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Prof. Nicholas Pinter
PhD, Licensed Professional Geologist (LPG)
Institutional Affiliation: Department of Geology and Environmental Resources & Policy Program (Full Professor) Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-4324 (618) 453-7375 email: nmpinter@empiricalhydrology.com web: http://www.science.siu.edu/geology/people/pinter/index.html |
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CONSULTING SERVICES AND EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY IN:
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Nicholas Pinter has consulted and provided expert-witness testimony for a range of projects and cases. He has testified in U.S. Federal Court (St. Louis) on the effects of levees and levee construction upon river dynamics and flood frequencies, including testimony on the limitations of hydraulic models. He has provided litigation support and analysis for other cases in U.S. Federal Court (incl. Kansas City, MO and Charleston, WV) involving river dynamics, flooding, bank stability, and levee failure and damage. In other consultantships, he has analyzed erosion, slope stability, flood hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, etc.
Prof. Pinter is an international authority in earth-surface processes, including flooding, river systems, hydrology, and natural hazards. His research focuses on changes in river systems, in particular human and natural alterations that make flooding more severe than it would otherwise be. Looking at the Mississippi, Missouri, Rhine, Danube, and other rivers in the U.S. and worldwide, this work has quantified the impacts of levee expansion, navigational engineering, changes in basin land use, and other factors.
Prof. Pinter accepts selected projects in his areas of expertise across the U.S. and internationally.
Rates available upon request.
Rates available upon request.
EDUCATION
1988 - 1993 PhD., Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara
1986 - 1988 M.S., Geology, Penn State University, Univ. Park, PA
1982 - 1986 B.A., Geology and Archaeology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1986 - 1988 M.S., Geology, Penn State University, Univ. Park, PA
1982 - 1986 B.A., Geology and Archaeology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
RECENT HONORS/AWARDS
2007 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Research Renewal Fellowship
2005, 2006 SIU nominee, Jefferson Fellows Program; National Academy of Sciences
nominee, 2003 St. Louis Area Scientist of the Year; St. Louis Academy of Science
2003 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2002 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Research and Writing Award
2000 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship
1999 Charles A. Lindbergh Foundation Prize
2005, 2006 SIU nominee, Jefferson Fellows Program; National Academy of Sciences
nominee, 2003 St. Louis Area Scientist of the Year; St. Louis Academy of Science
2003 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2002 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Research and Writing Award
2000 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship
1999 Charles A. Lindbergh Foundation Prize
BOOKS, WORKSHOPS, and OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESConvener, American Association for the Advancement of Science Workshop: Managing rivers and floodplains for the new millennium. AAAS national meeting, 2006.
External Reviewer, National Research Council, The National Academies: Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation Study.
Member, Advisory Board: The Nature Conservancy Great Rivers Center (Upper Mississippi, Parana-Paraguay, and Upper Yangtze River systems).
Lead Editor: Pinter, N., G. Grenerczy, J. Weber, S. Stein, and D. Medak, 2006. The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics, and Hazards. Spring Verlag.
Instructor, European Union Advanced School on Tectonics: 3D Monitoring of Active Tectonic Structures, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, April 18-22, 2005.
Convener, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: The Adria microplate: GPS geodesy, tectonics, and hazards. Veszprém, Hungary; April, 2004.
Convener, Pardee Keynote Symposium: Pinter, N., and J.F. Mount, 2002, Flood Hazard on Dynamic Rivers: Human Modification, Climate Change, and the Challenge of Non-Stationary Hydrology. Geological Society of America national meeting, 2002.
Member, Editorial Board: Geomorphology, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Author: Keller, E.A. and N. Pinter, 2002. Active Tectonics: Earthquakes and Landscape. Prentice-Hall.
Co-Editor: Burbank, D.W., and N. Pinter, 1999. Landscape evolution: The interactions of tectonics and surface processes. Basin Research, vol. 11, num. 1.
Author: Pinter, N, 1996. Exercises in Active Tectonics. Prentice Hall.
Convener and Instructor: Pazzaglia, F.J., and N. Pinter, 1996. Geomorphic expression of active tectonics. Short course at the 1996 Geological Society of America meeting, Denver.
