Li Li

IEE Faculty Member
IEE Fellow
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research group: https://lireactivewater.wixsite.com/group

Twitter: @LiReactiveWater

Research Summary

The Li Reactive Water group is interested in questions regarding how the structure of Critical Zone—Earth’s living skin from the tree tops to the bottom of groundwater (the zone that supports life)—regulates its functioning and response to climate change and human perturbations. We are particularly interested in the interactions of water with soils, rocks, roots, and microbes along its flow paths to rivers and streams and how such interactions regulate water quantity, chemistry, and quality.

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Projects

Recent Publications

Topographic correction of visible near-infrared reflectance spectra for horizon-scale soil organic carbon mapping

Duro, A. M., Hirmas, D. R., Ajami, H., Billings, S. A., Zhang, X., Li, L., Flores, A., Moreno, V., Cao, X., Guilinger, J., Oleghe, E., Giménez, D., Gray, A. & Sullivan, P. L., Mar 1 2024, In: Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88, 2, p. 207-223 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Solute export patterns across the contiguous USA

Kincaid, D. W., Underwood, K. L., Hamshaw, S. D., Li, L., Seybold, E. C., Stewart, B., Rizzo, D. M., Haq, I. U. & Perdrial, J. N., Jun 2024, In: Hydrological Processes. 38, 6, e15197.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

River water quality shaped by land–river connectivity in a changing climate

Li, L., Knapp, J. L. A., Lintern, A., Ng, G. H. C., Perdrial, J., Sullivan, P. L. & Zhi, W., Mar 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, 3, p. 225-237 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Expanding the Spatial Reach and Human Impacts of Critical Zone Science

Singha, K., Sullivan, P. L., Billings, S. A., Walls, L., Li, L., Jarecke, K. M., Barnard, H. R., Gasparini, N. M., Madoff, R. D., Dhital, S., Jones, C., Kastelic, E. C., Ma, L., Perilla-Castillo, P., Song, B. & Zhu, T., Mar 2024, In: Earth's Future. 12, 3, e2023EF003971.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Deep learning insights into suspended sediment concentrations across the conterminous United States: Strengths and limitations

Song, Y., Chaemchuen, P., Rahmani, F., Zhi, W., Li, L., Liu, X., Boyer, E., Bindas, T., Lawson, K. & Shen, C., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology. 639, 131573.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

CAMELS-Chem: augmenting CAMELS (Catchment Attributes and Meteorology for Large-sample Studies) with atmospheric and stream water chemistry data

Sterle, G., Perdrial, J., Kincaid, D. W., Underwood, K. L., Rizzo, D. M., Haq, I. U., Li, L., Lee, B. S., Adler, T., Wen, H., Middleton, H. & Harpold, A. A., Feb 13 2024, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 28, 3, p. 611-630 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Illuminating the “Invisible”: Substantial Deep Respiration and Lateral Export of Dissolved Carbon From Beneath Soil

Stewart, B., Shanley, J. B., Matt, S., Seybold, E. C., Kincaid, D. W., Vierbicher, A., Cable, B., Hicks, N., Perdrial, J. N. & Li, L., Jun 2024, In: Water Resources Research. 60, 6, e2023WR035940.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Amplified Production and Export of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon During Hot and Wet Subtropical Monsoon

Wen, H., Li, S. L., Chen, X., Qin, C. & Li, L., Jan 2024, In: Water Resources Research. 60, 1, e2023WR035292.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Leveraging Groundwater Dynamics to Improve Predictions of Summer Low-Flow Discharges

Johnson, K., Harpold, A., Carroll, R. W. H., Barnard, H., Raleigh, M. S., Segura, C., Li, L., Williams, K. H., Dong, W. & Sullivan, P. L., Aug 2023, In: Water Resources Research. 59, 8, e2023WR035126.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

High Dissolved Carbon Concentration in Arid Rocky Mountain Streams

Kerins, D. & Li, L., Mar 21 2023, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 57, 11, p. 4656-4667 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Is macroporosity controlled by complexed clay and soil organic carbon?

Koop, A. N., Hirmas, D. R., Billings, S. A., Li, L., Cueva, A., Zhang, X., Wen, H., Nemes, A., Souza, L. F. T., Ajami, H., Flores, A. N., Rudick, A. K., Guthrie, A., Klamm, L. M., Unruh, M. & Sullivan, P. L., Sep 2023, In: Geoderma. 437, 116565.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The recovery of river chemistry from acid rain in the Mississippi River basin amid intensifying anthropogenic activities and climate change

Kozar, D., Dong, X. & Li, L., Nov 1 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 897, 165311.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Agricultural nitrate export patterns shaped by crop rotation and tile drainage

Ma, Z., Guan, K., Peng, B., Sivapalan, M., Li, L., Pan, M., Zhou, W., Warner, R. & Zhang, J., Feb 1 2023, In: Water Research. 229, 119468.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Disentangling the responses of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations to overlapping drivers in a northeastern United States forested watershed

Ruckhaus, M., Seybold, E. C., Underwood, K. L., Stewart, B., Kincaid, D. W., Shanley, J. B., Li, L. & Perdrial, J. N., 2023, In: Frontiers in Water. 5, 1065300.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Drier streams despite a wetter climate in woody-encroached grasslands

Sadayappan, K., Keen, R., Jarecke, K. M., Moreno, V., Nippert, J. B., Kirk, M. F., Sullivan, P. L. & Li, L., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Hydrology. 627, 130388.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review