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Nicholas Nelson is a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Visiting Faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. With 18 years of experience as a fluvial geomorphologist and river restoration practitioner, Nicholas serves as the Northeast Regional Director for Inter-Fluve, a river and wetland restoration firm. His professional focus includes dam removal, channel restoration, rehabilitation planning and design, urban river restoration, and the restoration of retired cranberry bogs and native stream wetland ecosystems. He conducts geomorphic habitat assessments and GIS analyses, particularly within the field of river restoration. Nicholas completed his studies at the Graduate School of Design in 2016 and aims to connect hydrologic and ecological concepts with practical designs and construction examples. He has taught at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University, the University of Minnesota, and Northeastern University, focusing on courses related to GIS applications and environmental planning.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).