Lauren McPhillips

About

Lauren McPhillips is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Penn State University. Her research focuses on Water Resources Engineering, with particular interests in water quality, stormwater management, green infrastructure, urban ecohydrology, and biogeochemistry. She has contributed to understanding streamflow dynamics in urbanizing watersheds, the impacts of climate change on coastal infrastructure, and the development of sustainable stormwater management practices. Her work emphasizes resilience and sustainability in water systems, integrating interdisciplinary approaches to address environmental challenges related to urbanization, climate change, and infrastructure adaptation.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Environmental science
• Sociology
• Ecology
• Political Science
• Environmental planning
• Geography
• Environmental resource management
• Demography
• Business

Selected publications

• A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services

  One Earth · 2022 · 319 citations

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• Best Management Practices for Diffuse Nutrient Pollution: Wicked Problems Across Urban and Agricultural Watersheds

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2020-07-09 · 208 citations

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• What is the role of green stormwater infrastructure in managing extreme precipitation events?

  Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure · 2020-05-12 · 52 citations

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  Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is increasingly used to comply with stormwater management requirements under the Clean Water Act, but there is growing interest in leveraging GSI as part of climate change adaptation strategies. Success in contributing to this goal depends on what types of GSI are being used and how they are sized. Here we review GSI design storm requirements for the seven Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN) cities in the United States. We…

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• Social and environmental vulnerability to flooding: Investigating cross-scale hypotheses

  Applied Geography · 2023 · 47 citations

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• A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Stormwater Management Systems: Designing for Resiliency and Future Challenges

  Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment · 2023-12-22 · 43 citations

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  Climate change is projected to alter rainfall patterns in many parts of the US and around the world, highlighting the importance of stormwater management systems within resiliency efforts. Stormwater systems typically are designed based on historical rainfall records with the assumption of climate stationarity. This assumption is no longer valid for many locations, leaving a gap in the knowledge about how to ensure that these systems will meet the desired level of service over their design life.…

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Frequent coauthors

• Timon McPhearson

  New School

  11 shared

• M. Todd Walter

  Cornell University

  10 shared

• Rebecca L. Hale

  Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

  10 shared

• B. Rosenzweig

  Sarah Lawrence College

  9 shared

• Peter M. Groffman

  The Graduate Center, CUNY

  8 shared

• Nancy B. Grimm

  Arizona State University

  8 shared

• A. Marissa Matsler

  Environmental Protection Agency

  8 shared

• Heejun Chang

  Portland State University

  6 shared

Labs

• Lauren McPhillips LabPI

Education

• PHD, Biological & Environmental Engineering

  Cornell University

  2016

• MS, Environmental Engineering, Biological & Environmental Engineering

  Cornell University

  2013

• BS, Science of Earth Systems, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

  Cornell University

  2007

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