Curriculum Vitae
Wagner CV 2018 12 31.pdfEducation
University of California, Berkeley
2012 Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dissertation: Temperature and Tidal Dynamics in a Branching Estuarine System
2007 M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of New Orleans
2004 M.S. in Secondary Math Education
Auburn University
2000 B.S. in Civil Engineering
Teaching Experience
Jesuit High School 2022-present
Science teacher: physics
University of New Orleans 2018 - 2022
Instructor of record: undergraduate fluid mechanics, statics
Brother Martin High School 2017 - 2018
Math teacher: algebra 1 and 2; assistant cross country coach
University of California, Berkeley 2007 - 2008
Graduate student instructor: undergraduate fluid mechanics
Archbishop Shaw High School 2003 - 2006
Science and math teacher: environmental science, physical science, physcis, calculus; cross country and assistant track coach, science department chair
St. Martin's Episcopal School 2002
Middle school math teacher: math, algebra 1
Research Experience
University of New Orleans 2018 - 2022
Postdoctoral researcher: researched hydrodynamics of the coast of Louisiana using field and numerical techniques
University of Texas, Austin 2017 - 2022
Research affiliate: researched feedbacks between rivers, tides, and sediment on the coast of Louisiana
University of Texas, Austin 2012 - 2017
Postdoctoral researcher: coordinated large, multi-institutional effort to study a prograding delta on the coast of Louisiana
University of California, Berkeley 2006 - 2012
Graduate student researcher: investigated the thermal and tidal variability of California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Refereed Journal Publications
Ma, H., Larsen, L., Wagner, W. (2018) Ecogeomorphic Feedbacks That Build Deltas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 123, DOI: 10.1029/2018JF004706
Ayoub, F., Jones, C., Lamb, M., Holt, B, Shaw, J., Mohrig, D., and Wagner, W. (2018) Inferring surface currents within submerged, vegetated deltaic islands and wetlands from multi-pass airborne SAR. Remote Sensing of Environment 212, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.035
Sendrowski, A., Sadid, K., Meselhe, E., Wagner, W., Mohrig, D., and Passalacqua, P. (2018) Transfer Entropy as a Tool for Hydrodynamic Model Validation. Entropy 20(1), DOI: 10.3390/e20010058
Wagner, W., Lague, D., Mohrig, D., Passalaqua, P., Shaw, J., and Moffett, K. (2017) Elevation Change and Stability on a Prograding Delta. Geophysical Research Letters 44, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL072070
Shaw, J., Ayoub, F., Jones, C., Lamb, M., Holt, B., Wagner, W., Coffey, T., Chadwick, T.A., and Mohrig, D. (2016) Airborne Radar Imaging of Subaqueous Channel Evolution in Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA. Geophysical Research Letters 43(10), DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068770
Shaw, J., Mohrig, D., and Wagner, R.W. (2016) Flow patterns and morphology in a prograding river delta. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface 121(2), DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003570
Brown, L., Komoroske, L., Wagner, R.W., Morgan-King, T., May, J., Connon, R, and Fangue, N. (2015) Coupled Downscaled Climate Models and Ecophysiological Metrics Forecast Habitat Compression for an Endangered Estuarine Fish. PlosOne 11(1), DOI: 10.1371/journal. pone.0146724
Brown, L., W. Bennett, R. W. Wagner, T. Morgan-King, N. Knowles, F. Feyrer, D. Schoellhamer, M. Stacey, and M. Dettinger. (2013) Implications for Future Survival of Delta Smelt from Four Climate Change Scenarios for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California. Estuaries and Coasts 36(4), DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9585-4
Cloern, J., N. Knowles, L. Brown, D. Cayan, M. Dettinger, T. Morgan, D. Schoellhamer, M. Stacey, M. van der Wegen, R. W. Wagner, and A. Jassby. (2011) Projected Evolution of California's San Francisco Bay-Delta-River System in a Century of Climate Change. PlosOne 6(9), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024465
Wagner, R. W., M. Stacey, L. Brown, and M. Dettinger. (2011) Statistical Models of Temperature in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Under Climate-Change Scenarios and Ecological Implications. Estuaries and Coasts 34(3), DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9369-z
