Prof. Nicholas Pinter

Empirical Hydrology

Prof. Nicholas Pinter
Department of Geology Southern Illinois Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4324 United States

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Education, Certifications & Awards
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 1996: Full Professor, Southern Illinois University Author: Prentice Hall and John Wiley & Sons 1995-1996: Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University EDUCATION 1988 - 1993 PhD., University of California, Santa Barbara 1986 - 1988 M.S., Penn State University, Univ. Park, PA 1982 - 1986 B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY RECENT HONORS/AWARDS Read More PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 1996: Full Professor, Southern Illinois University Author: Prentice Hall and John Wiley & Sons 1995-1996: Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University EDUCATION 1988 - 1993 PhD., University of California, Santa Barbara 1986 - 1988 M.S., Penn State University, Univ. Park, PA 1982 - 1986 B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY RECENT HONORS/AWARDS ? 2003 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ? 2002 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Research and Writing Award ? 2000 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship ? 1999 Charles A. Lindbergh Foundation Prize SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Convener, American Association for the Advancement of Science Workshop: Managing rivers and floodplains for the new millennium. AAAS national meeting, 2006. External Reviewer, National Research Council, The National Academies: Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation Study. Member, Advisory Board: The Nature Conservancy Great Rivers Center (Upper Mississippi, Parana-Paraguay, and Upper Yangtze River systems). Lead Editor: Pinter, N., G. Grenerczy, J. Weber, S. Stein, and D. Medak, in press. The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics, and Hazards. Spring Verlag. Instructor, European Union Advanced School on Tectonics: 3D Monitoring of Active Tectonic Structures, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, April 18-22, 2005. Convener, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: The Adria microplate: GPS geodesy, tectonics, and hazards. Veszpr?m, Hungary; April, 2004. Convener, Pardee Keynote Symposium: Pinter, N., and J.F. Mount, 2002, Flood Hazard on Dynamic Rivers: Human Modification, Climate Change, and the Challenge of Non-Stationary Hydrology. Geological Society of America national meeting, 2002. Convener, Theme Session: N. Pinter, and D.W. Burbank, 1996. Feedbacks between tectonics and surface processes in orogenesis. Geological Society of America meeting, Denver. + AUTHOR AND CO-AUTHOR OF 4 BOOKS + OVER 35 PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS IN TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS Close
Areas of Expertise
- Flooding - Floodplain management - Flood magnification - Risk assessment - Disaster mitigation ? Flood damages ? River dynamics ? River system change ? Fluvial geomorphology

Keywords: Floodplain development, Flood frequency analysis, Floodplains, Disaster mitigation, Hydraulic engineering.

Categories: Flooding & Environmental Science & Geology & Geoscience & Hydrology & Hydraulics

Bio

Prof. Pinter is an internationally recognized authority on river geomorphology, flood hydrology, and floodplain management, including research on natural and human impacts upon flood hazard. His research focuses on changes in river systems, in particular human and natural alterations that make flooding more severe than it would otherwise be. Looking at the Mississippi, Missouri, Rhine, Danube, and other rivers in the U.S. and worldwide, this work involves quantifying the impacts of levee expansion, navigational engineering, changes in basin land use, and other factors.

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Prof. Nicholas Pinter

Empirical Hydrology

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