Ph.D (2021): Natural Resources, University of Vermont (UVM) Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Advisor: Dr. Eric D. Roy, Committee: Taylor H. Ricketts, Donna M. Rizzo, W. Breck Bowden, Beverley C. Wemple
M.S. (2017): Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University (LSU), College of the Coast and Environment, Co-advisors: John W. Day Jr. & Christopher F. D’Elia, Committee David E. Dismukes, Brian F. Snyder
B.S. (2013): Environmental Studies (major) & Renewable Energy (minor), State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry (SUNY ESF), Major advisor Charles A.S. Hall, Minor advisor Timothy A. Volk.
2017 – pres.: Graduate Research Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington VT USA
2015 – 2017: Graduate Research Assistant, Oceanogaphy & Coastal Science, LSU, Baton Rouge LA USA
2014 – 2015: Wastewater Treatment Wetland Monitoring (Part Time), Comite Resources, Zachary LA USA
2014 – 2015: Research Associate for John Day & Christopher D’Elia, LSU, Baton Rouge LA USA
2014 - present: (Part time) Solar photovoltaic installer, Croton Energy Group, Croton NY USA
2013: Field Technician for Willow Biomass Yield Trials, SUNY ESF and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with Timothy Volk and Timothy Wertin, Syracuse NY USA
Wetlands, floodplains, and aquatic ecosystems; ecological design and restoration; biogeochemistry; nutrient cycling; phosphorus; biophysical and ecological economics; systems ecology; ecosystem services; renewable energy; natural resources planning and management; open source technology and software; education
Computer programming with R, Python, FORTAN, Julia, Visual Basic; statistics, data management and visualization with open source libraries of Python and R; geographic information systems and geospatial analysis with QGIS and ESRI ArcGIS Pro; numerical process modeling of ecosystems; scientific writing; science communication; quantitative analytical field and laboratory methods; project management; mentorship
2nd Place ($150) at the American Ecological Engineering Society 2020 Virtual Poster Symposium. https://2020aeesposters.com/phosphorus-dynamics-in-restored-riparian-wetlands-within-an-agricultural-basin/
Gund Institute for Environment Ph.D Research Fellowship, 3 Years of Full Time Funded Research Assistantship at University of Vermont. https://www.uvm.edu/gund/gund-phd-research-fellowships
1st Place ($500) at the 8th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Louisiana State University College of the Coast and Environment, Baton Rouge LA USA, April 22, 2016
Graduate Dean’s Travel Award ($1200) & Graduate Student Travel Award ($200), LSU, June 2016.
Department Scholar Award for “most outstanding academic achievement” in Environmental Studies Biological Science Applications focus option, SUNY ESF, 2014.
Magna Cum Laude, SUNY ESF, 2014
2012 USCAA National Semifinalist as a member of SUNY ESF Men’s Soccer Team
R.G. Hunter, J.W. Day, A.R.H Wiegman, and R.R. Lane, (2018). Municipal wastewater treatment costs with an emphasis on assimilation wetlands in the Louisiana coastal zone. Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.09.020
J.S. Rutherford, J.W. Day, C.F. D’Elia, A.R.H. Wiegman, C.S. Willson, R.H. Caffey, G.P. Shaffer, R.L. Lane, D Batker, (2018). Evaluating trade-offs of a large, infrequent sediment diversion for restoration of a forested wetland in the Mississippi delta. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.01.016
C.A.S. Hall, F. Knickmeyer, A.R.H. Wiegman, A. Brainard, A.R. Diaz, C. Huynh, J.V. Mead, (2018). A class exercise for systems ecology: synthesis of stream energetics and testing allen’s paradox. Ecological Modeling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.12.014
J.W. Day, C.F. D’Elia, A.R.H. Wiegman, J.S. Rutherford, R.R. Lane, D. Dismukes, (2018). The Energy Pillars of Society: Perverse Interactions Among Human Resource Use, the Economy, and Environmental Degradation. Biophysical Economics and Resource Quality. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41247-018-0035-6
