Research Associate Professor, WRC & WSC

Water Resources Specialist, CEE Affiliate

PACCAR 254, WSU Pullman, Pullman, WA 99164

(509) 335-8624

Nigel Pickering is a Research Associate Professor at the State of Washington Water Research Center (WRC) and the Washington Stormwater Center (WSC). He is also an Affiliate Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE).  Nigel is a Water Resources Engineer with more than 25 years of scientific and engineering experience in water resources management. Prior to joining WSU in 2017, he worked in Massachusetts at Horsley Witten Group (HW) and the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) as a Senior Water Resources Engineer focusing on water resources planning, water quality modeling, climate resilience to fresh-water flooding, and stormwater assessment and design. Prior to that he worked in Florida at University of Florida (UF) and Soil and Water Engineering Technology (SWET) focusing on modeling crop response to climate change and water quality. Nigel has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and he is a Registered Professional Engineer in Florida.