Water@PSU Faculty Directory

Listed below are faculty at PSU who have experience and interests in water-related research. If you would like to be included in this directory, please reach out to waterpsu@pdx.edu.

 

Anthropology | Biology | Center for Lakes and Reservoirs | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Economics | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Environmental Science and Management | Geography | Geology | Institute for Natural Resources | OHSU/PSU Public Health | University Honors College

Anthropology

Name

Email

Research Interests

Shelby Anderson

shelby.anderson@pdx.edu

Human eco-dynamics, ceramic and other food preparation technologies, applied archaeology, and archaeology of the Arctic, Subarctic and Pacific Northwest

Biology

Name

Email

Research Interests

Brad Buckley

bbuckley@pdx.edu

Physiological responses of marine species to elevated temperature and other stressors.

Jason Podrabsky

jpod@pdx.edu

Functional genomics and epigenetic regulation of fish development in response to the environment. Temperature adaptation, osmoregulation, acid-base regulation, life history evolution, developmental ecology, evolutionary developmental biology

Anne Thompson

anne.w.thompson@pdx.edu

Microbiology of the oceans and freshwater systems

Center for Lakes and Reservoirs

Name

Email

Research Interests

Ashley Newcomb

newcomb5@pdx.edu

Aquatic ecology and water quality, especially focused on trophic interactions, invasion ecology, ecosystem restoration and conservation, disturbance regimes, and chemical ecology

Jacob Rose

jacorose@pdx.edu

Invasive aquatic botany and ecology, geospatial data management and analysis–especially as they relate to early detection and rapid response

Arick "Kit" Rouhe

arouhe@pdx.edu

Local environmental issues and lakes in Portland and PNW

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Name

Email

Research Interests

Peyman Abbaszadeh

peyman.abbaszadeh@pdx.edu

Hydrologic science/water resources system analysis and computational modeling 

Chris Berger

bergerc@pdx.edu

Water quality and hydrodynamic modeling of lakes, estuaries, and rivers

Annette Dietz

acdietz@pdx.edu

Water resources, sustainability, international development, and multi-disciplinary problem solving

Samantha Hartzell

s.hartzell@pdx.edu

Modeling the impact of vegetation on water, carbon, and energy fluxes between the land surface and atmosphere

David Jay

djay@pdx.edu

Tidal analysis and modeling

Gwynn Johnson

gjohnson@pdx.edu

Contaminant transport and fate, fluid flow, soils, and groundwater remediation

Jim Pankow

pankowj@pdx.edu

Atmospheric chemistry, aerosol chemistry, analytical chemistry, and environmental chemistry

Scott Wells

wellss@pdx.edu

Modeling of environmental fluid mechanics: surface water quality and hydrodynamics and solid-liquid separation processes

Zhonglong Zhang

zhonglong.zhang@pdx.edu

Riverine and reservoir water quality modeling development, watershed and environmental contamination, and environmental impact assessment projects

Economics

Name

Email

Research Interests

Sahan Dissanayake

sahan@pdx.edu

Intersection of land use, ecosystem services, and conservation

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Name

Email

Research Interests

David Burnett

davidburnett@pdx.edu

RF, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuit design, wireless sensor mote miniaturization, field-deployable sensor systems

Environmental Science and Management

Name

Email

Research Interests

Daniel Bedell

dbedell@pdx.edu

Community based macroinvertebrate biomonitoring, stream restoration

Cat de Rivera

derivera@pdx.edu

Anthropogenic changes in habitat connectivity; impacts and management of aquatic introduced species; salt marsh restoration, and the influence of global climate change on these

Patrick Edwards

patrick.edwards@pdx.edu

Macroinvertebrate indicators of stream sediment and the effect of ecological restoration on aquatic communities

Kelly Gleason

k.gleason@pdx.edu

Interactions of water, climate, and ecosystems in a changing climate, particularly how forest fire disturbances alter snow hydrology and downstream water resource availability

Elise Granek

graneke@pdx.edu

Contaminant concentrations in and effects on marine organisms and ecosystems; collaborative research and outreach focused on the transition zone between land and sea; marine conservation and management

Melissa Haeffner

melissahaeffner@pdx.edu

Water access, environmental justice, and concepts of fairness and equity

Paola López-Duarte

plopezd@pdx.edu

Behavior and ecology of invertebrates and fish, especially the factors controlling larval dispersal from and recruitment to adult habitats

