Leora Nanus
Leora Nanus
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Associate Professor
Geography & Environment, College of Science and Engineering
Bio
Education
Ph.D., Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
M.S., Geology, Western Washington University
B.S., Earth Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
Specialties
hydrology, watershed biogeochemistry, resource management, environmental science, GIS, environmental modeling, and ecohydrology.
People
Graduate Students
Current
Kyle Roe
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning
Thesis - in progress: Evaluating Microplastic Contamination in Water and Sediment across San Francisco Bay
B.A. English, University of California, Santa Barbara
Alanna Smith
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning
Thesis - in progress: A Walk to the Park: Trail Connectivity in Orick, California
B.A. Global Studies, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Paige Krinks
M.S. Geographic Information Science
Thesis - in progress: Hydrogeologic GIS Modeling of East Contra Costa Groundwater Subbasin
B.A. Geography, San Francisco State University
Julian LoGiudici
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning
Thesis - in progress: Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition and Ecological Effects in the Greater Yellowstone Area
USDA Water Resources Intern. Awarded through the Water Resources Experential Learning for USDA Careers, Cal State San Bernardino University.
B.A. Geography, San Francisco State University
Interests: Resource Management, National Park Service, Alpine Lakes and Ecosystems
Awards: Pease Award
Lab Alumni
Eleanor Morgan
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, 05/2024
Thesis: Scorched Legacy: Wildfire impacts on Water Quality in a Montane Valley Creek
B.S. Environmental Science, San Francisco State University
Nicholas Fetherston
Now Environmental Scientist, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, 05/2022
Thesis: Effects of Restoration on Water Quality in a Sierra Nevada Meadow
B.A. Geography, San Francisco State University
Kelly Krotcova
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, San Francisco State University, 05/2019
Thesis: Tradeoffs of water security and adequate ecological protection during drought, Coastal California
B.L.A. Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University
Awards: Pease Award, 2017
Zoe Statman-Weil
Now Senior Software Engineer, The Earth Genome
M.S. Geographic Information Science, San Francisco State University, 12/2018
Thesis: Disparaties in Community Water Systems Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
B.A. Environmental Studies, Carleton College
Deseret Weeks
Ph.D. Management of Complex Systems, University of California Merced, 05/2024
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, San Francisco State University, 05/2018
B.A. Geography, University of California Los Angeles
Thesis: Mercury in the Cache Creek Watershed - Spatial Analysis, Ecosystem Services Impacts and SES Framework Implementation
Select Awards: Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholar, 2017-2018; COAST Graduate Student Research Award, 2017
Sam Stein
Ph.D. Geography, University of California Berkeley, 2024
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, San Francisco State University, 12/2016
B.S. Environmental Science, University of Nevada Reno
Thesis: An Examination of Water Quality in the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
Select Awards: CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program Scholar, 2018; AAG Student Award, Water Resources Specialty Group, 2016; Robert W. Maxwell Memorial Scholarship, 2015.
Ellen Doudna
Now Associate Environmental Planner at Caltrans
M.A. Geography, Resource Management and Environmental Planning, 12/2016
B.A. Oberlin College
Thesis: Trends in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus of California's Central Valley
Research
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
*SFSU student author
*Blumenthal, J.G., Chang, A.L., Cheng, B., Hines, E.M., Nanus, L., Zabin, C.J., in press. Fine-scale habitat factors linked to density but not distribution of an invasive estuarine predator, Aquatic Invasions.
*Wolf, C., Gurdak, J.J., *Lauffenburger, Z., Nanus, L., Mauer, E., 2022. Controls on recharge in thick vadose zones under climate variability and change, Hydrogeology Journal, doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02504-6.
Burpee, B.T., Saros, J.E., Nanus, L., Baron, J., Brahney, J., Christianson, K.R., Ganz, T., Heard, A., Hundey, B., Koinig, K.A., Kopáček,, J., Moser, K., Nydick, K., Oleksy, I., Sadro, S., Sommaruga, R., Vinebrooke, R., and Williams, J., 2022. Identifying factors that affect mountain lake sensitivity to atmospheric nitrogen deposition across multiple scales, Water Research 209, 117883, doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117883.
*Statman-Weil, Z., Nanus L., Wilkinson, N., 2020. Disparities in Community Water System Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, Applied Geography 121, 102264, doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102264.
Nanus, L., Campbell, D.H., Lehmann, C.M.B., Mast, M.A., 2018. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Sources of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the Rocky Mountains using Nitrogen Isotopes, Atmospheric Environment 176, 110-119, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.12.023.
Nanus, L., McMurray, J.A., Clow, D.W., Saros, J.E., Blett, T., Gurdak, J.J., 2017. Spatial Variation of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition and Critical Loads for Aquatic Ecosystems in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Environmental Pollution 223, 644-656, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.077.
