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Dan Hanes, Ph.D.

Professor
Earth, Environmental and Geospatial Science

Education

  • B. A., 1977, Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
  • M. S., 1979, Oceanography, U.C.S.D.; Regents Fellowship, FOR Fellow
  • Ph.D., 1983, Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U.C.S.D.

Publications and Media Placements

Hanes, D.M., Human Instability Related to Drowning Risk in Surf Zones for Novice Beachgoers or Weak Swimmers, Natural Hazards, 83(1), 761-766, doi: 10.1007/s11069-016-2337-6, 2016.

Talbot, C.J., E. Bennett, K. Cassel, D.M. Hanes, E. Minor, H. Paerl, P. Raymond, R. Vargas, P. Vidon, W. Wollheim, and M.A. Xenopoulos, Gains and losses of aquatic ecosystem services from small and extreme flooding, Biogeochemistry, submitted October, 2017.

Macmillan S. K., Wilson H.F., Tague, C.L., Hanes, D.M., Inamdar, S., Karwan, D.L., Loecke, T., Morrison, J., Murphy, S.F., Vidon, P., Before the storm: Antecedent conditions as regulators of hydrologic and biogeochemical response to extreme climate events, Biochemistry, submitted October, 2017.

Hanes, D.M., A Descriptive Analysis of the Morphology and Movement of the Golden Gate Sand Waves, Geosciences, 15, 87, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences15030087 

Hanes, D.M., Longshore Currents. In: Shroder, J.J.F. (Ed.), Treatise on Geomorphology, 2nd Edition, vol. 8. Elsevier, Academic Press, pp. 83–99. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00051-1, 2022. 

Santos, A.I., D. Carinhas, A. Oliveira, J.P. Pinto, M.C. Freitas, and D.M. Hanes, A statistical interpretation of acoustic backscatter and laser responses to suspended particle variations in the coastal shelf, Marine Geology, 436 (106474), 2021.

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Board of Directors: PADI Foundation, 1991 to present.
  • American Geophysical Union, lifetime member