糖心vlog

Professor

Department of Environmental Resources Engineering
426 Baker Lab

te@esf.edu
315-470-6565

Research, Service, Teaching & Advising

Empowering others to improve the world through research, service, advising and teaching.

Research

Our research goal is to develop software tools for the restoration of natural resources and delivery of ecosystem services, and thereby improve human wellbeing and biodiversity. We lead development of the .  

We address questions involving how trees and landforms within the natural and developed environment: 1) interact with water, energy, and biogeochemical cycles, 2) improve sustainability and reduce pollution, 3) assist in mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate disruption, 4) are represented in land use planning software to increase community engagement, and 5) can bring about a just and equitable world.

The tasks involved in our work include multidisciplinary collaboration, literature and data synthesis, conceptual model building, algorithm and software development, and software dissemination. Issues that we model include river basin restoration, nature-based stormwater management, urban heat island mitigation, river thermal cooling, and building energy conservation.

Publications and CV at:  |  |  |  |  |  |

Some illustrative publications:

1. Pace, R., T. A. Endreny, M. Ciolfi, M. Gangwisch, S. Saha, N. K. Ruehr and R. Grote (2025). "" Scientific Reports 15(1): 5308.

2. Guidolotti, G., T. Zenone, T. Endreny, R. Pace, M. Ciolfi, M. Mattioni, E. Pallozzi, N. Rezaie, T. Bertolini, C. Corradi and C. Calfapietra (2025). "" Urban Climate 59: 102244.

3. Nunes Candido, H. M., T. A. Endreny and F. Alvim Carvalho (2025). "" Plants 14(3): 392.

4. Endreny, T. A. (2024). "." Nature Cities, doi:10.1038/s44284-024-00080-2.

5. Li, Z., Mendoza, A., Abad, J. D., Endreny, T. A., Han, B., Carrisoza, E., & Dominguez, R. (2023). "" Frontiers in Earth Science, 11. doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1208782

6. Zhang, L., Endreny, T. A., & Stephan, E. A. (2023). "." Journal of Hydrology, 620, 129447. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129447

7. Teron, L., & Endreny, T. (2023). " Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(7), 1718-1721. doi:10.1177/23998083231195189

8. Pace, R., F. Chiocchini, M. Sarti, T. A. Endreny, C. Calfapietra and M. Ciolfi (2022). "." European Journal of Remote Sensing: 1-18.

9. Sinha, P., Coville, R. C., Hirabayashi, S., Lim, B., Endreny, T. A., & Nowak, D. J. (2022). "." Journal of Environmental Management, 301, 113751. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113751

10. Endreny, T. A. (2022). "." Clear Waters - New York Water Environment Association 52(1): 46-50. .

11. Endreny, T.A. (2020). Editorial "." Special Issue: . Water 12(9), 2606; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12092606

12. Endreny, T., C. Avignone-Rossa, and R.A. Nastro (2020). "." Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121337

13. Endreny, T., F. Sica and D. Nowak (2020). "." Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 2(16). doi:10.3389/frsc.2020.00016

14. Endreny, T. A. (2018). "." Nature Communications 9(1): 1160, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03622-0. Part of  Collection.

15. Endreny, T.A., R. Santagata*, A. Perna, C. De Stefano, R.F. Rallo, and S. Ulgiati, (2017). "." Ecological Modeling, Vol. 360, 328-335, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.07.016. Recipient of  | | 

Media

Heatwave mitigation and river restoration: | | | Current Cast  &  | NPR Academic Minute  | Environmental Monitor  | Scientia  | Review for Bullfrog Films,

Urban forest valuation: , , , , , ,  , , , , , ,  | Urban forest futures: Wall Street Journal  

Service

Professional: NYS Governor's Upstate Flood Mitigation Task Force | Food Tank Academic Working Group | San Francisco Estuary Institute Technical Advisory Council for Healthy Watersheds and Resilient Baylands| ESF Representative for  | National Academy of Engineering  (GCSP) New Programs Committee | AGU Water and Society Committee | Founding and Former Interim Management Committee with  | Editorial: Editorial Board for Nature Partner Journal npj and  Wiley | Advisory Board for Taylor and Francis | Former  Volunteer, Trujillo Honduras

糖心vlog: ESF NAE GCSP Director | Former ERE Assessment Coordinator | Former ERE Department Chair | Former ERE Graduate Coordinator | Former ERE Undergraduate Coordinator | Former Director of the Council on Hydrologic Systems Science | Founding and Former Faculty Advisor for ESF Clubs  and  Clubs | Former Advisor for Environmental Resources Engineering Club and Habitat for Humanity Club 

Sabbaticals: Nature-based Solutions Scholar at in Porano, Italy 2023 | Fulbright Scholar and Distinguished Chair at   in Naples, Italy & Visiting Fulbright Scholar in  and  2016 | Fulbright Scholar, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2006 

