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Member Since 1969
George M. Hornberger
Professional Experience
Vanderbilt University
Emeritus Professor
2021 - 2023
Vanderbilt University
Professor, Environmental Sciences
2008 - 2021
Education
Stanford University
Doctorate
1970
Honors & Awards
William Kaula Award
Received 2010
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Walter Langbein Lecture
Received 2002
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Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education Award
Received 1999
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Publications
Institutional Dynamics Impact the Response of Urban Socio‐Hydrologic Systems to Supply Challenges

Designing urban water systems to respond to the accelerating and unpredictable changes of the Anthropocene will require changes not only to built i...

February 14, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Identifying Key Factors for Providing High-Quality and Affordable Drinking water: A Study of U.S. Urban Water Systems
WATER AND SOCIETY: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND POLICY IN A CHANGING WORLD V ORAL
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Koorosh Azizi, George M. Hornberger, Jacopo Baggio...
Urban drinking water systems in the United States face a myriad of socio-environmental stressors that jeopardize their ability to deliver clean and af...
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(Dis)equilibrium of the Sundarbans tidal platform elevation
COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY AND MORPHODYNAMICS I ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 12 december 2022
Christopher M. Tasich, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Georg...
The ecologically significant Sundarbans mangrove forest is in a tenuous equilibrium with the tides. A multitude of studies have observed that platform...
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A comparative analysis of hydrological changes in water supply sources across the USA
HUMAN INFLUENCE ON THE REGIONAL/NATURAL HYDROCLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS II POSTER
hydrology | 17 december 2021
Sara Vicario, Karissa Gund, Margaret E. Garcia, Ge...
In the USA, projections of water supply and demand over the 21st century show that serious water shortages are likely in many regions, including some ...
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Volunteer Experience
2017 - 2017
Member
Excellence in Geophysical Education Award Committee
2015 - 2016
Member
Excellence in Geophysical Education Award Committee
2015 - 2015
Member
Centennial Task Force
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