Hydrology

THOMAS VAN LENT, SENIOR SCIENTIST -- CV AND OTHER PROJECTS

EDUCATION
September, 1988 -- March, 1992 Stanford University, Stanford, CA,

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

Thesis Topic: Numerical Spectral Methods Applied to Flow in Highly
Heterogeneous Porous Media Research on flow and transport under
uncertainty using numerical solutions to stochastic partial differential equations.
Course work focus in hydrology, electrical engineering, and computer science.
September, 1980 -- June, 1982 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
M.S.C.E. in Civil Engineering

Thesis Topic: Modeling of Finite Canals Using Isolated Singularities.
Research focused on mathematical methods applied to groundwater flow.
Course work focus in hydrology, fluid mechanics, and mathematics and
statistics.
September, 1976 -- May, 1980 South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
B.S.C.E. in Civil Engineering
B.A.. in French

Pursued broad undergraduate civil engineering education. Undergraduate
research in sediment transport modeling. Special emphasis on 19th century
French poetry.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May, 2005 - present Everglades Foundation
Senior Scientist
Provide scientific and technical support to non-governmental environmental
organizations supported by the Everglades Foundation. Provide expert analysis
of hydrologic, engineering, and ecological information to assist in development
of Everglades restoration alternatives and meeting Everglades restoration and
protection objectives.

August, 2002 - April, 2005 Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL
Deputy Director, South Florida Natural Resources Center
Responsible for integration of physical sciences, biological sciences, and water
quality/aquatic chemistry into resources management and wetland restoration
efforts. Responsible for implementing organizational change within division to
accommodate implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration
Project. Developed strategies to implement broad organizational objects.
Developed priorities for scientific research and investigation. Budget of
organization exceeded $22 million, with more than 100 employees.

May, 2000 – August, 2002 Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL
Chief, Physical Resources Branch, South Florida Natural Resources Center
Chief hydrologist for Everglades National Park. Led interdisciplinary teams
working on ecosystem restoration projects. Directed research on Everglades
wetland process. Conducted research and technical investigations into
Everglades hydrology and water management. Managed 25 scientists,
engineers, and technicians; responsible for budgets exceeding $2 million.

May, 1996 – May, 2000 Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL
Research Hydrologist, South Florida Natural Resources Center
Application of advanced hydrologic modeling and analysis to resources
management and restoration projects in the Florida Everglades. Analysis of
historical and predicted hydrologic data to predict effects of water management
on wetland systems.

January, 1995 – May 1996 South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Taught graduate and undergraduate classes in hydrology, fluid mechanics, and
hydraulics. Funded research included data collection network optimization,
hydrologic modeling of wetlands, geostatistics, and development of operational
rules to mimic pre-drainage hydrologic function in the Everglades.

July, 1982 – August, 1986 So. Fla. Water Management District, West Palm Beach,
FL
Water Resources Engineer
Designed, developed, and implemented hydrologic data base. Developed
Quality Assurance/Quality Control processes and procedures for hydrologic
data. Developed computer models of the hydrology and water management
system of the south Florida. Researched evaporation processes in marshes and
canal-aquifer interactions.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
MacVicar, Thomas, Thomas Van Lent, and Alvin Castro. The South Florida Water
Management Model: A Documentation Report. South Florida Water Management District,
West Palm Beach, FL, 1983.
MacVicar, Thomas and Thomas Van Lent. Special Report: The effects of S-333 Deliveries
to Shark River Slough. South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach,
FL, 1986.
Van Lent, Thomas. Documentation Report for a Hierarchical Database Retrieval Scheme for
DBHYDRO. South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL,
1987.
Van Lent, Thomas and Peter K. Kitanidis. “A numerical spectral approach for the
derivation of piezometric head covariance functions”, Water Resources Research, 25(11),
2287-2298, 1989.
Van Lent, Thomas and Peter K. Kitanidis. “Analysis of spatial variability using a
numerical spectral approach”, in Transport Processes in Porous Media, J. Bear and Y.
Corapcioglu, eds. Klewer, Dordrect, The Netherlands, p. 747-760, 1991.
Van Lent, Thomas and Peter K. Kitanidis. “Numerical Spectral Methods Applied to
Stochastic Groundwater Flow”, Water Resources Research, 28(12), 3271-3281, 1992.
Van Lent, Thomas, Robert Johnson and Robert Fennema. Water Management of Taylor
Slough, Florida, and Effects on Florida Bay. South Florida Research Center Technical
Report 93-1, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, 1993.
Van Lent, Thomas and John C. Tracy. Assessment of the Rain Gage Network in
South Florida Water Management District. Report CA4250-4-9015, Northern Great
Plains Water Resources Center, 1994.
Van Lent, Thomas, Ray Snow and Fred James. An Examination of the Modified Water
Deliveries Project, the C-111 Project, and the Experimental Water Deliveries Project: Hydrologic
Analysis and Effects on Endangered Species. South Florida Natural Resources Center
Tech. Report, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, 1999.
Van Lent, Thomas. Analysis of the Historical Hydrologic Information for Northeast Shark
Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida. South Florida Natural Resources Center
Tech. Report, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, 2000.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Hydrologic Section, American Geophysical Union. Cited by the AGU for
excellence in technical reviewing. EOS Trans. AGU, 72(29), pp 307-308, July 16,
1991.
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Florida, No. 37379, from 1986-2006.