Item talk:Q49063

USGS Staff Profile:

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 award:
 - '2022: Mendenhall Fellowship'
 - '2018: Alvin G. Anderson Award'
 - '2017: Frank and Julie Tsai Travel Award'
 - '2017: EarthCube Early Career Travel Grant'
 - '2015: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship'
 - '2014: College of Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship'
 - '2014: Rose Award'
 - '2014: Henry Darwin Rogers Award'
 - '2013: CURF Climate Action Grant'
 - "2010-2014: Dean\u2019s List"
 description:
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   abstract: Hydrologist with the Southwest Biological Science Center
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   abstract: Gerard Salter is a hydrologist at the Southwest Biological Science Center,
     Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center. As a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow,
     his current work focuses primarily on numerical modeling and data analysis of
     fine sediment transport in the Colorado River.
   additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement
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   abstract: "Gerard\u2019s research interests include sediment transport and pattern\
     \ formation in rivers. His undergraduate thesis at University of Pennsylvania\
     \ focused on self-formed channel geometry in alluvial suspended-sediment dominated\
     \ rivers in the laboratory. His PhD research at University of Minnesota was\
     \ on the dynamics of sediment transport partitioning in delta distributary networks,\
     \ using experiments, numerical modeling, and remote sensing. During his postdoc\
     \ at Caltech, he studied sedimentation and silt/clay transport in river deltas\
     \ through numerical modeling, remote sensing, and field work in the Mississippi\
     \ River Delta. Since starting at USGS in 2022, he has worked to develop numerical\
     \ models for predicting fine sediment transport in the Colorado River, with\
     \ an emphasis on silt and clay, which via turbidity can affect native and non-native\
     \ fish as well as gross primary productivity."
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 email: gsalter@usgs.gov
 hasCredential:
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   name: "2014-2019: PhD in Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota\n\u2022    Dissertation\
     \ title: \u201CControls on the Flux Distribution of Delta Networks\u201D\n\u2022\
     \    Advisor: Chris Paola"
 - '@type': EducationalOccupationalCredential
   name: "2010-2014: B.A. in Earth Science (with honors), University of Pennsylvania,\
     \ Minor: Mathematics\n\u2022    Thesis title: \u201CDynamics and Geometry of\
     \ Equilibrium Channels Well Above Threshold\u201D"
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   affiliatedOrganization:
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     name: Southwest Biological Science Center
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/southwest-biological-science-center
   roleName: Hydrologist
   startDate: '2024-05-12T15:40:38.206025'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2022-present: Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2019-2022: Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2014-2019: Research Assistant, University of Minnesota'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2018: Summer Research Assistant, Water Institute of the Gulf'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "2017: Teaching Assistant \u2013 University of Minnesota, Sedimentology\
     \ and Stratigraphy (ESCI 4602)"
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: '2015-2018: National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow,
     University of Minnesota'
 - '@type': Occupation
   additionalType: self-claimed professional experience
   name: "Student Mentorship:\n\u2022    2021: Kenny Thai, SURF undergraduate research\
     \ project: \u201CModelling sediment flow on the Mississippi River\u2019s Wax\
     \ Lake Delta\u201D\n\u2022    2020: Sarah Feil, SURF undergraduate research\
     \ project: \u201CPredicting vertical accretion in the Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana.\u201D"
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 jobTitle: Hydrologist
 knowsAbout:
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Sediment transport
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Fluvial Geomorphology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Morphodynamics
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Sedimentation and erosion
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Hydrology
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Numerical Modeling
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Remote sensing
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Mississippi River Delta
 - '@type': Thing
   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Colorado River
 memberOf:
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   member:
     '@type': Organization
     name: U.S. Geological Survey
   name: staff member
   startDate: '2024-05-12T15:40:38.203446'
 name: Gerard L Salter, PhD
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/gerard-l-salter