Developer:  | for University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | NOAA Daily Weather Observer 2000 to 2016 for Cooperative SUNY ESF Station 308386, and established SUNY ESF Weather | GI Calculator 

Awards and Honors: i-Tree Innovation Award co-recipient w/ Paramita Sinha, Society of Municipal Foresters | Elsevier Atlas Award for Ecological Modeling | APWA NY Management Innovation Award for i-Tree Hydro | Distinguished Chair in Environmental Science, Parthenope University | State University of New York Chancellor’s Internationalization Award | IEEE Global Humanitarian Engineering Award Finalist | Societies: Sigma Xi Scientific Research, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Epsilon Agricultural Engineering Society, Xi Sigma Pi Forestry, and Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society | Advisor for EWB Club, ESF Student Organization of the Year | Distinguished Teacher Award, ESF Undergraduate Student Association | NASA Graduate Student Research Program Scholar | EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Scholar

Advising and Teaching

Advising and teaching of graduate and undergraduate students. Observations archived as blogger for  | Given ESF has a research and application focus, the following links have been helpful:  | Guide to Writing Proposal | Guide to Writing Manuscript Sections | Guide to Empirical Writing | Guide to Perfectly Putrid Posters | Guide to Peer Review | Caution of a Sting on Peer Review | Ethics on Peer Review | Guide to Submitting a Manuscript |  Modeling and humility | Strategies for finding research tim

Restoring Rivers (ERE 412/612 & ENS 412), Fall Semester. Three hours of lecture and field demonstration per week. This course uses project-based learning to examine the degradation and restoration of river and stream systems from an interdisciplinary framework that brings together ecology, engineering, and geomorphology. Students will explore the range of different river forms and processes, gather information on river channel geometry and flows, apply common river classification systems and evolution sequences, and learn to propose restoration designs using field data and simulation. By the end of the course, students will gain technical skills in determining when and how to implement restoration designs that improve river structure and function.

Greening Cities (ERE 564 & ENS 564), Spring semester. Three hours of lecture and field demonstration per week. This course uses project-based learning to examine the restoration and enhancement of urban ecosystems to address environmental challenges and advance sustainability. Students will explore the structure and function of urban ecosystems, common causes of degradation, and restoration approaches that deliver ecosystem services needed to improve human well-being and biodiversity. By the end of the course students will learn to estimate how urban tree cover can reduce pollution and generate other services within design frameworks such as nature-based solutions and green infrastructure.

Meteorology (FOR 338/538), Spring semester. Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. An introduction to the atmospheric physical processes important to understanding weather and weather forecasting at the surface of the earth and macro-, synoptic-, meso-, and micro-climates.

Prior courses: Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics with laboratory; i-Tree Tools Practicum; Humanitarian Engineering for Development Workers; Ecological Engineering in the Tropics with 9 day field study; Ecological Engineering for Urban Sustainability Undergraduate Course and Urban River Basin Modeling PhD Course for Parthenope University in Naples, Italy; Humanitarian Engineering for Development Workers; Appropriate Technologies in the Developing World; Hydrometeorology; Introduction to Environmental Resources Engineering with Site Visits; Graduate Research Methods; Pollutant Fate & Transport; Floodplain and River Hydrology; Watershed Modeling; Meteorology; Engineering Response to Climate Change; Urban and Rural Hydrology; Nonpoint Source Monitoring & Modeling; Fluvial Geomorphology Seminar; Forestry Seminar; Introduction to Environmental Science; Hydrology and Biogeochemistry Seminar.

Education

Cornell University, BS in Natural Resources, with Ford Foundation Research Experience, Ithaca, NY

North Carolina State University, MS in Soil and Water Engineering, with Environmental Protection Agency Fellowship, Raleigh, NC

Princeton University, PhD in Water Resources Engineering, with National Aeronautics and Space Agency Fellowship, Princeton, NJ

Licensure: Professional Engineer 079912 New York from July 2, 2002; Professional Hydrologist 1559 from 2002

Educational experiences also include working as a US Peace Corps Volunteer and Research Associate with the Environmental Law Institute

