OUR PEOPLE
Academic Credentials
- Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2023
- M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2022
- B.S., Geology and Biology, Brown University, 2014
Professional Honors
- ARCS Foundation Scholar 2021 – 2023
- California Lake Management Society Scholarship 2019
Dr. Micah Swann specializes in physical limnology. He brings over ten years of experience utilizing hydrodynamic modelling, field observations, laboratory experimentation, and remote sensing tools to understand the physical mixing and transport processes that influence water quality and ecological health in aquatic environments.
Dr. Swann's doctoral research focused on investigating the climatic drivers of vertical mixing events and their impacts on nutrient cycling and oxygen dynamics in large, temperate lakes across California and in Chile. He utilized a combination of high-frequency monitoring, laboratory experimentation, hydrodynamic lake modeling, and remote sensing analysis to examine how mixing events can contribute to harmful algal blooms in eutrophic systems.
Dr. Swann's consulting experience includes implementing industrial, watershed, and surface water quality monitoring programs in California including managing industrial and municipal stormwater permitting and compliance, drafting baseline water quality assessments, and overseeing monitoring well construction and development for groundwater remediation programs.