Term: 2023-2026
Monitoring and Assessment Team Assignment: Terrestrial
STAC Member Since: July 2023
Title: Professor Emeritus
Department: Department of Geography
Organization: University of Kentucky
Education: PhD Geography/Geomorphology, Rutgers University 1985;
Primary Focus Area: Fluvial, coastal, & soil geomorphology
Secondary Focus Area(s): Earth system science, dynamical systems
Career Experiences: Executive Director, Pamlico-Tar River Foundation (now Sound Rivers), 1984-86; Assistant Professor of Geography, Arizona State University, 1986-88; Professor of Geography, East Carolina University, 1988-97; Professor, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 1997-2000; Professor of Earth Surface Systems, University of Kentucky, 2000-present (emeritus since January 2021). I have been involved in consulting and contract research in geomorphology, pedology, hydrology, and ecology in the context of water resource and coastal resource management, ecosystem restoration, and forest management for the U.S. Forest Service, Texas Water Development Board, U.S. and Czech Science Foundations, European Union, and other U.S. federal and state agencies and private organizations. I continue to be involved in research, consulting, and writing as a private contractor.