Jennifer Morse

jlmorse@pdx.edu

Movement of carbon and nutrients and the production of greenhouse gases, in natural and human-modified ecosystems, including wetlands, streams, forests, agriculture, and urban ecosystems

Max Nielsen-Pincus

nmax@pdx.edu

Community responses to wildfire risks, management of watersheds that provide drinking water, and land use change in regions experiencing growth and development

Yangdong Pan

pany@pdx.edu

Freshwater ecology and conservation - specifically algal assemblages to assess ecological risk in freshwater ecosystems including lakes, wetlands and rivers

Geography

Name

Email

Research Interests

Alida Cantor

acantor@pdx.edu

Water policy and governance in California and the U.S. West

Heejun Chang

h.chang@pdx.edu

Climate change impacts on water resources, land cover change and water quality, urban water demand, and water-related ecosystem services

Andrés Holz

holzc@pdx.edu

Disturbance and forest ecology (fire, drought, volcanisms), and land use and climate change and variability impacts on forests

Martin LaFrenz

lafrenz@pdx.edu

Fluvial geomorphology and soils, urban stream phenomena, the legacy effects of human land use on critical zone processes, community-based watershed monitoring, and mobile

Paul Loikith

paul.c.loikith@pdx.edu

Regional climate and climate change, climate and weather extremes, and climate model analysis

Geology

Name

Email

Research Interests

John Bershaw

bershaw@pdx.edu

Paleoclimate, stable isotope geochemistry and the hydrologic cycle, stratigraphy, and basin analysis

Adam Booth

boothad@pdx.edu

Quantitative geomorphology: landslides, LiDAR, landscape evolution modeling, inverse problems, numerical modeling, remote sensing.

Jon Fink

jon.fink@pdx.edu

Emerging technology to monitor urban water use, and the integration of these tools with other 'smart city' application

Andrew Fountain (Emeritus)

andrew@pdx.edu

Evaluating the glacier change in the American West how much water they contribute to high alpine hydrology, ecosystems, and to global sea level

Frank Granshaw

fgransha@pdx.edu

Glacial geology and remote sensing

Jill Marshall

jill.m@pdx.edu

Mechanics of climatic, lithologic, biotic, and abiotic controls on landscapes and critical zone processes

Robert (Ben) Perkins

rperkins@pdx.edu

Water and sediment geochemistry, with a focus on mineral-water reactions, paleo-environmental reconstructions, and groundwater characterization and sourcing

Ashley Streig

streig@pdx.edu

Neotectonics, paleoseismology, structural geology and tectonic geomorphology

Institute for Natural Resources

Name

Email

Research Interests

Gabriel Campbell

gec2@pdx.edu

All things plants, especially aquatic and wetland species, rare and invasive species, and native plant horticulture.

Eleanor Gaines

eleanor.gaines@pdx.edu

Collaborates with state, federal and private partners to gather and share information on the distribution and status of Oregon’s biodiversity

Kyla Zaret

 

Social-ecological systems; critical physical geography. The effects of changing climate and fire regimes on forest-peatland ecotones and associated transitions in local livelihoods in western Patagonia. Wetland inventory and mapping, and wetland water level monitoring in the Pacific Northwest.

OHSU/PSU Public Health

Name

Email

Research Interests

Richard Johnson

 

Forecasting of water quality in rivers to protect drinking water sources, development of diagnostic tools for groundwater restoration, and vulnerability of groundwater sources of drinking water

Joseph Needoba

jneedoba@pdx.edu

Chemical and biological sensors deployed in the environment to characterize water quality and its determinants, with a focus on linkages between human activities, ecological processes, and human health

Tawyna Peterson

 

Biological oceanography, ecology and physiology of phytoplankton, harmful algal blooms, and ocean observatories

Paul Tratnyek

tratnyek@pdx.edu

Environmental chemistry, especially the fate, effects and remediation of contaminants

University Honors College

Name

Email

Research Interests

Olyssa Starry

olyssa.starry@pdx.edu

Ecoroofs as model systems for understanding how design and management decisions affect the ecological, social, and political functions of urban open spaces

 

Updated: June 25, 2024