Convener, Theme Session: N. Pinter, and D.W. Burbank, 1996. Feedbacks between tectonics and surface processes in orogenesis. Geological Society of America meeting, Denver.
Author: Pinter, N., and S. Pinter, 1995. Study Guide for Environmental Science. J. Wiley & Sons.
External Reviewer, National Research Council, The National Academies: Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation Study.
Member, Advisory Board: The Nature Conservancy Great Rivers Center (Upper Mississippi, Parana-Paraguay, and Upper Yangtze River systems).
Lead Editor: Pinter, N., G. Grenerczy, J. Weber, S. Stein, and D. Medak, 2006. The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics, and Hazards. Spring Verlag.
Instructor, European Union Advanced School on Tectonics: 3D Monitoring of Active Tectonic Structures, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, April 18-22, 2005.
Convener, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: The Adria microplate: GPS geodesy, tectonics, and hazards. Veszprém, Hungary; April, 2004.
Convener, Pardee Keynote Symposium: Pinter, N., and J.F. Mount, 2002, Flood Hazard on Dynamic Rivers: Human Modification, Climate Change, and the Challenge of Non-Stationary Hydrology. Geological Society of America national meeting, 2002.
Member, Editorial Board: Geomorphology, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Author: Keller, E.A. and N. Pinter, 2002. Active Tectonics: Earthquakes and Landscape. Prentice-Hall.
Co-Editor: Burbank, D.W., and N. Pinter, 1999. Landscape evolution: The interactions of tectonics and surface processes. Basin Research, vol. 11, num. 1.
Author: Pinter, N, 1996. Exercises in Active Tectonics. Prentice Hall.
Convener and Instructor: Pazzaglia, F.J., and N. Pinter, 1996. Geomorphic expression of active tectonics. Short course at the 1996 Geological Society of America meeting, Denver.
Convener, Theme Session: N. Pinter, and D.W. Burbank, 1996. Feedbacks between tectonics and surface processes in orogenesis. Geological Society of America meeting, Denver.
Author: Pinter, N., and S. Pinter, 1995. Study Guide for Environmental Science. J. Wiley & Sons.
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS FUNDING SOURCES
Active: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Active: NSF, Geography and Regional Science Program
Active: NSF, Office of International Science and Engineering
Active: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
NSF Hydrologic Sciences Program.
NATO Science Program.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
U.S. Geological Survey.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Association of State Floodplain Managers.
Missouri Coalition for the Environment.
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society.
National Park Service.
National Science Foundation, Active Tectonics Program.
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Facilities Program.
National Research Council, U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Active: NSF, Geography and Regional Science Program
Active: NSF, Office of International Science and Engineering
Active: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
NSF Hydrologic Sciences Program.
NATO Science Program.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
U.S. Geological Survey.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Association of State Floodplain Managers.
Missouri Coalition for the Environment.
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society.
National Park Service.
National Science Foundation, Active Tectonics Program.
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Facilities Program.
National Research Council, U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Pinter, N., G. Grenerczy, J. Weber, S. Stein, and D. Medak (Eds.), 2006.
The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics, and Hazards. Spring Verlag.
Keller, E.A. and N. Pinter, 2002.
Active Tectonics: Earthquakes and Landscape, 2nd Edition. Prentice-Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Keller, E.A. and N. Pinter, 1996.
Active Tectonics: Earthquakes and Landscape. Prentice-Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Pinter, N, 1996.
Exercises in Active Tectonics: An Introduction to Earthquakes and Tectonic Geomorphology. Prentice Hall.
Pinter, N., and S. Pinter, 1995.
Papers:Study Guide for Environmental Science. John Wiley & Sons: New York.
Remo, J.W.F., N. Pinter, and B.S. Ickes, 2008.
New hydrologic and geospatial databases spanning two-hundred plus years of change on the Mississippi River System. Eos, in press.
Pinter, N., and S.E. Ishman, 2008.
Impacts, mega-tsunami, and other extraordinary claims. GSA Today, in press.
Szilagyi, J., N. Pinter, and R. Venczel, 2008.
Application of a routing model for detecting channel flow changes with minimal data. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, in press.
Remo, J.W.F., and N. Pinter, 2007.
Retro-modeling of the Middle Mississippi River. Journal of Hydrology. doi: 10.1016/j.hydrol.2007.02.008.
