Research Team Bios
Christian Carleton
Research Engineer/Hydrologist
- MS, Civil Engineering (Water Resources Concentration), California State University, Sacramento, 2013
- MS, Hydrologic Sciences, University of California,
Davis, 2002 - BS, Environmental Biology and Management (Water Resources Emphasis), University of California,
Davis, 1998 - Professional Hydrologist (PH)
- Certified Professional in Storm Water Quality (CPSWQ)
- Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment
Control (CPESC) - Email: christian.carleton@owp.csus.edu
Research Engineer/Hydrologist, Office of Water Programs, California State University, Sacramento, 2008–present
- Surface water hydrology and water quality
- Hydrologic, stormwater, and erosion control studies
- Hydrologic data analysis, modeling, and measurements
- Hydrologic methods
Associate Hydrologist/Project Manager, Foothill Associates, Rocklin, CA, 2003–2008
- Water quality monitoring programs
- NPDES General Construction site permit compliance
- Water resources monitoring data
- Hydrologic analysis for stream and wetland restoration designs
- Stream geomorphic analysis
- GIS hydrologic data analysis and modeling
- Watershed and other water-related management plans
Professional Interests: Stormwater impacts on surface water hydrology, open channel hydraulics, and water quality; pollutant source and transport pathway identification; stochastic processes; fluvial geomorphology; hydromodification; low impact design/development; hydrologic and erosion control training
