Neil Kamal Ganju, PhD
My research spans the multiple disciplines that converge in estuarine systems. Research projects include numerical model development, field observations of hydrodynamics and water quality, wetland and coastal vulnerability assessments, geomorphic change, and eutrophication.
In 2001, I began working for the USGS at the California Water Science Center, on the San Francisco Bay Sediment Transport Project with Dr. David Schoellhamer. In 2008 I moved to the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center and began multiple projects throughout the northeast US. The Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems project, started in 2015, details the past and ongoing studies we are involved with.
Professional Experience
2010-present: Research Oceanographer, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
2008-2010: Hydraulic Engineer, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
2001-2008: Hydraulic Engineer, California Water Science Center
Education and Certifications
I studied civil engineering at the University of Michigan (BSCE), the University of Florida (MSCE), and the University of California-Davis (Ph.D.).
Science and Products
Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi
U.S. Geological Survey hydrodynamic model simulations for Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, during Hurricane Sandy, 2012
Idealized numerical model for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) growth dynamics
Numerical model of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) growth dynamics in West Falmouth Harbor
Time-series of biogeochemical and flow data from a tidal salt-marsh creek, Sage Lot Pond, Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, 2012-2016 (ver. 2.0, July 2023)
Aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018
Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio in Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts
Mean tidal range in marsh units of Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts
Elevation of marsh units in Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts
Conceptual marsh units for Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts
Elevation of marsh units in Fire Island National Seashore and Central Great South Bay salt marsh complex, New York
Mean tidal range in marsh units of Fire Island National Seashore and Central Great South Bay salt marsh complex, New York
Salt marsh loss affects tides and sediment budget in shallow bays
Deciphering the dynamics of inorganic carbon export from intertidal salt marshes using high-frequency measurements
Seagrass impact on sediment exchange between tidal flats and salt Marsh, and the sediment budget of shallow bays
Storm impacts on hydrodynamics and suspended-sediment fluxes in a microtidal back-barrier estuary
Dynamic interactions between coastal storms and salt marshes: A review
Physical response of a back-barrier estuary to a post-tropical cyclone
Sensitivity analysis of a coupled hydrodynamic-vegetation model using the effectively subsampled quadratures method
Summary of oceanographic and water-quality measurements in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia, 2014–15
Observations and a linear model of water level in an interconnected inlet-bay system
Development of a coupled wave-flow-vegetation interaction model
Spatially integrative metrics reveal hidden vulnerability of microtidal salt marshes
Spectral wave dissipation by submerged aquatic vegetation in a back-barrier estuary
Non-USGS Publications**
(2016), Estimating time-dependent
connectivity in marine systems, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2015GL066888.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi
U.S. Geological Survey hydrodynamic model simulations for Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, during Hurricane Sandy, 2012
Idealized numerical model for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) growth dynamics
Numerical model of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) growth dynamics in West Falmouth Harbor
Time-series of biogeochemical and flow data from a tidal salt-marsh creek, Sage Lot Pond, Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, 2012-2016 (ver. 2.0, July 2023)
Aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018
Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio in Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts
Mean tidal range in marsh units of Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts
Elevation of marsh units in Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts
Conceptual marsh units for Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts
Elevation of marsh units in Fire Island National Seashore and Central Great South Bay salt marsh complex, New York
Mean tidal range in marsh units of Fire Island National Seashore and Central Great South Bay salt marsh complex, New York
Salt marsh loss affects tides and sediment budget in shallow bays
Deciphering the dynamics of inorganic carbon export from intertidal salt marshes using high-frequency measurements
Seagrass impact on sediment exchange between tidal flats and salt Marsh, and the sediment budget of shallow bays
Storm impacts on hydrodynamics and suspended-sediment fluxes in a microtidal back-barrier estuary
Dynamic interactions between coastal storms and salt marshes: A review
Physical response of a back-barrier estuary to a post-tropical cyclone
Sensitivity analysis of a coupled hydrodynamic-vegetation model using the effectively subsampled quadratures method
Summary of oceanographic and water-quality measurements in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia, 2014–15
Observations and a linear model of water level in an interconnected inlet-bay system
Development of a coupled wave-flow-vegetation interaction model
Spatially integrative metrics reveal hidden vulnerability of microtidal salt marshes
Spectral wave dissipation by submerged aquatic vegetation in a back-barrier estuary
Non-USGS Publications**
(2016), Estimating time-dependent
connectivity in marine systems, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2015GL066888.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.