Amartya Saha, Ecohydrologist and Instrumentation Specialist at Archbold Biological Station

Amartya Saha, Ecohydrologist and Instrumentation Specialist at Archbold Biological Station

Summary

25 years of international experience working with Government agencies, research institutes, NGOs and local communities in ecohydrology inputs for water resources management, education and hydrological/ecological monitoring. Scientific and tech publications available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amartya_Saha

and https://sites.google.com/site/tropicalecohydrology/

Contact info

Email: riparianbuffer@gmail.com

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/tropicalecohydrology/

Location: Lake Placid, United States

Industry Experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work Experience

Programmer Analyst

Morningstar, Chicago, Illinois

Database programming and management for clients in media, financial and research institutions using Morningstart financial data to calculate various risk and return metrics.

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Biology, University of Miami

Stable isotope and Nutrient analysis for water and plants from samples worldwide. Teaching a field course in ecohydrology at Instituto Geografica e estadistica, Brasilia, Brazil.

Ecosystem Monitoring Coordinator

Department of Biological Sciences, FIU

Coordinate a monitoring program for Northeastern Shark Slough in the Everglades National Park to observe before-and-after effects of increased sheetflow (Tamiami Trail bridging) on the ecosystem. Vegetation, periphyton, invertebrates, secondary consumers, water and soil quality and hydroperiod.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Long Term Ecological Research (FCE-LTER)

Southeastern Environment Research Center, FIU

Developed water balance for the Everglades National Park, maintained hydrological instrumentation, conducted study of fish movements and habitat selection with seasonal hydrology.

Associate Scientist

Florida International University

Worked with ministries of water and natural resources in Tanzania and Rwanda on ecosystem research ( environmental flows, sediment source determination, climate change vulnerability), development of water resources monitoring networks, capacity building in ecohydrology and open source GIS.

Ecohydrologist and Instrumentation Specialist

Archbold Biological Station

Manage environmental monitoring instrumentation, programming and data analysis. Research on water and nutrient dynamics in subtropical grasslands, wetlands and woodlands. Participant in the Hydrology and Water Quality groups of the USDA Long-Term Agroecological Research Network.

Industry Expertise

  • Water
  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Ecohydrology
  • Ecosystem Management
  • Wetlands
  • Water Monitoring
  • Hydrology
  • Water Quality Monitoring