NE CASC Principal Investigator
University Director, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
Department Head and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
413-545-2508
Consortium Institution:
University of Massachusetts
Education:
Ph.D.: Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1979
M.S.: Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1973
B.S.: Civil Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1972
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Experience:
Professor and Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, March 2008 to present
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA September 1990 to March 2008
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA September 1985 to September 1990
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA September 1979 to September 1985
Research Interests:
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources
Sub areas - Surface water hydrology, climate modeling & scaling, conflict resolution, resource policy & economics, groundwater hydrology.
My goal is to determine the impacts of climate change on the hydrology of river systems and the ecological and human services that these systems provide. Of primary importance is the impact of climate change on the timing and volume of seasonal and annual streamflows, as well as its likely impacts on the frequency and magnitude of floods and droughts. Our research focuses on how to translate these changes in hydrology to impacts on water temperature, ecological system services, hydropower production, flood control, water supply, recreation, and navigation.
