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Michael C. Slattery, Ph.D.
Professor, Interim Executive Director of the Ralph Lowe Energy Institute, and Director
of the Institute for Environmental Studies
m.slattery@tcu.edu817-257-7506Sid W. Richardson 224 (map link)
Program Affiliations
Education
BA (Honors), University of the Witwatersrand, 1989 (Geography)
MS, University of Toronto, 1990 (Geography)
Ph.D., University of Oxford, 1994 (Geography and the Environment)
Areas of Focus
I have a broad range of research interests but focus primarily on physical hydrology and fluvial systems, particularly rainfall-runoff generation, human impact on rivers, and sediment pathways. I also have considerable researc experience in the area of renewable energy, specifically wind.
- Contemporary Environmental Issues
- Weather and Climate
- Geomorphology
- Rivers in the Landscape
- Physical Hydrology
- Soils
- Scientific Presentations
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Slattery, M.C. 2022. "Contemporary Environmental Issues," Kendall Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa. -
Slattery, M.C. 2023. "The role of geomorphology in environmental litigation: insights from an East Texas case," Geomorphology, 443, doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108948. -
Slattery, M.C. and Bluntzer, A. 2023. "Climate pledge to move away from fossil fuels is huge. There's just one problem," Opinion, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 28 December. -
Slattery, M.C. 2020. "Sediment, wind turbines, and rhinos: Ah, the life of a geographer!" In T.P. Burt and D. Thompson (Eds), Curious About Nature: A Passion for Fieldwork, Cambridge University Press, Chapter 42, p. 313-316. -
Brannstrom, C., Pasqualetti, M.J., Gorayeb, A., Wolsink, M., Slattery, M.C., Devine-Wright, P. and Sovacol, B. 2019. “Why ignore a major challenge of wind energy science?” Science eLetter. -
Slattery, M.C. 2015. "The case for wind: Lessons learned from research in the United States," ESI AfricaOpEd, September 18, 2015.
- Slattery, M.C. "Geomorphology and the law," British Society of Geomorphology, Edinburgh, 2023.
- Slattery, M.C., Blair-Kucera, S. and McKone, P. "Hydrologic connectivity in a prairie hillslope seep system, Texas," Mid-European Geomorphology Meeting, Munich, 2021.
- Slattery, M.C. and Fowlds, W. “A species on the brink: The rhino crisis in South Africa,” American Association of Geographers, Washington DC, 2019.
- Slattery, M.C. “The African Rhino Conservation Collaboration (ARCC): An update from the field,” American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2018.
- Slattery, M.C. “Can we save Africa’s rhinos?” Wildhand Conference, Hanoi, 2018.
- Slattery, M.C. and Anderson, E. “Quantifying changes in near-surface soil moisture and temperature during prescribed fire under three fuel loads,” 9th International Conference on Geomorphology, New Delhi, India, 2017.
Last Updated: September 03, 2024