Location
113 EWRE Ann Arbor, 1351 Beal Avenue, Michigan 48109-2125
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Education
- PhD: University of California, Berkeley, 2010
- MSE: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2000
- BSE: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1999
Learn more about my research in wave-sediment interactions in this video from the USGS.
Research Interests
- Salt- and sediment-induced stratification
- Wave-turbulence interactions
- Dispersion processes in estuaries
- Coastal habitat restoration
- Dissolved oxygen dynamics in tidal systems
- Freshwater sources to estuarine and coastal systems, including hill-slope hydrology
Professional Service
- Professional Civil Engineer (California, Lic #67284)
- Member, American Geophysical Society
- Member, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
Awards
- Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow, US Geological Survey, 2010-2013
- Jane Lewis Graduate Fellowship, University of California–Berkeley, 2006–2007
- Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California 2006
- Berkeley, fall 2006 Tucker Fellowship, University of California–Berkeley, 2004–2005
Publications
- MacVean, LJ, Thompson, S, Hutton, P and Sivapalan, M. 2018. Reconstructing Early Hydrologic Change in the California Delta and its Watersheds, Water Resources Research, 10.1029/2017WR021426.
- Thompson, S, MacVean, LJ and Sivapalan, M. 2017. A Stochastic Water Balance Framework for Lowland Watersheds, Water Resources Research, 53-11, 9564-9579, 10.1002/2017WR021193.
- Lacy, JR and MacVean, LJ. 2016. Wave attenuation in the shallows of San Francisco Bay, Coastal Engineering, 114, pp 159 – 168, 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.03.008.
- MacVean, LJ and Lacy, JR, 2014, Interactions between waves, sediment, and turbulence on a shallow estuarine mudflat, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119-3, pp 1534-1553, 10.1002/2013JC009477.
- MacVean, LJ and Stacey, MT, 2011. Estuarine Dispersion from Tidal Trapping: A New Analytical Framework, Estuaries and Coasts, 34-1, pp 45-59, 10.1007/s12237-010-9298-x.