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Collin J Roland

(He/him)

Collin Roland is a hydrologist with the rivers and coastal processes team at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

Collin Roland is a hydrologist with the rivers and coastal processes team at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center in Wisconsin. His work focuses on quantitatively constraining sediment transport processes and landform evolution in fluvial and coastal systems using numerical modeling and geophysical, hydroacoustic, remote sensing, and in-situ tools. He is interested in improving our understanding of floods and erosion hazards to facilitate community resilience under a changing climate. 

Professional Experience

  • 2023 - Present, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Water Science Center (UMID), Madison, WI

  • 2021 - 2023, Hydrologic Technician, Dane County Land & Water Resources Department, Madison, WI

  • 2018 - 2021, Graduate research assistant, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI

  • 2016 - 2018, Hydrogeologist, AECOM, Austin, TX

Education and Certifications

  • M.S., Geoscience (Hydrogeology), Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin. Thesis: Frost Driven seasonality in Laurentian Great Lakes bluff erosion

  • B.S., Geological Sciences - Hydrogeology Track, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • American Water Resources Association

  • American Geophysical Union

  • Geological Society of America

  • American Institute of Professional Geologists

Abstracts and Presentations

  • C.J. Roland, R. Krueger, C.A. Volpano, L. Zoet, J.E. Rawling. (2023). Impacts of elevated water levels on
    erosion of Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan coastal bluffs. Geological Society of America – North Central Section
    Annual Meeting. May 2023. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2023NC/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/386653.

  • N.T. Stevens, C.J. Roland, L.K. Zoet, R.B. Alley, D.D. Hansen, E. Schwans (2022). Multi-decadal basal slip
    enhancement at Saskatchewan Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Journal of Glaciology.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.45.

  • C.J. Roland, Zoet, L. Zoet, J.E. Rawling, M. Cardiff. (2020). Seasonality in cold coast bluff erosion
    processes. Geomorphology, 107520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107520

Science and Products

Two USGS scientists on a motorboat with sampling gear on a river
Cruising down the Kalamazoo River
Cruising down the Kalamazoo River
Two USGS scientists on a motorboat with sampling gear on a river

Cruising down the Kalamazoo River

Cruising down the Kalamazoo River

Angus Vaughan (USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, right) and Heidi Broerman (USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, left) pilot a research vessel down the Kalamazoo River, Michigan toward a reference reach where riverbed substrate will be characterized.

By
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Two USGS scientists on a motorboat with sampling gear on a river

Cruising down the Kalamazoo River

Cruising down the Kalamazoo River

Angus Vaughan (USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, right) and Heidi Broerman (USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, left) pilot a research vessel down the Kalamazoo River, Michigan toward a reference reach where riverbed substrate will be characterized.

By
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

Science and Products

Two USGS scientists on a motorboat with sampling gear on a river
Cruising down the Kalamazoo River
Cruising down the Kalamazoo River
Two USGS scientists on a motorboat with sampling gear on a river

Cruising down the Kalamazoo River

Cruising down the Kalamazoo River

Angus Vaughan (USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, right) and Heidi Broerman (USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, left) pilot a research vessel down the Kalamazoo River, Michigan toward a reference reach where riverbed substrate will be characterized.

By
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Two USGS scientists on a motorboat with sampling gear on a river

Cruising down the Kalamazoo River

Cruising down the Kalamazoo River

Angus Vaughan (USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, right) and Heidi Broerman (USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, left) pilot a research vessel down the Kalamazoo River, Michigan toward a reference reach where riverbed substrate will be characterized.

By
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government