Rate My Professor Sarah Mager

Mager teaches a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including GEOG 101 Physical Geography (Hydrology Module), GEOG 201 Field Research Methods, GEOG 299 and GEOG 399 Freshwater Resources: Monitoring and Management, GEOG 301 Field Research Studies, GEOG 461 Mountain Hydrology (co-taught), GEOG 470 A Research Topic in Geography, GEOG 490 Dissertation, GEOG 495 Masters Thesis Preparation, and contributes to ENVI 111 Environment and Society and others. She has supervised numerous MSc and PhD students on topics such as particulate organic matter influences on turbidity, stormwater runoff quality into Lake Wānaka, bedload movement quantification, nitrate dynamics in aquifers, alpine river water quality, soil moisture changes in tussock grasslands, and groundwater-surface water interactions. Notable publications include Wilkins et al. (2025) 'Nitrate-nitrogen dynamics in response to forestry harvesting and climate variability: 4 years of UV nitrate sensor data in a shallow gravel aquifer' in Hydrology & Earth System Sciences; Mager and Horton (2025) 'Particle size and geochemistry of suspended material and its influence on nephelometric turbidity' in River Research & Applications; Krishna, Kingston, and Mager (2025) 'Patterns and drivers of moisture transport variability over Aotearoa/New Zealand and their impacts' in International Journal of Climatology; and Turner et al. (2025) 'ROBIN: Reference observatory of basins for international hydrological climate change detection' in Scientific Data. Her contributions advance understanding of water resources management, environmental quality, and climate impacts in New Zealand's river systems.