Research Interests
Natural and Man-made Water Bodies
Mixing processes in lakes, estuaries, reservoirs, rivers, wetlands and coastal waters; numerical modeling of lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, rivers and wetlands; artificial destratification and reaeration; sediment dynamics; hypersaline lakes; remote sensing; Lagrangian measurements; fate of fine particles; real-time environmental data networks; climate change and water quality; transport and spread of aquatic invasive species
Numerical Modeling
1-D, 2-D and 3-D hydrodynamic and water quality modeling, eutrophication modeling, clarity modeling
Fluid Mechanics
Double diffusive processes; convectively driven heat and mass transfer; stratified flows
STEM Education
Understanding and stewardship of freshwater systems; use of 3-D visualization for education
Research Projects
- Climate Change at Lake Tahoe
- The Real-Time Nearshore Network
- Pyramid Lake Water Quality Model
- Lake Tahoe Long Term Monitoring
- 3-D Visualization for Stewardship of Freshwater Ecosystems
- Modeling of Lake Tanganyika
- Tahoe Science Center Learning Experiences
- Modeling of Nearshore Phenomena
- Real-Time Internal Wave Dynamics in a Stratified Lake
- Real-Time Meteorological Network