George M. Hornberger

Title

Director
Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment

• University Distinguished Professor
• Craig E. Philip Professor of Engineering
• Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Education

• Ph.D., Hydrology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• MSCE, Hydrology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
• BSCE, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Professional Experience

• 2008-present - University Distinguished Professor, Vanderbilt University
• 1970-2008 - from Assistant Professor to Ernest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
• 2002-2006 - Associate Dean for the Sciences, University of Virginia
• 2006-2007 - Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley
• 1997- 1998- Visiting Scientist, Institute for Alpine and Arctic Research, University of Colorado
• 1990-1991 - Visiting Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey and, concurrently, Visiting Professor, Stanford University
• 1984-1985 - Honorary Visiting Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, U.K.
• 1977-1978 - Visiting Fellow, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, The Australian National University

Current Students

John Crane, Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering
Research: Determination of what impacts nitrous oxide emissions from urban riparian buffer zones may have for regional GHG inventories.

Leslie Duncan, Ph.D. candidate in environmental sciences
Research: Local and regional hydrological and subsurface conditions in regulation of the mechanical behavior of landslides and in relation to changing river flows.

John Jacobi, Ph.D. candidate in environmental sciences
Research: Drought analysis for Sri Lanka

Yi Mei, Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering
Research: Hydrological regulation on dissolved organic carbon transport from agricultural and forest soils to streams

Debra Perrone, Ph.D. candidate environmental engineering
Research: Spatial and temporal patterns of water, energy, and food in a changing climate

Chris Tasich, M.S. candidate environmental sciences
Research: Groundwater-surface water interactions in southern Bangladesh.

Research Projects

• Grasses and Gases: Modeling Human Dynamics of Lawn Fertilization and Resultant Nitrous Oxide Emissions
  • Collaborators: Kimberly Bess, Amanda Carrico, Jim Fraser, Mike Vandenbergh
• Hydrologic Regulation of Dissolved Organic Biogeochemistry response
• Collaborators: Stroud Water Center, Avondale, PA
• Environmental stress and human migration in Bangladesh--natural and human landscapes
  • Collaborators: Brooke Ackerley, Jonathan Gilligan, Steve Goodbred, and others
• Assessment of the River Mechanics and Riparian Conditions Influencing Erosion and Sedimentation Associated with Locke Island, Columbia River, Washington.
  • Collaborators: David Furbish
• Life-cycle analyses for Ingram Marine Group
  • Collaborators: Mark Abkowitz, Lanka Thabrew
• Climate Adaptation, Water-Energy Impacts, Perceptions and Behavior in Sri Lanka
  • Collaborators: Amanda Carrico, Jim Fraser, Jonathan Gilligan, Lanka Thabrew, Heather Truelove

Recent Publications

Hornberger, G.M. and P.L. Wiberg 2006. Numerical Methods in the Hydrological Sciences , American Geophysical Union, Special Publications Series, Volume 57, 233 pages, e-book, 2006, ISBN 0-87590-725-1, AGU SP057F251

Hornberger, G.M. and John Stetkar 2008. Abrupt Climate Change. In: Garrick, B. J. Quantifying and Controlling Catastrophic Risks , Academic Press.

Hornberger, G.M. 2009. Hydrologic context for modelling nutrient cycles. In Anderssen, R.S., R.D. Braddock and L.T.H. Newham (eds) 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2009, pp. 37-43. ISBN: 978-0-9758400-7-8.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Powers, C.W., Kosson, D. and G. Hornberger 2010. Biological Assessment for Radionuclide Levels in Biota and Ecosystems. In: Harris, A.M. (ed.) Clean Energy: Resources, Production and Developments , Nova Science Publishers.

Perrone, D., Murphy, J. and G.M. Hornberger 2011. Gaining perspective on the water-energy nexus at the community scale. Environ. Sci. & Tech. , 45:4228–4234. DOI: 10.1021/es103230n

Ewing, A., Thabrew, L., Perrone, D., Abkowitz, A. and G.M. Hornberger 2011. Is LCA a credible tool for corporate environmental footprinting? A case study of an inland marine freight transportation company. J. Industrial Ecology 15 : 937–950.

Flewelling S.A., Herman, J.S., Hornberger, G.M., and A. L. Mills. 2011. Travel Time Controls the Magnitude of Nitrate Discharge in Groundwater Bypassing the Riparian Zone to an Agriculture Stream on Virginia’s Coastal Plain. Hydrol. Proc. , DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8219.

Thabrew, L., Ries, R., and Hornberger, G.M. 2012. Transdisciplinary framework for trans-boundary watershed management, Chapter 13, pp 271-290. In C. N. Madu and C. Kuei (eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Management , Imperial College Press. (ISBN 978-981-4354-81-3)

Recent presentations

Hornberger, GM. Will Hydrology Come of Age (Yet Again) in the Next Decade? Keynote address. USGS Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 2011.

Thabrew, L, Ewing, A, Abkowitz, A, and GM Hornberger. Indirect Emissions Reduction Opportunities for Freight Transportation Carriers. Proceedings of LCA XI, Chicago, October 2011.

Camp JS, Abkowitz MD, Hornberger GM Climate Change Impacts on Freight Transportation Infrastructure– Adaptation Strategies and Challenges.Society for Risk Analysis, Oct 2011.

Murphy J and GM Hornberger. Surface Coal Mining Impacts on Concentration-Discharge Relationships: Identifying Spatial and Temporal Changes in the New River, Tennessee Geological Society of America, Oct 2011.

Perrone, D and GM Hornberger. Exploring spatiotemporal water and energy consumption patterns within the U.S. AGU, Dec 2011.

Jacobi JH and GM Hornberger. A Historical Analysis of the Relationship between Rice Production and PDSI Values in Sri Lanka AGU, Dec 2011.

Tasich CM, Hornberger GM, and SL Goodbred. Groundwater in Southwest Bangladesh: Possible Consequences of Climate Change and Water Resource Management Practices. AGU, Dec 2011.

Duncan, LL and GM Hornberger. Exploring the Effects of Climate Oscillations on the Hydroclimatology of a Regulated River Basin. AGU, Dec 2011.

Mei, Y, Hornberger, GM, Kaplan, LA, Newbold, JD, and AK Aufdenkampe. Modeling the Temporal Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Headwater Stream, Southeastern Pennsylvania. AGU, Dec 2011.

Honors and Awards

• Virginia Chapter of Sigma Xi, President's and Visitors' Prize, 1986.
• Robert E. Horton Award, Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union, 1993.
• Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1994.
• Appointed to five-year Visiting Professorship at University of Reading, UK, 1995
• 1995 Biennial Medal for Natural Systems, Modelling and Simulation Soc. of Australia
• 1995 John Wesley Powell Award for Citizen's Achievement (US Geological Survey)
• Elected Fellow, Association for Women in Science, 1996
• Elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, February 1996
• 1999 Excellence in Geophysical Education Award, American Geophysical Union
• Bownocker Lecturer, Ohio State University, May 1999
• ISI Highly Cited Researcher, 2000 (http://authors.isihighlycited.com/)
• National Associate of the National Academies in recognition of extraordinary service, 2001
• Langbein Lecturer, American Geophysical Union, 2002
• Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2005
• Virginia Outstanding Scientist, 2007
• William Kaula Award, American Geophysical Union, 2010