Michael A. Anderson

Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry

• Office: 218 Sciences Lab I
• Phone: (951) 827-3757
• michael.anderson@ucr.edu

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1990

Specialization:

• Environmental chemistry
• Applied limnology and lake/reservoir management
• Surface water quality and modeling
• Fate of contaminants in soils, sediments and waters

Research Group

• Graduate Students:

  • Barbara Barry (M.S., Soil and Water Sciences program)
  • Nicole Reid (Ph.D., Soil and Water Sciences program)
  • Koji Yokoyama (M.S., Soil and Water Sciences program)

Selected Publications:

• Anderson, M.A., L. Whiteaker, E. Wakefield and C. Amrhein. 2007. Properties and distribution of sediment in the Salton Sea, California: An assessment of predictive models. Hydrobiologia (in press).
• de Koff, J., M.A. Anderson and C. Amrhein. 2007. Geochemistry of iron in the Salton Sea, California. Hydrobiologia (in press).
• Lawson, R. and M.A. Anderson. 2007. Stratification and mixing in Lake Elsinore, California: an assessment of axial flow pumps for improving water quality in a shallow eutrophic lake. Water Res. (in press)
• Berkowitz, J., M.A. Anderson and C. Amrhein. 2006. Influence of aging on phosphorus sorption to alum floc in lake water. Water Res. 40:911-916.
• Breiner, J.M., M.A. Anderson, H.W.K. Tom and R.C. Graham. 2006. Properties of surface modified colloidal particles. Clays Clay Miner. 54:12-24.
• Berkowitz, J., M.A. Anderson and R.C. Graham. 2005. Laboratory investigation of aluminum solubility and solid-phase properties following alum treatment of lake waters. Water Res. 39:3918-3928.
• Mason, L.B., C. Amrhein, C.C. Goodson, M.R. Matsumoto and M.A. Anderson. 2005. Reducing sediment and phosphorus in tributary waters with alum and polyacrylamide. J. Environ. Qual. 34:1998-2004.
• Davis, K., M.A. Anderson and M.V. Yates. 2005. The distribution of indicator bacteria in Canyon Lake, California. Water Res. 39:1277-1288.

Courses Taught:

• NASC 92: Freshman Advising Seminar
• ENSC 140: Limnology
• ENSC 176: Acquisition and Analysis of Environmental Data(team-taught)
• SLSC 203: Surface Chemistry of Soils
• SLSC 204: Environmental Organic Chemistry
• SWSC 214: Soil and Water Chemistry Lab (team-taught)

Graduate Program Affiliations and Research Focus Areas:

• Research Focus Areas

  • Soil and Water Sciences

• Program

  • Environmental Sciences

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