Leora Nanus

Leora Nanus
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008
Specialties
Hydrology, water quality, environmental science, resource management, watershed biogeochemistry, ecohydrology, GIS & environmental modeling

Contact Information

Phone
(415) 405-3547
Office
HSS 273
Office Hours
Tu 12-3 (Zoom)
Website
Nanus Leora's Website
Email
lnanus@sfsu.edu

Courses Taught
Our Physical Environment
Environmental Management
Surface Water Hydrology
Water Quality
Watershed Assessment and Restoration

Biography

Geographic Area: Western United States

Leora Nanus is broadly interested in the sustainability of natural resources under climate change and anthropogenic stressors in coastal to montane environments. This includes understanding interactions among atmospheric, hydrologic, and biogeochemical processes and mechanisms of pollutant transport in protected landscapes of California and the western US. She is particularly interested in understanding connections between chemical or physical landscape stressors and ecosystem response in National Parks and wilderness areas of the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and across the western United States. Recent and current research includes understanding controls on spatial and temporal variation in water quality, evaluating ecological effects of air and water pollution, modeling critical loads of atmospheric nitrogen, applying stable isotope techniques to distinguish sources of pollutants to watersheds, and vulnerability of the water-energy-food nexus. 

CV
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