Research interest
Impact of water resources management on water quality, ecosystem (riparian and aquatic) and river restoration
Channel and floodplain connection and fluvial processes
Surface and sub-surface flow interaction (ground water and hyporheic flow) and its implications for ecological processes
Application of Experimental Advance Airborne LiDAR (EAARL) system (Green LiDAR) for water resources management
Future impacts of climate variability on aquatic and riparian ecosystems and water resources management
Vegetation Dynamics: Benjankar et al, 2011: Journal of Environmental Management)
Flood mapping (2D model): Eagle Island, Boise, Idaho
Error analysis of field and EAARL (Green LiDAR) surveyed bathymetry (Tonina et al, 2019: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)
Aquatic habitat mapping and validated with fish observation location (Benjankar et al. 2018: Ecohydrology)