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
Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio in Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia
Geospatial Characterization of Salt Marshes for Massachusetts
Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia
Discharge measurements made in Bayou Heron and Bayou Middle, Grand Bay, Mississippi in January 2017
Coastal wetlands of the Blackwater region, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
Geochemical data supporting investigation of solute and particle cycling and fluxes from two tidal wetlands on the south shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2012-19 (ver. 2.0, October 2022)
Coastal wetlands of Hudson Valley and New York City, New York
Coastal wetlands of north shore Long Island, New York
Slope Values Across Marsh-Forest Boundary in Chesapeake Bay Region, USA
Coastal wetlands of eastern Long Island, New York (ver. 2.0, March 2024)
Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi
Are elevation and open-water conversion of salt marshes connected?
Understanding tidal marsh trajectories: Evaluation of multiple indicators of marsh persistence
Simple metrics predict salt-marsh sediment fluxes
Hydrodynamic and morphologic response of a back-barrier estuary to an extratropical storm
Identifying salt marsh shorelines from remotely sensed elevation data and imagery
Spatial distribution of water level impact to back-barrier bays
Thin-layer sediment addition to an existing salt marsh to combat sea-level rise and improve endangered species habitat in California, USA
Changes in hydrodynamics and wave energy as a result of seagrass decline along the shoreline of a microtidal back-barrier estuary
Estimating connectivity of hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) and eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larvae in Barnegat Bay
Role of tidal wetland stability in lateral fluxes of particulate organic matter and carbon
Marshes are the new beaches: Integrating sediment transport into restoration planning
Hydrologic controls of methane dynamics in karst subterranean estuaries
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
Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio in Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia
Geospatial Characterization of Salt Marshes for Massachusetts
Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia
Discharge measurements made in Bayou Heron and Bayou Middle, Grand Bay, Mississippi in January 2017
Coastal wetlands of the Blackwater region, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
Geochemical data supporting investigation of solute and particle cycling and fluxes from two tidal wetlands on the south shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2012-19 (ver. 2.0, October 2022)
Coastal wetlands of Hudson Valley and New York City, New York
Coastal wetlands of north shore Long Island, New York
Slope Values Across Marsh-Forest Boundary in Chesapeake Bay Region, USA
Coastal wetlands of eastern Long Island, New York (ver. 2.0, March 2024)
Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi
Are elevation and open-water conversion of salt marshes connected?
Understanding tidal marsh trajectories: Evaluation of multiple indicators of marsh persistence
Simple metrics predict salt-marsh sediment fluxes
Hydrodynamic and morphologic response of a back-barrier estuary to an extratropical storm
Identifying salt marsh shorelines from remotely sensed elevation data and imagery
Spatial distribution of water level impact to back-barrier bays
Thin-layer sediment addition to an existing salt marsh to combat sea-level rise and improve endangered species habitat in California, USA
Changes in hydrodynamics and wave energy as a result of seagrass decline along the shoreline of a microtidal back-barrier estuary
Estimating connectivity of hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) and eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larvae in Barnegat Bay
Role of tidal wetland stability in lateral fluxes of particulate organic matter and carbon
Marshes are the new beaches: Integrating sediment transport into restoration planning
Hydrologic controls of methane dynamics in karst subterranean estuaries
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.