Gurdak, J.J., *Geyer, G.E., Nanus, L., Taniguchi, M., and *Corona, C.R., 2017. Scale Dependence of Controls on Groundwater Vulnerability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, California Coastal Basin Aquifer System, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2016.01.002.
Clow, D.W., Roop, H.A., Nanus, L., Fenn, M.E, Sexstone, G.A., 2015. Spatial Patterns of Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen and Sulfur using Ion-exchange Resin Collectors in Rocky Mountain National Park, USA, Atmospheric Environment 101, 149-157.
*Newcomer, M.E., Gurdak, J.J., Sklar, L.S., Nanus, L., 2014. Urban Recharge beneath Low Impact Development and Effects of Climate Variability and Change, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1002/2013WR014282.
Nanus, L., Clow, D.W., Saros, J.E., Stephens, V.C., Campbell, D.H., 2012. Mapping Critical Loads of Nitrogen Deposition for Aquatic Ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains, USA, Environmental Pollution 166, 125-135.
Clow, D.W., Nanus, L., Verdin, K.L., Schmidt, J., 2012. Evaluation of SNODAS Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalent Estimates for the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Hydrological Processes 26, 17, 2583-2591.
Clow, D.W., Nanus, L., Huggett, B., 2010. Use of Regression-Based Models to Map Sensitivity of Aquatic Resources to Atmospheric Deposition in Yosemite National Park, Water Resources Research 46, doi:10.1029/2009WR008316.
Nanus, L., Williams, M.W., Campbell, D.H., Tonnessen, K.A., Blett, T., Clow, D.W., 2009. Assessment of Lake Sensitivity to Acidic Deposition in National Parks of the Rocky Mountains, Ecological Applications 19, 4, 961-973.
Nanus, L., Williams, M.W., Campbell, D.H., Elliott, E.M., Kendall, C., 2008. Evaluating Regional Patterns in Nitrate Sources to Watersheds in National Parks of the Rocky Mountains using Nitrate Isotopes, Environmental Science and Technology 42: 6487-6493. Supporting Information.
Ingersoll, G.P., Mast, M.A., Campbell, D.H., Clow, D.W., Nanus, L., Turk, J.T., 2008. Trends in Snowpack Chemistry and Comparison to National Atmospheric Deposition Program Results for the Rocky Mountains US, 1993-2004, Atmospheric Environment 42, 6098-6113.
Nanus, L., Campbell, D.H., Ingersoll, G.P., Clow, D.W., Mast, A.M., 2003. Atmospheric Deposition Maps for the Rocky Mountains, Atmospheric Environment 37, 4881-4892.
Mitchell, R.J., Babcock, S., Gelinas, S., Nanus, L., Stasney, D., 2003. Nitrate Distributions and Source Identification in the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, Northwestern Washington, Journal of Environmental Quality 32, 3, 789-800.
Clow, D.W., Striegl, R.G., Nanus, L., Mast, M.A., Campbell, D.H., Krabbenhoft, D.P., 2002. Chemistry of Selected High-Elevation Lakes in Seven National Parks in the Western United States, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, Focus 2: 139-164.
Peer-Reviewed Reports
Nanus, L., McMurray, J.A., and Blett, T.F., 2022. Environmental management of air quality issues in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Natural Resource Report NPS/NRSS/ARD/NRR—2022/2441, doi.org/10.36967/2294111.
Simonich, S., Nanus, L., 2012. Sierra Nevada-Southern Cascades Region Air Contaminants Research and Monitoring Strategy, National Park Service Technical Report.
Ingersoll, G.P., Mast, M.A., Campbell, D.H., Clow, D.W., Nanus, L., and Turk, J.T., 2009. Rocky Mountain Snowpack Physical and Chemical Data for Selected Sites, 1993–2008. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 369.
Ingersoll, G.P., Mast, M.A., Nanus, L., Handran, H.M., Manthorne, D.J., and Hulstrand, D.M., 2007. Rocky Mountain Snowpack Chemistry at Selected Sites, 2004. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2007-1045.
Nanus, L., Campbell, D.H., Williams, M.W., 2005. Sensitivity of Alpine and Subalpine Lakes to Acidification from Atmospheric Deposition in Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5023.
Ingersoll, G.P., Mast, M.A., Nanus, L., Manthorne, D.J., Handran, H.M., Hulstrand, D.M., Winterringer, J.A., 2005. Rocky Mountain Snowpack Chemistry at Selected Sites, 2003. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2005-1332.
Ingersoll, G.P., Mast, M.A., Nanus, L., Manthorne, D.J., Clow, D.W., Handran, H.M., Winterringer, J.A., Campbell, D.H., 2004. Rocky Mountain Snowpack Chemistry Synoptic at Selected Sites 2002. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2004-1027.
Ingersoll, G.P., Mast, M.A., Clow, D.W., Nanus, L., Campbell, C., Handran, H.M., 2003. Rocky Mountain Snowpack Chemistry Synoptic at Selected Sites for 2001. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report, 2003-48.