Lauren McPhillips
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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226B Sackett
University Park, PA - lxm500@psu.edu
- 814-865-4564
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Most Recent Publications
Optimal life-cycle adaptation of coastal infrastructure under climate change
Ashmita Bhattacharya, Konstantinos G. Papakonstantinou, Gordon P. Warn, Lauren McPhillips, Melissa M. Bilec, Chris E. Forest, Rahaf Hasan, Digant Chavda, 2025, Nature Communications
Controls From Above and Below: Snow, Soil, and Steepness Drive Diverging Trends of Subsurface Water and Streamflow Dynamics
Devon Kerins, Abigail S. Knapp, Fiona S. Liu, Valerie Diana Smykalov, Matthew P. Berzonsky, Andrew Vierbicher, Kayalvizhi Sadayappan, Bryn Stewart, Elizabeth M. Andrews, Pamela L. Sullivan, Holly R. Barnard, Jan Seibert, Lauren E. McPhillips, Kamini Singha, Li Li, 2025, Hydrological Processes
Internal Water Storage as a Means of Improving Nitrogen Retention and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emission in Stormwater Treatment
Tahiya Tarannum, Bishwodeep Adhikari, Lauren E. McPhillips, 2025, ACS ES and T Water on p. 1137-1147
Analysis of the Hydrologic Performance in a Lined Bioretention Basin and Implications for Monitoring and Design
Bishwodeep Adhikari, Lauren McPhillips, 2025, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
Stormwater Control Measures Performance: Predicting Behavior under Climate Change Using Historical Data
Katherine J. Eimer, Shirley E. Clark, Lauren McPhillips, 2025, on p. 743-753
Quantifying soil moisture and evapotranspiration heterogeneity within a solar farm: Implications for stormwater management
Rouhangiz Yavari Bajehbaj, Raj Cibin, Jonathan Duncan, Lauren E. McPhillips, 2024, Journal of Hydrology on p. 131474
Life cycle assessment of green-grey coastal flood protection infrastructure: a case study from New Orleans
Rahaf Hasan, Lauren McPhillips, Gordon Warn, Melissa Bilec, 2024, Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Stormwater Management Systems: Designing for Resiliency and Future Challenges
J. M. Hathaway, E. Z. Bean, J. T. Bernagros, D. P. Christian, H. Davani, A. Ebrahimian, C. M. Fairbaugh, J. S. Gulliver, L. E. McPhillips, G. Palino, E. W. Strecker, R. A. Tirpak, B. Van Duin, N. Weinstein, R. J. Winston, 2024, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Stormwater Management Systems: Designing for Resiliency and Future Challenges
J. Hathaway, E. Bean, J. Bernagros, D. Christian, H. Davani, A. Ebrahimian, C. Fairbaugh, J. Gulliver, Lauren McPhillips, G. Palino, E. Strecker, R. Tirpak, B. Van Duin, N. Weinstein, R. Winston, 2024, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
Best Management Practices to Minimize Impacts of Solar Farms on Landscape Hydrology and Water Quality
Lauren McPhillips, Anthony Buda, Zachary Easton, W. Daniels, Siobhan Fathel, John Ignosh, Cibin Raj, David Sample, 2024, Chesapeake Bay Science and Technical Advisory Committee Publication
Most-Cited Papers
Defining Extreme Events: A Cross-Disciplinary Review
Lauren E. McPhillips, Heejun Chang, Mikhail V. Chester, Yaella Depietri, Erin Friedman, Nancy B. Grimm, John S. Kominoski, Timon McPhearson, Pablo Méndez-Lázaro, Emma J. Rosi, Javad Shafiei Shiva, 2018, Earth's Future on p. 441-455
Pluvial flood risk and opportunities for resilience
Bernice R. Rosenzweig, Lauren McPhillips, Heejun Chang, Chingwen Cheng, Claire Welty, Marissa Matsler, David Iwaniec, Cliff I. Davidson, 2018, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water
A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services
Timon McPhearson, Elizabeth Cook, M Berbés-Blázquez, Marta Berbes-Blazquez, Chingwen Cheng, Nancy Grimm, Erik Anderson, Erik Andersson, E Grimm, N.B., Andersson,, Olga Barbosa, Tiffany Troxler, David Chandler, Heeju Chang, V. Chester, Mikhail, Mikhail V. Chester, Daniel Childers, Stephen Elser, Niki Frantzeskaki, Zbigniew Grabowski, Peter Groffman, Rebecca Hale, David Iwaniec, Nadja Kabisch, Christopher Kennedy, Samuel Markolf, A. Matsler, Lauren McPhillips, Thaddeus Miller, Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson, Tischa Munoz-Erickson, Emma Rosi, Emma Rossi, Tiffany Troxler, 2022, One Earth on p. 505-518
Best Management Practices for Diffuse Nutrient Pollution: Wicked Problems across Urban and Agricultural Watersheds
Anna Lintern, Lauren McPhillips, Brandon Winfrey, Jonathan Duncan, Caitlin Grady, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology on p. 9159-9174
Temporal evolution of green stormwater infrastructure strategies in three us cities
Lauren E. McPhillips, A. Marissa Matsler, 2018, Frontiers in Built Environment
Infrastructures as socio-eco-technical systems: Five considerations for interdisciplinary dialogue
Z. J. Grabowski, A. M. Matsler, C. Thiel, L. McPhillips, R. Hum, A. Bradshaw, T. Miller, C. Redman, 2017, Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Developing knowledge systems for urban resilience to cloudburst rain events
Bernice Rosenzweig, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Lauren McPhillips, Robert Hobbins, Timon McPhearson, Zhongqi Cheng, Heejun Chang, Yeowon Kim, 2019, Environmental Science and Policy on p. 150-159
Hydrologic conditions drive denitrification and greenhouse gas emissions in stormwater detention basins
Lauren McPhillips, M. Todd Walter, 2015, Ecological Engineering on p. 67-75
The Role of Denitrification in Stormwater Detention Basin Treatment of Nitrogen
Natalie R. Morse, Lauren E. McPhillips, James P. Shapleigh, M. Todd Walter, 2017, Environmental Science & Technology on p. 7928-7935
Spatial analysis of landscape and sociodemographic factors associated with green stormwater infrastructure distribution in Baltimore, Maryland and Portland, Oregon
Ashley Baker, Emma Brenneman, Heejun Chang, Lauren McPhillips, Marissa Matsler, 2019, Science of the Total Environment on p. 461-473
News Articles Featuring Lauren McPhillips
Jan 27, 2025
Researchers recognized for excellence by Institute of Energy and the Environment
The Institute of Energy and the Environment recognized six Penn State faculty members for their research excellence.
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Mar 19, 2023
Greening the grey: Engineering natural solutions for stormwater management
Labyrinths of concrete and metal creep below and along our city streets, exposed only by pockmarks of manhole covers and the dark of drains.
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Nov 12, 2019
Urban development reduces flash flooding chances in arid West
Urban development in the eastern United States results in an increase in flash flooding in nearby streams, but in the arid West, urbanization has just the opposite effect, according to a Penn State researcher, who suggests there may be lessons to be learned from the sharp contrast.
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