Pinter, N., B.S. Ickes, J.H. Wlosinski, and R.R. van der Ploeg, 2006.
Contrasting trends in flooding on the Mississippi and Rhine river systems. Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.06.013.
Pinter, N., 2006.
New Orleans revival recipes. Issues in Science and Technology, 22(3): 5-6.
Bada, G., G. Grenerczy, L. Tóth, F. Horváth, S. Stein, G. Windhoffer, L. Fodor, I. Fejes, N. Pinter, and S. Cloetingh, in press.
Motion of Adria and ongoing inversion of the Pannonian basin: Seismicity, GPS velocities and stress transfer. S. Stein and S. Mazzotti (eds.), Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and Policy Issues, Geological Society of America Memoir.
Pinter, N., and G. Grenerczy, 2006.
Recent advances in peri-Adriatic geodynamics and future research directions. N. Pinter, G. Grenerczy, J. Weber, S. Stein, and D. Medak (eds.), The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics, and Hazards, pp. 1-20. Spring Verlag.
Pinter, N., R.R. van der Ploeg, P. Schweigert, and G. Hoefer, 2005.
Flood Magnification on the River Rhine. Hydrological Processes, in press (November).
Pinter, N., and M.T. Brandon, 2005.
How erosion builds mountains. Scientific American Special, 15(2) 74-81.
Pinter, N., 2005.
Policy Forum: Floodplain encroachment since the 1993 flood. Science, 308: 207-208.
Pinter, N., 2005.
Applications of tectonic geomorphology for deciphering active deformation in the Pannonian Basin, Hungary. L. Fodor and K. Brezsnyánszky (eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on "Applications of GPS in Plate Tectonics in Research on Fossil Energy Resources and in Earthquake Hazard Assessment, Occasional Papers of the Geological Institute of Hungary, 204: 25-51.
Pinter, N., and W.D. Vestal, 2005.
El Nińo-driven landsliding and postgrazing recovery, Santa Cruz Islands, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, F2, doi. 10.1029/2004JF000203.
Pinter, N., and R.A. Heine, 2005.
Hydrodynamic and morphodynamic response to river engineering documented by fixed-discharge analysis, Lower Missouri River, USA. Journal of Hydrology, 302: 70-91.
Schweigert, P., N. Pinter, and R.R. van der Ploeg, 2004.
Regression analysis of weather effects on the annual concentrations of nitrate in soil and groundwater. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 167: 309-318.
Pinter, N., K. Miller, and J.H. Wlosinski, 2004.
Recurrent shoaling and dredging on the Middle and Upper Mississippi River, USA. Journal of Hydrology, 290: 275-296.
Scott, A.T., and N. Pinter, 2003.
Extraction of coastal terraces and shoreline-angle elevations from digital terrain models, Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands, California. Physical Geography, 24: 271-294.
Gieska, M., R.R. van der Ploeg, P. Schweigert, and N. Pinter, 2003.
Physikalische Bodendegradierung in der Hildesheimer Börde und das Bundes-Bodenschutzgesetz. Berichte über Landwirtschaft 81(4): 485-511.
Pinter, N., C.C. Sorlien, and A.T. Scott, 2003.
Isostatic subsidence in response to thrust faulting and fold growth. American Journal of Science, 303: 300-318.
Pinter, N., and R. Thomas, 2003.
Engineering modifications and changes in flood behavior of the Middle Mississippi River. R. Criss and D. Wilson, (eds.), At The Confluence: Rivers, Floods, and Water Quality in the St. Louis Region, pp. 96-114.
Pinter, N., R. Thomas, and J.H. Wlosinski, 2002.
Reply to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Comment on "Assessing flood hazard on dynamic rivers." Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 83(36): 397-398.
Pinter, N., J.H. Wlosinski, and R. Heine, 2002.
The case for utilization of stage data in flood-frequency analysis: Preliminary results from the Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri River. Hydrologic Science and Technology Journal, 18(1-4): 173-185.
Pinter, N., R. Thomas, and J.H. Wlosinski, 2001.
Flood-hazard assessment on dynamic rivers. Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 82(31): 333-339.
Pinter, N., B. Johns, B. Little, and W.D. Vestal, 2001.
