Professor, Departments of Biology and Environmental Sciences
Institute of Environmental Studies
College of Science & Engineering
Environmental Sciences Program ALUMNI Data Base (1973 to 2003)
(ESP ALUMNI)
Previoiusly, I was Director of the Environmental Sciences Program at Texas Christian University until 2003, and I hold a Professorship in the Department of Biology and the new! Department of Environmental Sciences. I have published over 50 articles on environmental topics including toxic metals and pesticides, water resources, computer applications, and remote sensing. I am a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, and was recently appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Waste Technology Institute at the University of Augsburg in Germany.
I was awarded a Faculty Research Fellowship Grant at the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center, and spent that summer in San Juan, P.R. Then, I took my first sabbatical leave of absence and worked with Dr. Otto Hutzinger at the Laboratory of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, on the occurrence of toxic metals associated with fly ash from municipal incineration. In 1984, I spent the best part of a year, again with Dr. Hutzinger, but this time in the Department of Geoecology at the University of Bayreuth, West Germany where we organized the "First World Conference on Remote Sensing" and had Harrison Schmidt, the last man to walk on the moon, as our featured speaker in Bayreuth's famous Opera House.
In 1991, I was appointed to the "Governor's Task Force on Economic Transition," for the State of Texas. This 'Task Force' dealt with environmental and other issues relating to the closing of military bases and reduced defense contracts in Texas.
At the Fall, 1996 Commencement, I was awarded the Dean's Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence. It was an unexpected honor and one that I cherish in my professional career.
During 1998-99, I have been a member of the INTEL Community Advisory Committee, the Citizen's Solid Waste Advisory, Governmental Affairs, Ft. Worth City Council Member, and the Environmental Advisory Council for the Department of Environmental Management, City of Ft. Worth. And I was recently appointed by the North Central Texas Council of Governments to the OLYMPICS 2012 Committee associated with environmental issues.
On December 6, 2001, I was selected by TCU's Mortar Board Senior Honor Society as one of their "Preferred Profs" at their annual dinner. It was a festive night and I feel privileged to have been a part of their celebration.
During the Fall, 2002 TCU Fall Convocation, I was honored to be selected as one of the finalist for the "Wassenich Award for Mentoring in the TCU Community." It was my privilege and honor to be a part of the Fall Convocation Ceremony.
During the Spring 2008 Semester, I am teaching 36 students Principles of Environmental Sciences, ENSC 10143. The lecture meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00 am until 9:50 am in Sid W. Richardson Physical Sciences Building, Lecture Hall #4. The laboratory meets on Mondays at 12 or 2 in SWR 237.
Additionally, I am co-teaching Geology 40973, Soils in the Environment on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 10:20 in SWR 256. The lab meets on Wednesdays from 2 - 5.
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Here are their pictures taken bright and early at 9:30 am one morning!
RELEVANT RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Habitat-specific differences in mercury concentrations in a top predator from a shallow lake. 2008. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. (Chumchal, M.M., R.W. Drenner, B. Fry, K.D. Hambright, and L.W. Newland)
Merging Old and New: Framing Technology Transfer to Improve Mercury Risk Management for Artisans and Communities. 2007. Environmental Informatics and Systems Research Vol. 2. 146-153. ISBN 978-3-8322-6397-3 (Marianne Bailey, Luis Fernandez , Loren Habegger and Margaret MacDonell and Leo Newland )
Mercury concentrations in fish from Lake Meredith, Texas: Implications for the issuance of fish consumption advisories. 2006. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Vol. 123, No. 1-3, December, 2006, pp 249-258. (McClain, W., M.M. Chumchal, R.W. Drenner, and L. Newland).
