Nigel Pickering
Washington State University
Nigel Pickering, 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.
While at WSU, Nigel worked as a Research Associate Professor at the State of Washington Water Research Center (WRC) and the Washington Stormwater Center (WSC), and as an Affiliate Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He departed WSU in 2021 and now works in the private sector.
Nigel’s Fellowship Work
Urban Green Infrastructure and Sustainability
During his fellowship in 2020 Nigel took initial steps to develop a regional research network to enhance cooperation among researchers, state agencies and stormwater practitioners. He also researched potential national partners and explored opportunities for funding to promote Green Infrastructure partnerships.
