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PETER J. WHITING

 

Peter J. Whiting

Associate Professor

Geomorphology, surface water hydrology, environmental geology

 

Office: 212 A.W. Smith

Phone: (216) 368-3989

Email: peter.whiting@case.edu

Education

Ph.D.
University of California (1990)
B.S.
Carleton College (1982)

Appointments

Associate Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
May 2004 - Present
Associate Professor Case Western Reserve University 1998-Present
Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve University 1992-98
Visiting Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve University 1991-92
Visiting Scientist University of Washington 1990-91
Geomorphologist EA Engineering, Science, and Technology 1990-91
Visiting Faculty Researcher University of Genoa Italy 1990
Faculty Research Associate NASA/University of Maryland 1982-83
     

Research Interests

My research efforts have been focused on six topics in the last several years: 1) estimating the contribution of climate change and variation to non-point source sediment and pollutant loading to the Great Lakes, 2) developing a novel radionuclide technique to determine the travel distance and sediment residence time of fine sediment and adsorbed pollutants in rivers, 3) undertaking an extensive field effort to understand the flows that move the bulk of the bedload in gravel bed streams in support of a major water rights adjudication, 4) developing a protocol to estimate the streamflows necessary to maintain floodplains and channels, 5) modeling the influence of bank material on the ability of water stored and released from the floodplain to sustain streamflows, and 6) establishing a process-based stream classification system.

More Information

For more information, see my Research and additional links on the left navigation bar.