Education

Ph.D., Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware

M.S., Environmental Science and Management, Duquesne University

B.S., Biology, Minor: Geology, Syracuse University

Publications

Doctoral Dissertation: Pratt, D, 2025, The Hydrogeological Drivers of Marsh Migration, University of Delaware, 32165126.

Pratt, D, JA Guimond, ES Bacmeister, S Fagherazzi, and HA Michael, 2025, Terrestrial groundwater drives coastal ecosystem shifts, Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2025GL116251.

Fagherazzi, S, G Nordio, J Boaga, G Cassiani, HA Michael, D Pratt, TC Messerschmidt, ML Kirwan, S Stotts, 2025, The ecohydrology of coastal ghost forests, Ecohydrology, DOI: 10.1002/eco.70020.

Guimond, JA, E Grande, HA Michael, D Pratt, E Herndon, GL Noyce, ND Ward, I Forbrich, P Regier, MJ Berens, B Arora, 2025, The hidden influences of terrestrial groundwater on salt marsh function and resilience, Nature Water, DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024-00384-6.

Pratt, D, RW McQuiggan, E Snell Bacmeister, A Sprague-Getsy, HA Michael, 2025, Groundwater and soil moisture data collected in the Coastal Critical Zone of the Delmarva Peninsula, United States, Data in Brief, DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.111336

Nordio, G, D Pratt, HA Michael, S Fagherazzi, Initial Soil Moisture and Soil Texture Control the Impact of Storm Surges in Coastal Forests, 2024, Science of the Total Environment, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175911

Kirwan, ML, HA Michael, K Gedan, K Tully, S Fagherazzi, N McDowell, G Molino, D Pratt, WG Reay, S Stotts, 2024, Feedbacks regulating the salinization of coastal landscapes, Annual Reviews of Marine Science, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-070924-031447

Regier, P, [and 68 others including D Pratt], 2023, Coastal inundation regime moderates the short-term effects of sediment and soil additions on seawater oxygen and greenhouse gas dynamics: a microcosm experiment, Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1308590.

Myers-Pigg, AN, [and 68 others including D Pratt], 2023, Biogeochemistry of upland to wetland soils, sediments, and surface waters across Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes coastal interfaces, Nature Scientific Data, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02548-7.

Master’s Dissertation: Pratt, D, 2019, Unconventional Gas Extraction in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Complaints, Production, and Water Quality Duquesne University, 13859169.

Awards, Funding, & Grants

2025: UD Graduate Travel Grant

2024: UD Doctoral Fellowship for Excellence

2024: Wills Family Award

2022-2024: Delaware Environmental Institute Fellowship

2022: UD Graduate Travel Grant

2018-2019: Bayer Research Fellowship

Datasets

Published

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Crisfield Farm – DTW, Water Temperature, Specific conductance – May 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI: 10.4211/hs.24ae4ba3490346e088c5fca5a745b0b9

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Crisfield Farm – Soil water content, Soil temperature, Electrical conductivity – Jul 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.ffb417acb8bb4fdda660d8756b38b4cd

Pratt, D, HA Michael, JA Guimond, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Dover Farm – DTW, Water Temperature, Specific conductance – May 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.647b0abd93fe4d10946d2c3205d106a4

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, JA Guimond, ES Bacmeister, Dover Farm – Redox Potential – Mar 2022-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI: 10.4211/hs.6266637e25504372a78285ebd3a78b18

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Dover Farm – Soil water content, Soil temperature, Electrical conductivity – Jul 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.c4e6bc66235e42b6b364bab513b747ee

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Metompkin Farm – DTW, Water Temperature, Specific conductance – Jul 2022-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.de8341f1e4544c61b0f0128099cfc08a

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Metompkin Farm – Soil water content, Soil temperature, Electrical conductivity – Jul 2022-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI: 10.4211/hs.c414b4b08e2647da9ae5d70dc1aae60c

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, JA Guimond, ES Bacmeister, Milford Neck – DTW, Water Temperature, Specific conductance – Nov 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.844209cb8da943d5bec4cfa76f68920e

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, JA Guimond, ES Bacmeister, Milford Neck – Redox Potential – Mar 2022-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI: 10.4211/hs.a675e40ec0043b79cbc3e1fb7034578

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Milford Neck – Soil water content, Soil temperature, Electrical conductivity – Dec 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.9b08109214f14f6c9f0b51ffd96ba3b1

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Monie Bay – DTW, Water Temperature, Specific conductance – Mar 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.1c69a4c9140f4893a644b5187b0e16fd

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Monie Bay – Soil water content, Soil temperature, Electrical conductivity – Aug 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.24f5579b1d8245669eaaeb8e4c07f162

Pratt, D, HA Michael, G Nordio, S Fagherazzi, Virginia Forest – DTW, Water Temperature, Specific conductance – Jun 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI:
10.4211/hs.e99ee3f096964b31add85947894d812c

Pratt, D, HA Michael, G Nordio, S Fagherazzi, Virginia Forest – Soil water content, Soil temperature, Electrical conductivity – Jun 2021-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025. DOI: 10.4211/hs.064e5da7690048849e31bf36c524ba7f

Pennington, SC, [and 68 others including D Pratt], EXCHANGE Campaign 1: A community-drive baseline characterization of soils, sediments, and water across coastal gradients, ESS-Dive, 2023. DOI: 10.15485/1960313.

Discoverable

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Crisfield Farm – Redox Potential – Mar 2022-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025.

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Metompkin Farm – Redox Potential – Jul 2022-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025.

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Monie Bay – Redox Potential – Mar 2022-Jul 2024, HydroShare, 2025.

Pratt, D, HA Michael, A Sprague-Getsy, ES Bacmeister, Virginia Forest- Redox Potential – Jun 2022-Jan 2024, HydroShare, 2025.