Brandon Sansom, PhD
Dr. Brandon Sansom is a Research Engineer at the Columbia Environmental Research Center.
Brandon has extensive experience in biophysical hydrodynamic transport phenomena. His academic background combines Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in biology with a Doctorate in water resources engineering. His most recent job was with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, New York. He will be working initially on several projects including the collaboration on eDNA transport related to native mussels and aspects of pallid sturgeon age-0 dispersal.
Professional Experience
2020 Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, NY
2020 Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo, NY
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University at Buffalo - SUNY, 2019
M.S. Biology, University of Oklahoma, 2013
B.A. Biology, Washington and Jefferson College, 2011
Science and Products
Linking Mussel Habitat Conditions to Restoration Outcomes and Ecosystem Services
CERC Eco-flume
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2018
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Physical Stream Dynamics and Native Mussel Habitats
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2021
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2020
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2019
River-Corridor Habitat Dynamics
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2016
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2017
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Pallid Sturgeon Habitat Dynamics
Supporting files for a Langrangian particle tracking model evaluation of sediment exposure and burial for freshwater mussels
Flow, turbulence, and bathymetric measurements of the Missouri River at Searcys Bend, near Huntsdale, Missouri September 16, 2021
Supporting files for particle tracking simulations of the May 5, 2021 dye release experiment on the Missouri River at Searcys Bend, near Columbia, Missouri
Remotely sensed data and field measurements for mapping visible dye concentrations during a tracer experiment on the Missouri River near Columbia, MO, May 5, 2021
2017 Yellowstone River Dye-Trace Experiment
A model for evaluation of sediment exposure and burial for freshwater mussels from heavy particle sedimentation
Performance evaluation of a channel rehabilitation project on the Lower Missouri River and implications for the dispersal of larval pallid sturgeon
Turbulence near a sandbar island in the lower Missouri River
Gains and gaps in knowledge surrounding freshwater mollusk ecosystem services
Remote sensing of visible dye concentrations during a tracer experiment on a large, turbid river
Science and Products
Linking Mussel Habitat Conditions to Restoration Outcomes and Ecosystem Services
CERC Eco-flume
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2018
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Physical Stream Dynamics and Native Mussel Habitats
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2021
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2020
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2019
River-Corridor Habitat Dynamics
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2016
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.
Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project Blog - 2017
The USGS Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary research study to determine factors leading to spawning and survival of the endangered pallid sturgeon and the closely related shovelnose sturgeon.