Fault-related folding in California's Northern Channel Islands documented by rapid-static GPS positioning. GSA Today, 11(5): 4-9.
Pinter, N., R. Thomas, and N.S. Philippi, 2001.
Side-stepping environmental conflicts: The role of natural-hazards assessment, planning, and mitigation. E. Petzold-Bradley, A. Carius, and A. Vincze (eds.), Responding to Environmental Conflicts: Implications for Theory and Practice, p. 113-132. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Lueddecke, S.B., N. Pinter, and S. McManus, 2001.
Greenhouse effect in the classroom: A project- and laboratory-based curriculum. Journal of Geological Education, 49: 274-279.
Pinter, N., R. Thomas, and J.H. Wlosinski, 2000.
Regional impacts of levee construction and channelization, Middle Mississippi River, USA. J. Marsalek, W.E. Watt, E. Zeman, and F. Sieker (eds.), Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management, p. 351-361. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Pinter, N., 2000.
Global geomorphology. P.L. Hancock and B.J. Skinner (eds.), Oxford Companion to the Earth, pp. 456-458. Oxford University Press.
Burbank, D.W., and N. Pinter, 1999.
Landscape evolution: The interactions of tectonics and surface processes. Basin Research, 11: 1-6.
Pinter, N., C.C. Sorlien, and A.T. Scott, 1998.
Late Quaternary faulting and folding of the Santa Cruz Island, California. P.W. Weigand (ed.), Contributions to the Geology of the Northern Channel Islands, Southern California. Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists: Bakersfield, CA, MP-45: 111-122.
Pinter, N., S.B. Lueddecke, E.A. Keller, and K. Simmons, 1998.
Late Quaternary slip on the Santa Cruz Island fault, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 110: 711-722.
Lueddecke, S.B., N. Pinter, and P. Gans, 1998.
Plio-Pleistocene ash falls, sedimentation, and range-front faulting along the White-Inyo Mountains front, California. Journal of Geology, 106: 511-522.
Pinter, N., and M.T. Brandon, 1997.
How erosion builds mountains. Scientific American, 276(4): 74-79.
Pinter, N., and M.T. Brandon, 1997.
Comment l'erosion construit les montagnes. Pour La Science, 236: 78-84.
Pinter, N., and M.T. Brandon, 1997.
La erosion, constructora de montanas. Investigacion y Ciencia, 249: 52-58.
Sorlien, C.C., and N. Pinter, 1997.
Faulting and folding on Santa Cruz Island, California. J.R. Boles and W. Landry (eds.), Santa Cruz Island Geology Field Trip Guide, San Diego: San Diego Association of Geologists, pp. 72-90.
Pinter, N., 1995.
Faulting on the Volcanic Tableland, California. Journal of Geology, 103: 73-83.
Pinter, N., and E.A. Keller, 1995.
Geomorphic analysis of neotectonic deformation, northern Owens Valley, California. Geologische Rundschau, 84: 200-212.
Pinter, N., E.A. Keller, and R.B. West, 1994.
Relative dating of terraces of the Owens River, northern Owens Valley, California and correlation with moraines of the Sierra Nevada. Quaternary Research, 42: 266-276.
Pinter, N., 1993.
Estimating earthquake hazard from remotely sensed images, Eastern California-Central Nevada seismic belt. Exploration, Environment, and Engineering: Proceedings of the Ninth Thematic Conference on Geological Remote Sensing. Environ. Res. Inst. of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Pinter, N., and E.A. Keller, 1992.
Quaternary tectonic and topographic evolution of the northern Owens Valley. C.A. Hall Jr., V. Doyle-Jones, and B. Widawski, Eds. The History of Water: Eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, White-Inyo Mountains. White Mt. Research Station, Los Angeles.
Gardner, T.W., D. Verdonck, N. Pinter, R.L Slingerland, K.P. Furlong, T.F. Bullard, and S.G. Wells, 1992.
Quaternary uplift astride the aseismic Cocos Ridge, Pacific coast, Costa Rica. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 104: 219-232.
Pinter, N., and M.M. Fulford, 1991.
Late Cretaceous basement foundering of the Rosario embayment, Peninsular Ranges forearc basin: Backstripping of the El Gallo Formation, Baja California Norte, Mexico. Basin Research, 3: 215-222.
