Biography
I have worked on the fluvial dynamics of streams in the Midwest for over 30 years. My research interests range from investigations aimed at improving our basic scientific understanding of the geomorphology of rivers to studies focusing on issues of importance for river management and policy. Much of my work emphasizes field measurements of process-form interactions, but through collaborations with colleagues at Illinois I also participate in projects that involve laboratory experiments and numerical modeling.
Education
- Ph.D., Arizona State University
- M.A., Michigan State University
- B.A., Shippensburg University
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Geography and Geographic Information Science
Affiliate, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Affiliate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Recent Publications
Meem, T. H., Rhoads, B. L., Fouts, L., Schmidt, A., & Byard, G. (2024). An excess-work approach to assessing channel instability potential within urban streams of Chicago, Illinois: Relative importance of spatial variability in hydraulic conditions and stormwater mitigation. Progress in Physical Geography, 48(5-6), 754-780. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333241276205
Rhoads, B. L., Anders, A. M., Banerjee, P., Grimley, D. A., Stumpf, A., & Blair, N. E. (2024). Sensitivity of a meandering lowland river to intensive landscape management: Lateral migration rates before and after watershed-scale agricultural development. Anthropocene, 45, Article 100429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2024.100429
Salas, C. R., & Rhoads, B. L. (2024). Spatial and temporal variations of suspended sediment concentrations from different floodplain environments. In A. M. F. da Silva, C. Rennie, S. Gaskin, J. Lacey, & B. MacVicar (Eds.), River Flow - Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, 2022 (pp. 202-209). (River Flow - Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, 2022). CRC Press/Balkema. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323037-27
Shukla, T., Salas, C. R., Pankau, R. C., & Rhoads, B. L. (2024). Critical linkages among floodplain hydrology, geomorphology and ecology along a lowland meandering river, Illinois, USA. Ecohydrology, 17(6), Article e2661. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2661
Shukla, T., & Rhoads, B. L. (2024). Meandering rivers in the midwestern US that anabranch: Prevalence, morphological characteristics, and power regimes. In A. M. F. da Silva, C. Rennie, S. Gaskin, J. Lacey, & B. MacVicar (Eds.), River Flow - Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, 2022 (pp. 398-405). (River Flow - Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, 2022). CRC Press/Balkema. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323037-54