faculty.John Albertson

John Albertson, Associate Professor

John Albertson received his B.S. in civil engineering from SUNY Buffalo; an MBA in Finance from the University of Hartford; a Masters in hydrology from Yale; and a Ph.D. in hydrologic science from the University of California at Davis. Before coming to Duke, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia.

Dr. Albertson's research interests include surface hydrology and boundary layer meteorology; Exchange of mass, heat, and momentum across the land-atmosphere interface; Large eddy simulation of land-atmosphere interaction; Turbulent transport processes; and Dynamic coupling of energy, water, and carbon cycles. See also Dr. Albertson's personal Web page.

Education

• Ph.D. Hydrologic Science, University of California - Davis, 1996
• Masters in Hydrology, Yale, 1993
• MBA Finance, University of Hartford, 1989
• B.S. Civil Engineering, SUNY Buffalo, 1985
  

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Duke University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2002- present)
• Associate Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences (2001)
• Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences (1996-2001)
• Visiting Senior Scientist, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University College, Cork, Ireland (1998-present)
• Post Graduate Researcher, Hydrologic Science, University of California, Davis (1993-1996)
• Research Assistant, Hydrology, Yale University (1991-1993)
• Project Engineer and Project Manager, Transmission Line Structural Design, Northeast Utilities Service Company, Hartford, CT (1985-1991)
• Registered Professional Engineer - Connecticut

Sample Publications [complete publication list]
Albertson, J.D. and N. Montaldo, Temporal Dynamics of Soil Moisture Variability: 1. Theoretical Basis, Water Resources Research, 39 (10): Art. No. 1274, 2003.

Montaldo, N., and J.D. Albertson, Temporal Dynamics of Soil Moisture Variability: 2. Implication for Land Surface Models, Water Resources Research, 39 (10): Art. No. 1275, 2003.

Scanlon, T.M., and J.D. Albertson, Inferred controls on tree/grass composition in a savanna ecosystem: combining 16 year NDVI data with a dynamic soil moisture model, Water Resources Research, 39 (8): Art. No. 1224, 2003.

Montaldo, N., and J.D. Albertson, Multi-scale assimilation of surface soil moisture data for root zone moisture predictions, Advances in Water Resources, 26, 33-44, 2003.

Albertson, J.D., W.P. Kustas, and T.M. Scanlon, Large-eddy simulation over heterogeneous terrain with remotely sensed land surface conditions, Water Resources Research, 37, 1939-1953, 2001.

Courses Taught

• CE24L - Introduction to Environmental Engineering & Science

Honors and Awards

• USDA-ARS, Natural Resource Institute Outside Collaborator of the Year Award (2000)
• NASA, New Investigator Program (NIP) in the Earth Sciences Award (1999)
• Packard Fellowship Nominee for University of Virginia (1998, 1999)
• AGU, Hydrology Section, Outstanding Student Paper Award (1996)
• NASA Graduate Student Fellowship in Global Change Research (1994-1996)
• Hutchinson Fellowship, Institute of Biospheric Studies, Yale University (1992-1993)
• Charles Wood Scholarship, Yale University (1991-1993)
• Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship, Hudson River Foundation (1992)
• Northeast Utilities Chairman's Award for Outstanding Performance (1989)

Professional and Service Activities

• Water Resources Research, Associate Editor (2000-present)
• National Science Foundation, Hydrology Grant Selection Panel, Member, (2001- present)
• Journal of Applied Meteorology, Associate Editor, (1998-2002)
• AGU, Committee on Large Scale Field Experimentation, Chair, (1996-present)
• AGU, AIP, and AMS Journals, Frequent Manuscript Reviewer
• NSF, NASA, DOE, Proposal Reviewer
• AGU, Committee on Student Paper Awards, Member, (1999-2002)
• EPA/NSF, Water and Watersheds Program, Proposal Review Panel Member, (1998, 1999).
• AGU, Convener of several special sessions over past four years.
• European Union, Advisor to Project on Volga’s River Water Resources (1998-2001).
• American Geophysical Union, member
• Irish EPA, Advisor to Project on Eutrophication from Agricultural Sources (2001-2004).
• American Society of Civil Engineers, member
• Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honor Society), member
• Licensed Professional Engineer, State of Connecticut

Current and Ongoing Research

• NSF, Organized Turbulence over Forests: Theoretical Basis for a Low-Dimensional Model

• NASA, Regional Fluxes From Land-Atmosphere Modeling and Remote Sensing Perspectives.

• NASA, Accounting for the Effects of Subpixel Variability on Regional Fluxes with Terra and Aqua Sensors

• DOE, National Institute of Global Environmental Change (NIGEC), Separating Soil-Atmosphere and Canopy-Atmosphere Exchange of CO2 by Micrometeorological Methods

• USDA, LES with Remote Sensing