David Freyberg in Alaska

David L. Freyberg, M S ’77, PhD ’81, has been teaching Stanford students since 1981 on a wide range of topics, including reservoir sedimentation and hydrology; surface water-ground water interactions, especially in reservoir/sediment systems; collaborative governance of trans-national water resources; and the design, scaling, and spatial structure of recycled water systems. He maintains a strong interest in water resources development, policy and history, with a focus on North America, the American West, the Caribbean and Asia.  

Professor Freyberg is fascinated by rivers and wetlands as natural systems and their role in the social, cultural, aesthetic, economic, and political history of a region. He has led Stanford families on trips to the Amazon and Alaska and other Travel/Study trips to the rivers and canals of the Netherlands, the Great Lakes, the Panama Canal, and the waterways of Southeast Asia. Professor Freyberg is excited to share both the natural and human histories of Alaska on our cruise through the Inside Passage.

• Associate professor of civil and environmental engineering; co-director of graduate studies; and member, Environmental Engineering Program, Stanford University

• Senior fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

• Stanford representative, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)

• Science Advisory Panel, Sempervirens Fund