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
Tidal oscillation of sediment between a river and a bay: A conceptual model
Estimation of contraction scour in riverbed using SERF
Tidal and vertical variability of floc characteristics
Tidal wetland fluxes of dissolved organic carbon and sediment at Browns Island, California: initial evaluation
Preliminary assessment of DOC and THM precursor loads from a freshwater restored wetland, an agricultural field, and a tidal wetland in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Tidal and vertical variability of floc characteristics
Summary of Suspended-Sediment Concentration Data, San Francisco Bay, California, Water Year 2001
Sediment dynamics drive contaminant dynamics
Seasonal and longitudinal homogeneity of suspended sediment in San Francisco Bay, California
Desalinization, erosion, and tidal changes following the breaching of Napa salt pond 3
Summary of suspended-sediment concentration data, San Francisco Bay, California, water year 2000
A preliminary evaluation of near-transducer velocities collected with low-blank acoustic Doppler current profiler
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
Tidal oscillation of sediment between a river and a bay: A conceptual model
Estimation of contraction scour in riverbed using SERF
Tidal and vertical variability of floc characteristics
Tidal wetland fluxes of dissolved organic carbon and sediment at Browns Island, California: initial evaluation
Preliminary assessment of DOC and THM precursor loads from a freshwater restored wetland, an agricultural field, and a tidal wetland in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Tidal and vertical variability of floc characteristics
Summary of Suspended-Sediment Concentration Data, San Francisco Bay, California, Water Year 2001
Sediment dynamics drive contaminant dynamics
Seasonal and longitudinal homogeneity of suspended sediment in San Francisco Bay, California
Desalinization, erosion, and tidal changes following the breaching of Napa salt pond 3
Summary of suspended-sediment concentration data, San Francisco Bay, California, water year 2000
A preliminary evaluation of near-transducer velocities collected with low-blank acoustic Doppler current profiler
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.