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Lissa MacVean is a Lecturer IV in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. She specializes in wave-sediment interactions and has a profound interest in coastal systems and hydrology. MacVean earned her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2010, and has a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, obtained in 2000 and 1999, respectively. She is a Professional Civil Engineer licensed in California and a member of both the American Geophysical Society and the Coastal Estuarine Research Federation. Her research focuses on understanding the fluid dynamics within estuaries, sediment-induced stratification, and coastal habitat restoration. MacVean has been recognized with several awards, including the Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Geological Survey and the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award from UC Berkeley. Her publications cover a range of topics within hydrology, sediment dynamics, and estuarine processes, contributing valuable insights to the fields of civil engineering and environmental sciences.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science