MERCURY: New Problems for an Old Pollutant. Proceedings: 19th International Conference Informatics for Environmental Protection, EnviroInfo2004, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. P. 250-254. Invited Eco-Informa Session entitled "Integrating Information for Better Environmental Decisions" (Leo Newland)
Bioaccumulation of mercury in fish from Lake Meredith, Texas. Presented at the Great Plains Limnology Conference, Oct 8-9, 2004, Springfield, MO (Bill McClain, Matt Chumchal, Ray Drenner, Leo Newland)
GIS Mapping of Micro-Urban Heat Islands Using GPS and Landsat Thermal Data, Eco-Informa Conference, Chicago, IL, May 16-20, 2001 (K. Morgan, L. Newland, N. Johnson, J. Rodriguez)
Wetlands and urbanization: a case study of the Lodes Marsh, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, Fort Worth, TX, USA., Eco-Informa Conference, Chicago, IL, May 16-20, 2001 (Alie Koroma , Leo Newland and Ken Morgan)
The Internet: Wireless, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 7 (1) 3-4. (Ken Morgan and Leo Newland, 2000)
Copper, Lead, Mercury, and Zinc in Periphyton from the South Florida Ecosystem. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, Vol 70, No.3-4, p. 259-274. 1999. (T. Cox, N.S. Simon, and L. Newland)
The Internet: Global Maps for the GIS. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 5 (4) 21. 1998. (Ken Morgan and Leo Newland)
Internet2: Super Internet. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 5 (2) 61. 1998. (Leo Newland and Ken Morgan)
Environmental Resources on the Internet. Eco-Informa `97, Vol 12, Eco-Informa Press, 1997. Bayreuth, Germany, 2-8 pp. (Leo Newland)
The Internet: Global Environmental Information. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 4 (1) 1. 1997 (Leo Newland and Ken Morgan)
The Internet Face to Face: Video Conferencing. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 4 (4) 2. 1997 (Arthur B. Busbey, Ken Morgan and Leo Newland)
Remote Sensing and GIS for Mapping Surface Materials Near Big Bend National Park, Texas. Eco-Informa `97, Vol 12, Eco-Informa Press, Bayreuth, Germany, 541-544 pp. 1997 (Susan Bittick, Ken Morgan, Arthur Busbey and Leo Newland)
Mapping Micro-Urban Heat Islands Using Landsat TM and a GIS. In Computers & Geoscience, Special Issue on Environmental Computing, Elsevier Pub, Vol 21, No.8, pp 965-969. 1995 (C. Aniello, K.M. Morgan, A. Busbey, and L. Newland)
Using SPOT data to Map Impervious Cover for Urban Runoff Predictions. J. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, Vol 40, No.1-4, p. 11-16. 1994. (Morgan, Newland, Busbey, and Weber)
Image Processing and GIS at TCU's Center for Remote Sensing & Energy Research. 1992. J. American Society of Photo. Engineering & Remote Sensing. 58 (8):1173-1174. (Morgan, Busbey, Donovan, and Newland)
Pozzolana-Induced Reductions in the Environmental Availability of Cadmium from Fly and Bottom Ash. Chemosphere. 1992. Vol. 21, pp 117-125. (Stokely and Newland)
Predictability of the Environmental Availability of Cadmium from Ash Morphology. Journal of Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry. 1992. Vol. 36, No. 2., pp 78-86 (Stokely and Newland)
Impact of Runoff from Septic Tanks and Agricultural Lands on Lake Weatherford--A Summary of Findings. In How Healthy is the Upper Trinity? (ed. Ric Jensen), Texas Water Resources Institute, 274p. 1991. (Hayes, S., K. Morgan, L. Newland, and K. Dean)
Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Data Base Management. J. Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry, Published as part of the proceedings of Eco-Informa 92, 14-18
Hydrologic Assessment of Critical Erosion Areas Using Satellite Data and a GIS. 1990, AIAA (Morgan, Newland, and Hayes)
Utilizing Remote Sensing Data and GIS for Watershed Mapping." Presented at the 1989 ECO-INFORMA, Bayreuth, Germany, 16-19 May 1989. (Morgan, Newland, and Hayes).
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Environmental Data Base Management and Analysis. 1989 J. Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry. 26:1-4, 129-136. (Morgan and Newland).
Mapping Imperious Cover Using Landsat TM Data Journal Soil and Water Conservation, pp. 589-591 (Dorsey E. Plunk, Jr., Ken Morgan, and Leo Newland).
