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X-WR-CALNAME:EPS Seminar Dr. Andrew Wickert  - "From stories to models: usi
 ng the past to predict the future of rivers – or perhaps change it"
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nRivers widen and narrow\, deepen and shallow\, and 
 fill up their valleys and cut down again. Integrated over time\, these cha
 nges – driven by variations in water supply\, sediment supply\, and ecos
 ystems – form riverine landscapes. Accelerating and ongoing changes in c
 limate and land use affect all of these drivers\, quickly reshaping rivers
  and their surroundings. I will first share the evolution of the upper Mis
 sissippi valley since the start of the Quaternary glaciations and continui
 ng through the time of Euro-American settlement. I will follow this past p
 erspective with physics-based theory and numerical models to predict trans
 ient changes in rivers as they respond to external forcings. Taken togethe
 r\, geoscientific stories and physical process understanding provide tools
  to forecast river futures\, and perhaps motivation to change them.\n\nBio
 \n\nAndy Wickert approaches science as a mission to understand landscapes 
 and rivers — telling their stories and quantitatively predicting their f
 utures. He generates theory and numerical simulations\, investigates glaci
 ation and isostatic adjustment\, develops open-source environmental sensin
 g systems\, and gathers field data tailored to test and advance model pred
 ictive capacity. Under the growing urgency of climate and land-use change\
 , he nucleates the community to collectively address complex problems.\n\n
  \n\nWickert received his SB (2008) from the Massachusetts Institute of Te
 chnology and his PhD (2014) from the University of Colorado Boulder. He wa
 s a postdoctoral research scientist (2014–2015) and later an Alexander v
 on Humboldt Fellow (2022–2024) at the Universität Potsdam and GFZ Potsd
 am. Since 2015\, he has been on the faculty at the University of Minnesota
 \, with appointments at the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory and in the Depa
 rtment of Earth & Environmental Sciences. He teaches and studies the lands
 capes near his original home.\n\nFor Zoom access\, please email Xueyao Che
 ng <xc272@stanford.edu>
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