Pinter, N., and E.A. Keller, 1991.
Comment on "Surface uplift, uplift of rocks, and exhumation of rocks." Geology, 19: 1053.
Pinter, N., and C. Sorlien, 1991.
Evidence for latest Pleistocene to Holocene movement on the Santa Cruz Island fault, California. Geology, 19: 909-912.
Gardner, T.W., J.B. Ritter, C.A. Shuman, J.C. Bell, K.C. Sasowsky, and N. Pinter, 1991.
A periglacial stratified slope deposit in the Valley and Ridge Province of central Pennsylvania, USA: Sediment-ology, stratigraphy, and geomorphic evolution. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2: 141-162.
Pinter, N., and T.W. Gardner, 1989.
Construction of a polynomial model of sea level: Estimating paleo-sea levels continuously through time. Geology, 17: 295-298.
RECENT PRESS CITATIONSSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/10/2007
Foggy flood forecast: Levee failures dilute predictions
Associated Press, 5/9/2007
Development continues in Chesterfield flood plain, despite risks
Belleville News Democrat, 4/18/2006
Missouri group challenges flood study
San Francisco Chronicle, 2/23/2006
SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA - State's levees in danger - More engineering armor urged for California delta
Environmental News Network, 2/20/2006
Intensified Development Raises Catastrophic Flood Risk around U.S., Experts Say
Houston Chronicle, 2/20/2006
Many cities face flood danger
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Development Raises Flood Risk Across U.S.
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Calif. Quake could cause Katrina 2
ZeeNews.com, 2/20/2006
Scientists say California quake could cause Katrina II
Bradenton, FL Herald, 2/20/2006
Development said to raise risk of U.S. flooding
Berkshire Eagle, 2/19/2006
Study: Flood risk has grown
Elko Daily Free Press, 2/19/2006
Development Raises Flood Risk Across U.S.
Washington Post, 2/19/2006
Findings
Jacksonville Daily Progress, 2/19/2006
Development Raises Flood Risk Across U.S.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2/19/2006
When the floods return … Will we be ready?
CNN.com, 2/19/2006
Scientists say California quake could cause Katrina II
KFMB CBS News 8, San Diego, 2/19/2006
Development Raises Flood Risk Across U.S
FreeRepublic.com, 2/18/2006
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WiredNews.com, 2/18/2006
St. Louis, Sacramento face flood danger: experts
ABCNews.com, 2/18/2006
Development Raises Flood Risk Across U.S.
KSDK (St. Louis), 11/6/2005
Adolphus Busch IV
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10/16/2005
Yet another local city is banking on a levee
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 9/30/2005
Judge hears St. Peters levee case
Chicago Tribune, 9/1/2005
The futility of fighting nature
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/28/2005
Floodplain development is short-sighted, not smart growth
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4/22/2005
Have we learned nothing? Plans for a new levee at St. Peters defy the lessons of the 1993 floods
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4/18/2005
Flooding estimates are called flawed
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4/8/2005
Flood plain development is criticized
Science News Brief, 4/8/2005
Post-Flood Rebuilding on the Mississippi
Belleville News Democrat, 4/8/2005
Risks haven't stopped flood plain development
Aberdeen News, 6/8/2004
Some scientists suggest that river engineering makes floods worse
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 7/30/2003
Region's risk of flooding is subject of rising debate
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/5/2003
FLOOD STUDY COULD AFFECT DEVELOPMENT, INSURANCE
Riverfront Times, 11/27/2002
The fight to preserve St. Charles County floodplains makes for some strange bedfellows
Big River, Sept.-Oct. '02
Dike this
KSDK (St. Louis), 5/21/2002
Do River Levees Curb, or Cause Flooding?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4/22/2002
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: THE HIGH PRICE OF FLOOD PLAIN DEVELOPMENT
aswm.org, 4/22/2002
Flood Risks Underestimated by Current Models
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/7/2001
OFFICIALS GET BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF FLOOD PLAINS ANTI-DEVELOPMENT
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4/28/2001
STUDY SAYS AREA HAS GREATER FLOOD RISK THAN PREDICTED
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/26/1999
Lindbergh grant would grow a new kind of sod
