome Fund $180,000.
Kruse, J, Kain, D., Farwell, M., Gittman, R., Manda A.K., 2019-2020, HuRaCon – CoPe National Science Foundation, $99,000.
Manda, A.K., 2018-2019, 2018 Hurricane Season: RAPID: Are short-lived storm surge events the key sources of long-term saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers impacted by tropical cyclone activity? National Science Foundation, $45,039
Miles, R, Manda, A.K. 2018-2022, Discoveries in Earth Science for Middle and High School Students with Blindness or Visual Impairments, SSEP Grant, Burroughs Wellcome Fund $179,834.
Humphrey, C., O’Driscoll, M., Etheridge, R., Peralta, A.L., Manda, A.K., 2018-2020, Reducing Non-Point Sources of Pollution and Improving Water Quality in the Lick Creek Watershed, NCDENR Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) $143,050
Crane, C., Manda, A.K., Woods, T., Thompson T, Doster E., 2016-2019. IMAGINE-NC: Integrating Mathematics and Geology In Eastern North Carolina, SSEP Grant, Burroughs Wellcome Fund $180,000, ECU portion $57,845.
Etheridge, R., Manda, A.K., Grace-McCaskey, C., 2016-2018. EAGER-Investigating drivers of stormwater flooding in coastal communities, National Science Foundation, $99,922.
Manda, A.K. Using active, hands-on teaching methods and problem-based learning to develop leadership skills of millennial learners in an introductory level geoscience course, Principal Investigator, 2015 BB&T Leadership Enhancement Fund Grant, $9,800.
Manda, A.K. BB&T Active Learning and Leadership Development Grant, Principal Investigator, BB&T Leadership Development Grant, $1000.
Manda, A.K. & Bean, E., Coastal Sustainable Stormwater Management – Resilience through Spatially Distributed Infiltration, Principal Investigator, Center for Sustainability 2015 Interdisciplinary Summer Research Award competition, $11,608.
Manda, A.K. Leveraging Community-Based Research to Explore Perceptions of Flooding and Environmental Change Among Citizen Scientists, Principal Investigator, ECU Engagement and Outreach Scholar Awards, $11,000.
Manda, A.K., Allen, T., 2014-2015 Coastal Groundwater Watch, NC Sea Grant/NC Water Resources Research Institute joint solicitation, $39,929.
Manda, A.K., Mallinson, D., Allen, T., Curtis, S., Montz, B., Bean, E., 2014-2015 Impact of climate change and sea-level rise on groundwater inundation in coastal regions. East Carolina University, Interdisciplinary Research Awards, $12,256
Reyes, E. Manda, A.K., Allen, T.R., 2014-2015. Preliminary assessment of the potential influence of artificial channels on saltwater intrusion and ecosystem changes of the Buckridge Reserve, North Carolina. East Carolina University, Interdisciplinary Research Awards, $20,000.
Manda, A.K., 2014-2015 Utilization of experiential, problem based learning to improve analytical and critical thinking skills in Geoscience Courses, East Carolina University Teaching Grants, $18,650.
Humphrey, C., O’Driscoll, M., Manda, A.K., 2010-2013. On-site Wastewater and Centralized Sewer System Nutrient Loadings to Surface Waters in Pitt County, NC, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, $86,473.
Manda, A.K., Allen, T.R., 2010-2012. Assessment of Surface and Ground Water Hydrology and Vegetation at the Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve, NC, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, $71,398.
Schleigh, S., Manda, A. K., 2010-2012. Integrating Science Through Project-Based Learning, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, $37,399.
Manda, A.K., Spruill, R.K., 2010-2012. Groundwater flow and water table position within the surficial aquifer, Emerald Isle, North Carolina: An assessment of causes and solutions to storm-water flooding, Town of Emerald Isle, NC, $18,000.
Manda, A.K., 2010. Effect of Abandoned Tile Drainage on Water Quality in the North Carolina Coastal Plain Coastal Management Committee, East Carolina University, $2,700.
