Education
Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, U.C. Berkeley, 2010.
B.Sc. Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 2000.
Research Description:
My research focuses on the relationships between hydrological and ecological processes in studies relevant to the management of water resources. An overarching goal is to improve our ability to predict the effects of climate change and management actions on freshwater ecosystems, and the socio-economic and ecological benefits they provide. Through applied, cross-disciplinary investigations that employ hydrological and hydraulic modeling, empirical field studies, geospatial analysis, and ecological statistics, research in our group aims to inform sustainable, cost-effective policies for managing water. Core research and extension interests include:
- environmental flow science
- California water management and policy
- spatial freshwater conservation planning
- climate change risk assessment and adaptation
Selected Publications
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Grantham, T. E., Carlisle, D. M., McCabe, G. J. & Howard, J. K. 2018. Sensitivity of streamflow to climate change in California. Climatic Change 149:427-441.
Grantham, T.E., Matthews, J.H. & Bledsoe, B.P. 2019. Shifting currents: Managing freshwater systems for ecological resilience in a changing climate. Water Security 8: 100049.
Grantham, T.E., Carlisle, D.M., Howard, J., Lane, B., Lusardi, R., Obester, A., Sandoval-Solis, S., Stanford, B., Stein, E.D., Taniguchi-Quan, K.T. and Yarnell, S.M. 2022. Modeling functional flows in California’s rivers. Frontiers in Environmental Science.
Grantham, T.E. & Viers, J.H. 2014. 100 years of California's water rights system: patterns, trends and uncertainty. Environmental Research Letters 9:1-10.
Poff, N.L., Brown, C., Grantham, T.E., Matthews, J., Palmer, M. et al. 2015. Sustainable water management under future uncertainty with eco-engineering decision scaling. Nature Climate Change 2765.
Honors and Awards
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U.S. Geological Survey Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2014-2015
U.S. Scholar Fulbright Fellowship (Spain), 2010
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2005-2008
Freshwater ecology, stream hydrology, climate risk assessment
