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Watershed Research

Watersheds and interconnected surface waters provide key economic, recreational and cultural resources, and ecosystem services.

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Watershed Resources
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University
 



What We Have to Offer
Graduate Degree Programs
Contacts at SUNY ESF

Contacts at Syracuse University
Council on Hydrologic Systems Science
Water Related Courses


Links
 



Onondaga Creek and
Onondaga Lake



Hubbard Brook



Red Canyon Creek, Wyoming



Huntington Forest
Arbutus Watershed


Finger Lakes


Hudson River


Luquillo Rain Forest, Puerto Rico


Great Lakes


Green Lake,
 Fayetteville, New York

Ain River, France

Sacramento River, California

Sado River, Portugal

     

 

 

 

 
   
   
   

What We Have to Offer

bullet Diverse watersheds and instrumentation within NY State provide a unique opportunity for understanding and quantifying the degradation and restoration of watershed resources and services.
 
bullet Students have the opportunity to interact with many governmental research and private organizations in regards to water related issues.  Many of these organizations have employed students who have graduated from programs and SUNY-ESF and SU.
 
bullet SUNY ESF and Syracuse University offer a variety of degree programs related to Watershed Resources.
 
bullet Funding is available for talented students in all degree programs.
 
bullet SUNY ESF and Syracuse University are continuously moving forward adding new faculty and courses to Watershed Resources Related Programs.  We have faculty, research, and course publications in all aspects of this field.
 
bullet SUNY ESF and Syracuse University employ World-Class faculty, have outstanding research facilities, offer Interdisciplinary opportunities and hands-on experiences.
 
 
 
 
Watershed Resources Related Graduate Degree Programs

SUNY-ESF
 
bullet Environmental and Forest Biology

John Farrell - Research Interest: Aquatic Ecology
Charles Hall - Systems Ecologist
Karin Limburg - Research Interests: Hudson River and the Baltic Sea
Myron Mitchell - Research Interests: Biogeochemical and hydrological interactions with particular emphasis on forested ecosystems
Neil Ringler - Research Focus: Onondaga Lake
Kimberly Schulz - Biological Limnologist
 
bullet Environmental Chemistry

Gregory Boyer - Biochemist
John Hassett - Research Interest: Behavior of Organic Chemicals in the Environment
David Johnson - Geography and Urban Geochemistry
Mark Teece - Focus: Biogeochemistry
David Kieber - Research Program: Centers on the study of the transformations of organic matter in atmospheric and aquatic environments
 
bullet Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering

Theodore Endreny - Professional Hydrologist and Engineer
James Hassett - Chair and Professor Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering
Charles Kroll - Research encompasses the areas of water resource systems analysis
 
bullet Environmental Studies

Jack Manno - Research interests include: Sustainable Development and Water Policy
Sharon Moran - Research interests include: Environmental Policy and Wastewater Issues
Richard Smardon - Research interests include: Wetland assessment and management and Landscape management policy
 
bullet Forest and Natural Resources Management

Peter Black (Emeritus) - Areas of Study: Watershed hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation Policy, Environmental impact analysis
Lee Herrington (Emeritus) - Areas of Study: Resource Information management, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Micrometeorology, Urban forestry
Laura Lautz - Hydrologist with a geological training
John Stella - Areas of Study: Riparian and Stream Ecology, Water Resource and Watershed Management, River Restoration, Mediterranean ecology
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 

Syracuse University
 

bullet Civil and Environmental Engineering

Charles Driscoll - Research Interests: Environmental Chemistry, Biogeochemistry and Water Quality Modeling
Chris Johnson - Research Interest: Environmental Chemistry
Andria Costello - Research Interests: Issues related to bioremediation, global biogeochemical cycles, and changes in microbial communities in response to anthropogenic disturbance
 
bullet Earth Science (Geology)

Donald Siegel - Research Interests: Wetland Hydrogeology and Biogeochemistry
 
bullet Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Jacob Bendix - Research Interests: Plant Biogeography; Geomorphology; Human Impacts on Vegetation and Landforms; Media Coverage of Environmental and Geographic Issues
Peng Gao - Areas of Interest: Mechanics of Bedload Transport; Watershed Hydrology and Sediment Processes; Mathematical Models in Geomorphology and Hydrology
Peter Wilcoxen - Professor of Economics and Public Administration
 
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Links

 
Council on Hydrologic Systems Science Huntington Forest Real Time Data NSF Funding Opportunities Great Lakes Research Consortium