PRIOR TO ECU
Manda, A.K., 2007. Grants-in-Aid Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, $2000.
Manda, A.K., 2007. Leo M Hall Memorial Grant, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA $500.
Manda, A.K., 2005. Gloria Radke Memorial Grant, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA $615.
Manda, A.K., 2003. Grants-in-Aid Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, $1300.
TEACHING
GEOL 1500 Dynamic Earth (3 credits)
Undergraduate level course with maximum enrollment of 100 students
GEOL 1700 Environmental Geology (3 credits)
Undergraduate level course with maximum enrollment of either 30 or 100 students
DE GEOL 1700 Environmental Geology (3 credits)
Undergraduate Distance Education Course
GEOL2000 Quantitative Methods in the Geological Sciences (3 Credits)
Undergraduate level course with maximum enrolment of 20 students
GEOL 3500 Hydrogeology and the Environment (3 credits)
Undergraduate level course with maximum enrolment of 20 students
GEOL 5700 Geohydrology of Drainage Basins (3 credits)
Graduate level course with maximum enrolment of 15 students
GEOL 5710/11 Groundwater Hydrology (3 credits)
Graduate level or upper undergraduate level course with maximum enrolment of 15 students
GEOL7920/21 Advanced Groundwater and Surface Water Hydrology (3 credits)
Graduate level course with maximum enrolment of 15 students
GEOL 7710/7711 Groundwater Modeling (4 credits)
Graduate level course with maximum enrolment of 15 students
ADVISING
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Wheeler, J., (Geography) 2011-2013 Using GIS to track shale gas development in the Susquehanna River basin of Pennsylvania.
Kegel, J., 2012 Characterizing saltwater levels in the Alligator River and Alligator River-Pungo River canal, Tyrell County NC.
Kegel, J., 2010 Assessing long term trends of groundwater levels in the Surficial Aquifer of North Carolina.
Wheatley, K., 2017 A Case Study of Water Banking in North Carolina
Prock, K., 2017, Effects of groundwater Withdrawal on water levels in the Castle Hayne Aquifer on Bogue Banks North Carolina
GRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS
Angela Giuliano MS Geology, Graduated 2014: Groundwater salinity distribution in a channelized wetland Emily and Richardson Preyer Coastal Reserve Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
Justin Nixon, MS Geology, Graduated 2013: Determining the upper bounds of hydraulic properties of rocks based on the geometric arrangement of fractures and fracture properties in the crystalline basement rocks of the Piedmont and Mountain Provinces of North Carolina.
Shane Sisco, MS Geology, (co-advisor with Richard Spruill), Graduated 2013: Hydrogeological evaluation of the water table and surficial aquifer on emerald Isle, North Carolina.
Alex Culpepper, MS Geology, Graduated 2012: Quantitative comparison of 2D porosity and pore geometry between the Upper Castle Hayne aquifer, North Carolina, and the Biscayne aquifer, Florida, using image and geospatial analysis.
Katelyn Thompson (co-advisor with Richard Spruill), In progress: Hydrostratigraphic Framework Study and Simulations of Groundwater Flow for New Hanover County, North Carolina.
David Szynal MS Geology, Graduated 2014: Modeling the effects of pumping on groundwater flow and saltwater intrusion in the Castle Hayne Aquifer System, Bogue Banks, North Carolina.
James Owers MS Geology, Graduated 2018: Modeling the groundwater table on a barrier under climate change and sea level rise scenarios.
Wendy Klein (co-advisor with Richard Spruill), Graduated 2018. Coastal Resources Management Program Ph.D. in progress: Rescuing the Cretaceous aquifers of the Coastal Plain of eastern North Carolina.
Michael Griffin (Co-advisor with Burrell Montz, Geography Department), Coastal Resources Management Program Ph.D., ABD Effects of climate change on groundwater resources in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina.
Elizabeth Brown-Pickren (co-advisor with David Griffith), Graduated 2018 Coastal Resources Management Program Ph.D.
