• Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, Germany, October 2005
  ("Environmental fate of arsenic and chromium in a soil contaminated by wood preservatives")
  
• Diploma (M.S.) in Agricultural Sciences, University of Kiel, Germany, January 2000

• 2007-date: Research Associate at Oregon State University, Department of Forest Engineering
• 2006: Research Associate at Technical University of Braunschweig, Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics
• 2000-2005: Research assistant at the University of Bayreuth, Department of Hydrology
  (“Optimization of groundwater risk assessment procedures: Implementation of column experiments, batch tests, soil water sampling and transport models”, funded by the Bavarian State Department of Environment)
• 2000: CSIRO, Division of Tropical Agriculture, Brisbane, Australia
  ("Assessing the possibility for N pollution in groundwaters in sugar growing areas in north Queensland")

• Interactions between hillslope variables controlling the generation of subsurface stormflow on the hillslope scale
• Modeling of water and solute transport across scales
• Spatial and temporal variability of water flow processes in the vadose zone
• Parameterization of preferential flow
• Fate and transport of heavy metals in soils

• Hopp, L. and J.J. McDonnell (2009): Connectivity at the hillslope scale: Identifying interactions between storm size, bedrock permeability, slope angle and soil depth. Journal of Hydrology, in revision.
• Hopp, L, C. Harman, S. Desilets, C. Graham, J. McDonnell, and P. Troch (2009):Hillslope hydrology under glass: confronting fundamental questions of soil-water-biota co-evolution at Biosphere 2. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 6, 4411-4448.
• Hopp, L., P.S. Nico, M.A. Marcus, and S. Peiffer (2008): Arsenic and chromium partitioning in a podzolic soil contaminated by chromated copper arsenate. Environmental Science & Technology 42(17), 6481-6486, DOI: 10.1021/es800615f.
• Hopp, L., S. Peiffer, and W. Durner (2006): Spatial variability of arsenic and chromium in the soil water at a former wood preserving site. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 85 (3-4): 159-178. Doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.01.005.
• Hopp, L., P. Nico, and S. Peiffer (2006): Effect of Fe(II) Treatment on solid phase partitioning of arsenic and chromium. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 8, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU06-A-06723.
• Hopp, L. and S. Peiffer (2005): The applicability of batch tests for assessing the mobility of arsenic and chromium. Vom Wasser 103(4): 3-34 – Journal of the German Chemical Society.
• Buczko U., L. Hopp, W. Berger, W. Durner, S. Peiffer, and M. Scheithauer (2004): Simulation of chromium transport in the unsaturated zone for predicting contaminant entries into the groundwater. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 167: 284-292.
• Hopp, L., U. Buczko, S. Peiffer, and W. Durner (2004): Simulation of water flow and solute transport in a hydrophobic sandy soil. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 6, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU04-A-04650.

Personal Interests

Enjoying Oregon’s outdoors, horseback riding, gardening.