Delta Council Appoints New Lead Scientist

The Delta Stewardship Council has appointed Dr. Peter Goodwin as new Lead Scientist for the Delta Science Program.

Goodwin, an internationally-recognized expert in ecohydraulics (the impact of management on aquatic ecosystems), ecosystem restoration, and enhancement of river, wetland and estuarine systems, replaces Dr. Cliff Dahm. His appointment is effective March 1.

Goodwin is the DeVlieg Presidential Professor in Ecohydraulics and professor of civil engineering at the University of Idaho. He also is the founding and current director of the Center for Ecohydraulics Research. He is recognized internationally for his research with particular contributions in the field of modeling flows, sediment transport, and river channel evolution.

“I look forward to helping build the scientific community and to search for the common truths on the many critical issues that face the Delta,” Goodwin said. “The development of the Delta Plan is clearly a project of critical importance to California that is helping set standards of how science can inform the making of policy.”

Read the council’s press release.