Tyler Anderson, MS Geology, Incomplete
Jon Gullet, MS Geology, In progress. Topic TBD
Kyle Prock, MS Geology, Graduated 2020.
Tyler Palochak, MS Geology, Incomplete
Alexis Kussman, MS Geology, Incomplete
Michael Barbour MS Geology, Graduated 2022.
Blake King, MS Geology, In Progress
SERVICE
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Membership in professional Societies
Geological Society of America (since 2003)
American Geophysical Union (since 2003)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (since 2012)
NAGT- Chairperson Membership committee 2021-Present
Editorial Service (Ad Hoc Reviewer)
Hydrogeology Journal
Natural Hazards
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science
International Journal of Water Sciences
Hydrology Journal
Water Resources Management Journal
Southeastern Geology
Earth Science Informatics
Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance
Hydrological Processes
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
Groundwater for Sustainable Development
Environment, Development and Sustainability
Journal of Structural Geology
Water Resources Research
Water Soil and Air
Other
Proposal Reviewer
2022 Fulbright Scholar Award Review Committee
2019 National Science Foundation
2018 National Science Foundation
2016-2018 Aeronautics Scholarship and Advanced STEM Training and Research (AS&STAR) Fellowships, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
2016 Undergraduate student research awards, southeastern section of the Geological Society of America
2015 Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy research grants, East Carolina University
2015 Aeronautics Scholarship and Advanced STEM Training and Research (AS&STAR) Fellowships, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2015 Education Opportunities in NASA STEM (EONS) – MUREP Institutional Research Opportunity – MIRO, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2013 East Carolina University, Intramural grants programs for 2013-2014
2013 Ad hoc reviewer Center for Agriculture, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Awards and Professional Recognition
2019-2020 Fulbright Scholar to Zambia
2018 Professional Geologist Licensure, North Carolina
2015 Active Learning in Geoscience Course, BB&T Leadership grant, $1000.
2014 Scholar, Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy, East Carolina University. Award comes with seed grant of $5000, graduate research assistant, undergraduate scholar, and participation in academy.
2014 Coastal Scholar Award, recipient of inaugural East Carolina University Coastal Maritime Council award in the amount of $500.
2012 Graduate student David Szynal was awarded a research grant from the SE section of the Geological Society of America.
2012 Selected as a participant in the Developing a Diverse Professoriate Workshop sponsored by the American Geophysical Union.
2012 Selected as a participant in the Teaching Environmental Geology workshop sponsored by the NSF.
2012 Undergraduate advisee Jamie Wheeler won first prize during the RENCI@ECU Visualization Challenge for her work on tracking shale gas development in Pennsylvania.
2011 Undergraduate advisee, Jessica Kegel, was one of sixty students in the state invited to present her research to state legislators at Research in the Capital, and one of only four students from East Carolina University invited to present her research to the ECU board of trustees.
2011 Undergraduate advisee Jamie Wheeler was awarded an Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award for her research on shale gas development ($2000).
2011 CRM student Michael Griffin won first prize ($500, free years membership to the Association of American Geographers, and a plaque) for the paper he presented at the annual Southeast division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) conference.
2011 Graduate student Alex Culpepper won the best poster award in the Research and Creative Activity week symposium at ECU for his research on karst aquifers.
2011 Selected as a participant for On the Cutting Edge Workshop – Early Career Geoscience Career Faculty: Teaching, research, Managing Your Career, National Science Foundation.
2010 Fellow, Water Here and There International Fellows Program, an exchange program of emerging young leaders between the United States and China funded by the Chinese Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State.
