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Dr. Talke holds a PhD from UC Berkeley (2005) and has been a researcher in The Netherlands and the Pacific Northwest, and a professor at Portland State (2012-2019) and Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo (2019-present). His research currently focuses on understanding historical and future environmental changes in estuaries and tidally influenced rivers, through the study of sea-level rise, tidal processes, flood risk, storm surge, water temperature, and sediment transport. Recent work has focused on recovering, evaluating and modeling archival water level and water temperature data as far back as the mid-19th century to evaluate the effects of anthropogenic changes. Understanding long term trends in tides, storm surge, sea-level, and river flow, and discerning their local or climate-related causes, can help coastal regions plan for the future.

October 10, 2023