Biosciences Division

Staff

Glenn F. Cada

Glenn F. Cada

Environmental Analysis Group
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036
Phone:  (865)574-7320
Fax:  (865)576-3989
cadagf@ornl.gov

Research Interests

  • Ecology of streams
  • Impacts of energy production on aquatic ecosystems
  • Environmentally sound utilization of hydroelectric power
  • Effects of hydraulic forces on fish

Background/Education

  • Ph.D., Zoology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1977
  • M.S., Zoology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 1973
  • B.S., Zoology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1971

Current Activities

  • Analysis of environmental issues related to conventional hydropower and marine and hydrokinetic energy technologies for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program
  • Technical support to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the analysis of impacts of hydropower development on aquatic resources
  • Technical support to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the area of reactor licensing and to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to the development of surface water nutrient criteria
  • Advisor to Brazilian research organizations and the Mekong River Commission on fish passage issues at hydroelectric power plants

Resumé

Links

ORNL Human Health Risk and Environmental Analysis