Datasets
Wagner, W. (2017) Wax Lake Delta Channel Data (Winter 2013-2014), DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5705275
Wagner, R.W. (2016) Hindcast of Water Temperatures in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from 1931-2009, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3810807.v2
Wagner, R.W. (2016) Wax Lake Delta 2009 Airborne Lidar, DOI: 10.5069/G95M63M8
Wagner, R.W. (2016) Wax Lake Delta 2013 Airborne Lidar, DOI: 10.5069/G9SF2T41
Presentations
Wagner, W., Miller, K., Hiatt, M., and Mohrig, D. (2017) Sand Transport, Shear Stress, and the Building of a Delta. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Wagner, R.W., Lague, D., Mohrig, D., Passalacqua, P., Shaw, J., and Moffett, K. (2016) The Time-Lapse Delta: Quantifying Landscape Change on a Prograding Delta Top. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Poster)
Miller, K., Chamberlain, E., Esposito, C., Fernandes, A., Mohrig, D., and Wagner, R.W. (2016) Variation in dominant grain size across the Mississippi River Delta. American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting (Poster)
Wagner, R.W., Stacey, M., and Mohrig, D. (2015). Tidal Effects on Sediment Routing in a Branching System. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Poster)
Wagner, R.W., K. Moffett, and D. Mohrig (2015). Land Building and Feedbacks on Wax Lake Delta. University of Texas Deford Lecture (Invited Talk)
Wagner, R.W., K. Moffett, P. Passalaqua, and D. Mohrig (2014). Elevation Change in Coastal Louisiana: Looking for Stable States in a Rapidly Prograding Fluvial Delta. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Wagner, R.W., K. Moffett, and D. Mohrig (2013). Testing the bi-stable topographic state hypothesis on a rapidly prograding coastal fluvial delta. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Poster)
Wagner, R.W. and M.T. Stacey (2012). Tidal Propagation in a Branching Tidal Estuary. American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference (Poster)
Wagner, R.W. and M.T. Stacey (2012). Tidal Propagation in a Branching Tidal Estuary. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas Symposium (Poster)
Wagner, R.W. and M.T. Stacey (2012). Thermal Variability within a Complex Branching Estuarine System. American Geological Union Ocean Sciences Meeting (Poster)
Wagner, R.W. and M.T. Stacey (2010). Thermal Variability within a Complex Branching Estuarine System. Bay-Delta Science Conference
Wagner, R.W., M.T. Stacey, L.R. Brown, and M. Dettinger (2010). Ecologic Response to Climate-Change Induced Water Temperature Changes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Salmonid Restoration Conference (Invited Talk)
Wagner, R.W., M.T. Stacey, L.R. Brown, and M. Dettinger (2009). Ecologic Response to Climate-Change Induced Water Temperature Changes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference
Wagner, R.W. and M.T. Stacey (2008). Statistical Models of Water Temperature in the Delta under Climate-Change Scenarios: A CASCaDE Project. CALFED Science Conference
Field Experience
Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana 2012 - 2017
Designed, built, and maintained real-time system to monitor water quality and sediment dynamics
Trinity River, Texas 2015 - 2016
Measured bedform movement across normal to backwater flow transition
North Loup River, Nebraska 2013
Measured sand dune migration in a low-turbidity river
Northern California 2007 - 2012
Gathered data in bays, ocean canyons, restored salt marshes, coastal rivers, and hypoxic lagoons
Suisun Bay, California 2011
Coordinated multi-institution study of seasonal salt fluxes
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California 2009 - 2010
Led field campaign to measure thermal variability in a small tidal slough
Russian River, California 2008
Observed hydrodynamics of the lower reaches of a intermittently open and closed estuary
Awards and Certifications
United States Department of the Interior
2008 Motorboat Operator Training Course
University of California, Berkeley
2006 - 2007 Departmental Fellowship
Archbishop Shaw High School
2005 - 2006 Teacher of the Year
State of Alabama
2002 Fundamentals of Engineering Certification
Auburn University
1997 - 2000 Cross Country Letterman