A.R.H. Wiegman, J. W. Day, C. F. D’Elia, E.D. Roy, J.S. Rutherford, G.P Kemp, J.T. Morris, R.R. Lane. (2017). The impact of sea-level rise, oil prices, and management strategy on the costs and benefits of sustaining Mississippi Delta marshes with hydraulic dredging. Science of the Total Environment. Volume 618, 15 March 2018, Pages 1547-1559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.314
J.W. Day, R.R. Lane, C.F. D'Elia, A.R.H. Wiegman, J.S. Rutherford, G.P. Shaffer, C.G. Brantley, G.P. Kemp, (2016). Large infrequently operated river diversions for Mississippi Delta restoration. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Volume 183, p. 292-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.05.001
A.R.H. Wiegman, J.S. Rutherford, J.W. Day, (2018). The Costs and Sustainability of Ongoing Efforts to Restore and Protect Louisiana’s Coast. In Mississippi Delta Restoration (pp. 93-111). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65663-2_7
J.S. Rutherford, A.R.H Wiegman, J.W. Day, R.R. Lane, (2018). Energy and Climate–Global Trends and Their Implications for Delta Restoration. In Mississippi Delta Restoration (pp. 77-92). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65663-2_6
J.W. Day, R.R. Lane, C.F. D'Elia, A.R.H. Wiegman, J.S. Rutherford, G.P. Shaffer, C.G. Brantley, G.P. Kemp, (2018). Large infrequently operated river diversions for Mississippi delta restoration. In Mississippi Delta Restoration (pp. 113-133). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65663-2_8
Courtney Hammond Wagner, Jesse Gourevitch, Katie Horner, Eva Kinnebrew, Becky Maden, Eric Recchia, Alissa White, Adrian R. H. Wiegman, Taylor Ricketts, Eric Roy 2019 “Payment for Ecosystem Services for Vermont.” Issue Paper 19-01. Burlington, VT: Gund Institute for Environment. https://agriculture.vermont.gov/sites/agriculture/files/documents/Water_Quality/Ryan/PES/Gund_Issue_Paper_2019_Vermont_PES_final%5B1%5D.pdf
Adrian R. H. Wiegman, John W. Day, Paul Kemp, Sam Bentley, Bei Bei Guo, Chris D'Elia. Megatrends – Dynamic Coast: A white paper summarizing one year of research on the influence of energy and climate megatrends on the future cost of restoring the Mississippi Delta. Small Projects Fund 2014/2015, Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS) Louisiana State University, December 2015.
John W. Day, and Adrian R. H. Wiegman. Knowledge Gap and Research Question 3: Societal-Scale Adaptations to Net Energy Constraints and the Role of Systems Modeling in the Face of Future Challenges. Implications of Net Energy for the Food-Energy-Water Nexus An NSF-funded workshop at Linfield College, McMinnville, OR 14-16 January 2016, Co-PIs: Thomas Love and David Murphy, National Science Foundation, Award Number: 1541988.
(For research, editing, preparing figures & manuscript coordination) Day, J. W., & Hall, C.A.S. (2016). America’s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions: Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends. Springer.
(For research) Day Heinberg, R. & Frindlay, D. (2016). Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Renewable Energy. Island Press.
Interviewed: Doing Our Part: A Commitment to Clean Water. 2020. Peregrin Productions. Broadcasted on Vermont Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) at 08:00pm July 9, 2020 and Sunday, July 12, 02:00 pm. https://vimeo.com/435345577
Testified Vermont Legislative Study Committee on Wetlands. November 20, 2019, Bridport Masonic Town Hall, Bridport VT. https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/WorkGroups/Wetlands/Documents%20and%20Testimony/W~Adrian%20Wiegman~Testimony~11-20-2019.pdf
Adrian R.H. Wiegman, John W. Day, Christopher F. D’Elia, Eric D. Roy, James T. Morris, Jeffrey S. Rutherford, Robert L. Lane, David E. Dismukes, Brian Snyder. Minimizing impacts of 21st century megatrends on marsh creation costs in the Mississippi delta. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, Providence RI USA, November 6, 2017.
A.R.H. Wiegman, J.W. Day, C.F. D’Elia, C.A.S. Hall, D.J. Murphy, J.S. Rutherford, R.R. Lane. Long term forecasts for oil prices: a review of oil supply, energy market models, and the range of future trajectories for oil price. International Society for Biophysical Economics and International Society for Ecological Economics, Washington D.C. USA, June 26-28, 2016.
