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Nicholas Pinter (born July 27, 1964, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain) is an American geoscientist specializing in geomorphology, river systems, flooding, and flood-risk management. He holds the Roy J. Shlemon Chair of Applied Geosciences and serves as Associate Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis[1]and is lead of UC Davis' World Water initiative.[2]
Career and Research
[edit]Pinter's research focuses on earth-surface processes, particularly fluvial geomorphology, flood hydrology, and hazard mitigation. His academic work includes studies on levee systems, floodplain dynamics, and climate adaptation policy. He has written and lectured on flood-risk mitigation strategies, including managed retreat and community relocation.[3] He has authored and edited multiple scholarly books, peer-reviewed articles, and policy-focused reports on these subjects.[4]
In addition to academic work, Pinter has served as an expert consultant and witness in legal proceedings concerning rivers, flooding, slope stability, flood hydrology, and fluvial geomorphology. He has testified in state and federal courts on a range of issues, including flooding impacts, effects of levees and other infrastructure upon river dynamics, etc. Pinter has also provided invited testimony for the California Assembly[5] and U.S. Senate.[6]
Awards and Recognition
[edit]Pinter has received multiple fellowships and awards for his research and international collaboration. These include support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,[7] the Fulbright Scholars Program,[8] the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,[9] the Lindbergh Foundation,[10] and the European Commission's Marie Skłodowska-Curie program.[11]
Public Engagement
[edit]Pinter is frequently cited in media reports on river and flood-related issues. He has been a source or interviewee in articles that have appeared, for example, in The New York Times,[12] NPR,[13] The Economist,[14] Forbes,[15] Politico, and the San Francisco Chronicle,[16] among others.
He also mentors students and professionals in science communication, for example co-organizing keynote events at the 2024 Geological Society of America conference.[17]
Teaching and Field Education
[edit]Pinter is known for leading several field-based educational programs, including UC Davis's interdisciplinary "Ecogeo" classes and expeditions[18] on rivers such as the Colorado, Yampa, Green, and San Juan.[19] Pinter also leads geology students on capstone field trips, including recent trips to Hawaii, Iceland, and many areas in California. These classes and trips are designed to bring intensive teaching of field-based science deeply into the field, providing the students with immersive context and experiential training in field methods.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Center for Watershed Sciences". watershed.ucdavis.edu.
- ^ "World Water". worldwater.ucdavis.edu.
- ^ https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/04-08-2022/international-forum-on-managed-retreat-global-lessons-for-success
- ^ "Nicholas Pinter". scholar.google.com.
- ^ "Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture May 23, 2023 | Digital Democracy". calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org.
- ^ https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/ed/8ed3c7e6-ff6c-11e0-af5f-001a4bcf6878/4ea7596ddbc95.pdf.pdf
- ^ "MacArthur Foundation - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org.
- ^ "Fulbright Scholars | Fellowships for Research & Teaching Abroad". fulbrightscholars.org.
- ^ "Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung". www.humboldt-foundation.de. June 5, 2025.
- ^ "The Lindbergh Foundation". The Lindbergh Foundation.
- ^ "Home - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions". marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu.
- ^ Zhong, Raymond (June 6, 2023). "The Grand Canyon, a Cathedral to Time, Is Losing Its River". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Hersher, Rebecca (25 June 2024). "People in the Upper Midwest are grappling with catastrophic flooding". NPR.
- ^ "Disaster foretold". The Economist.
- ^ Ohnsman, Alan. "Current Climate: California Water Waste Was 'Hydrologic Insanity'". Forbes.
- ^ "California's Big Melt is accelerating as warm weather arrives".
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com.
- ^ "Education". cwseducation.ucdavis.edu.
- ^ "COVID TIMELINE". UCDAVIS.