Michael Kearney

Professor

kearneym@umd.edu

301-405-4057

Department of Environmental Science and Technology

1441 Animal Sci./Ag. Engr. Bldg.

College Park, MD 20742

United States

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Section

Biography

Education:

Ph.D., 1981, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2, Department of Geography – Paleoclimatology/Environmental Reconstruction

M.A., 1976, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois 61455, Department of Geography – Quaternary Studies/Geomorphology

A., B., 1973, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, Majors: History and Geology

Research

Current Research:

Coastal environments and oceanography – coastal marsh processes and ecology, Quaternary sea level rise and coastal evolution, wave generation and storms, estuarine oceanography and sedimentation, shore erosion, barrier island evolution and stratigraphy, coastal hazards, and coastal development

Remote sensing (optical, hyperspectral, radar): application to coastal environments and land use change

Watershed hydrology and effects on aquatic systems

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