Andy Erickson
Climate modeling; water quality; stormwater; flood mitigation; knowledge transfer
Background & Expertise
Andy Erickson, PhD, is a research manager and engineer at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science & Engineering St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. He studies water quality in urban watersheds, develops stormwater assessment and maintenance best practices and designs innovative stormwater treatment technologies. Erickson is co-director of the Cold Climate Center of Excellence for Stormwater Infrastructure Technologies, the chair of the ASTM International E64 Committee on Stormwater Control Measures and the past chair for the University of Minnesota's Water Council. Erickson serves on the graduate faculty for the Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering and the Water Resources Science graduate programs. He is also a scholar in the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies and a fellow at the Institute on the Environment. Erickson is dedicated to outreach through frequent presentations, workshops and hosting the popular Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series. In addition to numerous scientific reports and peer-reviewed publications, he is also the author of “Optimizing Stormwater Treatment Practices: A Handbook of Assessment and Maintenance.”
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