Theodore Grantham

Ted Grantham

Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist and Adjunct Professor

Education

Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, U.C. Berkeley, 2010.

B.Sc. Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 2000.

Research Interests / Specializations:

Freshwater ecology, stream hydrology, climate risk assessment

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

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.

Grantham, T.E., Viers, J.H. & Moyle, P.B. 2014. Systematic screening of dams for environmental flow assessment and implementation. BioScience 64:1006-1018.

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.

Grantham, T.E., Mezzatesta, M., Newburn, D. & Merenlender, A. 2014. Evaluating tradeoffs between environmental flow protections and agricultural water security. River Research and Applications 30:315-328.

Grantham, T.E., de Figueroa, R. & Prat, N. 2013. Water management in mediterranean rivers: a multiregional assessment of physical impacts, ecological responses, and management strategies. Hydrobiologia 719:451-482.

Grantham, T.E. 2013. Use of hydraulic modelling to assess passage flow connectivity for salmon in streams. River Research and Applications 29:250-267.

Grantham, T.E., Perrée, I., Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Rieradevall, M. & Prat, N. 2012. A mesocosm approach for detecting stream invertebrate community responses to treated wastewater effluent. Environmental Pollution 160:95-102.

Grantham, T.E., Newburn, D.A., McCarthy, M.A. & Merenlender, A.M. 2012. The role of stream flow and land use in limiting over-summer survival of juvenile steelhead trout in California streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141(3):585-598.

Honors and Awards

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