2009 Graduate Faculty East Carolina University.
2007 Graduate School Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA.
2006 First Prize Technology Innovation Challenge competition, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA.
2004 First Prize, Scholarly Forum, Florida International University Miami, FL $400.
2003 First Prize, Scholarly Forum, Florida International University Miami, FL $400.
1996 College Scholarship, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, Zambia, Africa.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2021 – present Tenure and Promotion committee member, Department of Coastal Studies, ECU
2015 – present Assessment Coordinator, Undergraduate Program, Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2021- present THCAS Scholarship Committee, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2021- present Committee member, Undergraduate studies in Geography and Environmental Studies steering committee
2021 – present Ex Officio member ECU Research and Creative Activities Committee
2019 – present Chairperson, Personnel Committee, Department of Geological Sciences
2015-2018 – Coastal Maritime Council Chairperson, East Carolina University
2014 – 2017 Administrator, Departmental Facebook page, Department of Geological Sciences,
2014 – present – Member, Coastal Maritime Council, East Carolina University
2014 – Coastal Resources Management Program Admissions committee, East Carolina University
2014 – present – COAS advisory committee, East Carolina University
2014 – Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee, East Carolina University
2014 – New Student Orientation, Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University
2013 – New Student Orientation, Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University
2013 – Department of Geological Sciences, representative for Fall Open House.
2013 – Coastal Resources Management Program Admissions committee, East Carolina University.
2013 Present – COAS advisory committee, East Carolina University
2013 – Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee, East Carolina University.
2012 – Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee, East Carolina University.
2012 – 2013 Coastal Water Resources Center Director Search Committee, East Carolina University.
2012 – Science Judge, Blue Heron Bowl, East Carolina University.
2012 – Graduate student recruitment, Department of Geological Sciences.
2012 – Created outreach materials for regional and national conferences, Department of Geological Sciences.
2012 – Department of Geological Sciences, representative for “Connect at the Cupola”.
2012 – Department of Geological Sciences, representative for Spring Open House.
2012 – Annual contributions to the Departmental Newsletter, Department of Geological Sciences.
2011 – Planning Committee: Blue Heron Bowl, National Ocean Sciences Bowl, East Carolina University.
2011 – Science Judge, Blue Heron Bowl, East Carolina University.
2011 – Graduate student recruitment, Department of Geological Sciences.
2011 – Department of Geological Sciences, Representative for Fall Open House.
2011 – Annual contributions to the Departmental Newsletter, Department of Geological Sciences.
2010 – Graduate student recruitment, Department of Geological Sciences.
2010 – Annual contributions to the Departmental Newsletter, Department of Geological Sciences.
2010 – Graded M.S. comprehensive exams, Department of Geological Sciences.
2010 – Planning Committee: NE Region Science and Engineering Fair, East Carolina University.
2009 – Planning Committee: NE Region Science and Engineering Fair, East Carolina University.
2009 – Department of Geological Sciences, Graduate student recruitment.
2009 – Department of Geological Sciences, Representative for Fall Open House.
2009 – Department of Geological Sciences, Strategic Plan ad hoc Committee.
OTHER SERVICE
2021 – Present Councilor-at-Large, Executive committee, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
2017-Present SE GSA Student Support Committee
2014 – “Fracking”, Talk presented to the League of Women Voters, Southern Shores, NC November 26, 2014
2014 – “Fracking”, Talk presented to the Rotary Club, Greenville NC, June 2014
2012- Deep well injection of reuse quality water, 2012 Regional Water Summit, New Bern Riverfront convention Center, April 11, 2012 Sponsored jointly by North Carolina’s Eastern Region, the Eastern Carolina Council, Coastal Water Resources Center and Wayne County.
2012 – “Hydraulic Fracturing in North Carolina: Potential Risks and Benefits”, Talk given to the Sierra Club, Greenville NC, May 14, 2012.
2010-2018 Member, Board of Directors, Pamlico-Tar River Foundation.
OUTREACH
2013 – Science ambassador, Invite a Scientist Program: Program to broaden participation and diversity in Science.
2013 – Earth Day, Event to broaden participation and diversity in Science, East Carolina University
2011 – Earth Day, Event to broaden participation and diversity in Science, River Park North Greenville NC.
2010 – Eastern North Carolina Science Festival, GoScience Center and East Carolina University
2009 – Groundwater talk, Wahl Coates Elementary School
Revised 11/02/2023