J.W. Day, C. F. D’Elia, C.A.S. Hall, A.R.H. Wiegman, J.S. Rutherford, D. E. Dismukes, R. R. Lane. The energy pillars of society and the transition to renewables. International Society for Biophysical Economics and International Society for Ecological Economics, Washington D.C. USA, June 26-28, 2016.
Adrian R.H. Wiegman, J.W. Day, C. F. D’Elia. Uncertainties in Water Level and Mineral Sediment Variability as Drivers of Accretion in Louisiana Coastal Marsh. 8th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Louisiana State University College of the Coast and Environment, Baton Rouge LA USA, April 22, 2016.
Adrian R. H. Wiegman, Kristin L. Underwood, William B. Bowden, Eric D. Roy. Phosphorus dynamics in restored riparian wetlands within an agricultural basin International Ecological Engineering Society Closed Cycles 2020 Conference, Zurich Switzerland, September 2-4 2020 and American Ecological Engineering Society Virtual Poster Symposium, June 1-5 2020. Lighting talk: https://2020aeesposters.com/phosphorus-dynamics-in-restored-riparian-wetlands-within-an-agricultural-basin/
Adrian R. H. Wiegman, Isabelle C. Augustine, Marcos L. Kubow, Harrison Meyers, Kristin L. Underwood, William B. Bowden, Eric D. Roy. Parameterizing Functions of Soil-Water Soluble Reactive Phosphorus Flux for an Ecohydrological Model of Formerly Drained Riparian Wetlands in the Lake Champlain Basin. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA USA, December 8-13 2019.
Adrian R.H. Wiegman, John W. Day, Christopher F. D’Elia, Eric D. Roy, James T. Morris, Jeffrey S. Rutherford, Robert L. Lane, David E. Dismukes. Modeling impacts of sea-level rise, oil price and management strategy on sustaining Mississippi delta marshes with hydraulic dredging. American Ecological Engineering Society, 17th annual meeting, Ecological Engineering for the Adaptation in the Anthropocene, Athens GA USA, May 23-25, 2017.
Adrian R. H. Wiegman, John W. Day, G. Paul Kemp, Sam Bentley, Bei Bei Guo, Chris D'Elia. The influence of 21st century megatrends of energy and climate on Mississippi Delta restoration. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, Portland OR USA, November 8-12, 2015.
Adrian R. H. Wiegman and Aayushi Patel. Maximum Power and Profit in a Willow Harvest: Modeling trade offs between rate of fuel use and harvest efficiency
in a combine and tractor Salix coppice harvest system. SUNY ESF Spotlight on Student Research, Syracuse NY USA, April 2013.
Eric D. Roy, Jory Hecht, Breck Bowden. Quantifying phosphorus retention in restored riparian wetlands of the Lake Champlain Basin. Granting Agency – Lake Champlain Basin Foundation; Dollars awarded - $115,780; Project Dates January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2020
John W. Day, Rob Lane, David Batker, Christopher D’Elia, David Dismukes. Expanding Ecosystem Service Provisioning from Coastal Restoration to minimize Environmental and Energy Constraints. Granting Agency - Gulf Research Program; Dollars awarded - $147,937; Project dates - August 1, 2015 – July 31, 2016 [grant number 2000005991]
John W. Day, Clint Willson, James Wilkins, Craig Colten, Paul Kemp. A New Changing Course – From the Last Naturally Active to a New Naturally Active and Sustainable Mississippi Delta. Granting Agency – LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio; Dollars awarded - $26,510; Project dates - August 1, 2015 – July 31, 2016 [award number 1512]
Co-Mentor, Otter Creek Wetland Restoration Engineering Capstone Project with Dr. Eric Roy, Fall 2020
Community Partner, NR 206 - Environmental Problem Solving with Dr. Eric Roy, Fall 2019
Co-Instructor, NR 288 - Ecological Design and Living Technology, with Mike Ament, Fall 2019.
Guest Lecture on Life Cycle Assessment, NR 288 - Living Technology and Ecological Design, with Dr. Eric Roy, University of Vermont, Burlington VT, Fall 2017.
Teaching Assistant, EFB 518 (graduate level) - Systems Ecology with Dr. Whitney Marshall, SUNY ESF, Syracuse NY USA, Fall 2013.
Teaching Assistant, EFB 516 (graduate level) - Ecosystems, with Dr. Charles A.S. Hall, SUNY ESF, Syracuse NY USA, Spring 2013.