Derek J. Martin, Ph.D.

Appalachian State University

Professor of Geography

Graduate Program Director

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I am a Professor of Geography and the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Geography and Planning at Appalachian State University, located in Boone, North Carolina, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. As a broadly trained Physical Geographer my interests are in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, and field applications of geospatial technologies. Please use the links at the top of this page to learn more about my professional interests, my teaching and research experience, as well as a little bit more about me and my extra-curricular interests.

Click on the DOI link below to check out my most recent publication, or click on the pictures below to learn more about my past and current research projects.

Platt, J., Martin, D.J, Mayfield, M., Armstrong, W. 2024. Geomorphic response to the removal of the Ward’s Mill Dam on the Watauga River, North Carolina. Southeastern Geographer – Special Issue: Rivers of the Southeast. https://doi.org/10.1353/sgo.0.a918863

One of my graduate students helps survey the Ningar River, located in the Cordillera Real of Ecuador.

A wood accumulation along Lower Tabor Creek in the Missouri Ozarks following a 1,000 year flood event.

Initiating a water level data logger on a stream draining the glaciated Cordillera Vilcanota, Peruvian Andes.

Two of my graduate students surveying just downstream of the Ward's Mill Dam, located on the Watauga River. The 100+ year old dam has since been removed, and we are now studying the impact of the removal, and the rate of system recovery

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