Former Students

Li Zhang, Ph.D. 2024 - Postdoctoral Student on NYS DEC Urban Heat Island Project | Abigail Jock, M.P.S. 2023 - Onondaga County Water Environment Protection | Aimee Clinkhammer, M.S. 2023 - NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Finger Lakes Hub | Abigail Beckman, M.P.S. 2022 - Ecological Restoration | Scott Wolcott, Ph.D. 2022 - Professor Rochester Institute of Technology | Francisco Sica, Visiting Ph.D. Student 2019 from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy | Reza Abdi, Ph.D. 2019 - Postdoctoral with Terri Hogue, Colorado School of Mines | Ron May, M.P.S. 2019 - Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation | Brenna Mosher, M.P.S. 2019 - Water Resources Engineering | James Kruegler, M.S. 2018 - NYS Department of Environmental Conservation | Ivo Martone, Visiting Ph.D. 2018 Student from Federico II University of Naples, Italy | Ryan Morrison, M.P.S. 2017 - NYC Parks | Emily Stephan, Ph.D. 2017 - NOAA Hydrologist New York Office | Ethan Bodnaruk, DNF Ph.D. 2016 - co-Advised with Dr. C Kroll, converted to M.S. Degree | Kaitlin Fellow, M.P.S. 2016 - Water Resources Management | Maria Laura Gonzalez, M.S., 2016 - Water Resources Engineering Advisor in Argentina | Yong (Peter) Seuk Kwon, M.P.S., 2016 - Water Reources Engineering in South Korea | Remo Santagata, Visiting Ph.D. Student 2016 from Parthenope University of Naples, Italy | Mirian Calderon, M.S. 2015 - Ecosystem Restoration in Argentina | Andrea Fortman, M.S. 2015 - Water Resources Engineer Consulting | Harini Kadambi, M.P.S. 2015 - Biogas Production and Energy Systems Engineering | Angela Stires, M.S. 2015 - Ecological and Water Resources Engineering Consulting | Kritika Thapa, M.S. 2015 - Water Resources Engineering Consulting | Brenden Wagner, ABT 2015 - River Restoration in Water and Wetland Resource Studies | Chao Pei, M.P.S., 2014 - Water and Wetland Resources Studies, Boston | Hanh Chu, M.S. 2013 - Environmental Professional, Springfield, MA | Yang Yang, Ph.D. 2013 - Risk Management Solutions inland flood model development | Joe Becker, M.S. 2012 - Guy Carpenter flood risk management | Mike Fay, M.S. 2012 - Water Resources Engineer & Laboratory Flume Consulting | Bangshuai Han, Ph.D. 2012 - Associate Professor Ball State University | Jesse Robinson, M.S. 2012 - Stream Institute, U of Louiville, KY | Tian Zhou, Ph.D. 2012 - Land System Modeling at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Dave Eichorn, M.S. 2011 - Meteorologist | Bethany Jeffords, M.P.S. 2011 - Environmental Consultant | Melody Scalfone, M.P.S. 2011 - Attorney at Law, Environmental | Kyle Thomas, ABD 2011 - Principal, Natural Systems Engineering, Syracuse, NY | Shriya Kulkarni, M.P.S. 2010 - CSR Consultant, Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd | Jamie Ong Leong, M.P.S. 2009 - GPES and Maxwell School - Hazen Sawyer Engineers | Mark Fabian, M.S., 2009 - Watershed Engineer | Shan Khan, M.P.S. 2009 - Wastwater Consulting in NYC, now Peace Corps Volunteer Peru | Nana Imbeah Amponsah, M.S. 2008 - External Relations and Operations Manager, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Ghana | Jill Crispell, M.S. 2008 - Consulting Engineer Anchor QEA in NJ, now Earth Science Teacher in NYS | Yolande Munzimi, M.P.S. 2007 - Democratic Republic of Congo Ministry Official | Virginia Collins Williams, A.B.D. 2007 - Science Teacher | Michael Chimaliza, M.P.S. 2006 - Government Water Department in Malawi | Jessica Black, M.S. 2005 - Construction Engineer, Arcadis | Emera Bridger, A.B.T. 2005 - Anthropologist | Amanda Davis, M.P.S. 2005 - Agency restoration projects in MA | Margaret Soulman, M.S. (w/ Jim Hassett) 2005 - Waterhed NGO Management | Rachel Bonczyk, M.P.S. 2004 - Research and Development, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi | Megan McCone, M.P.S. 2004 - State Department of Environmental Conservation | Todd McDonnell, M.P.S. 2004 - Consulting river scientist/engineer in Corvallis | Tim Riley, M.S. 2004 - Consulting scientist/engineer | Janet Tordisillas, M.P.S. 2004 - Government Water Board in Phillipines | Jun Wang, Ph.D. 2004 - US Burea of Reclamation watershed modeler | Jon Duncan, M.S., M.P.A. 2003 - Assistant Professor Penn State | Juliaty Sopacua, M.S. 2003 - consulting | Steve Wolosoff, M.P.S. 2003 - Consulting scientist/engineer at CDM | Bryan Bancroft, M.P.S. 2002 - Consulting forester | Darin DeKoskie, M.S. 2002 - Bureau of Engineering, Design & Construction, NYC DEP | Tom Pavlesich, M.P.S. 2002 - Consulting with Forest Industry | Chris Somerlot, M.S. 2002 - Senior Engineer at Brown and Caldwell.

Research Links

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