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Jim Best
Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professional Experience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor
2006 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1985
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2015
Citation
For pioneering the investigation of fluid flow and bedforms and field quantification of large rivers, their morphology, and flow structure.
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Publications
Hydrodynamic Processes of Incipient Meander Chute Cutoffs: Laboratory Experiments With Implications ...
Meander chute cutoffs are a common and geomorphically important feature of meandering rivers, exhibiting complex dynamics and distinctive morpholog...
March 11, 2025
Accelerated River Meander Migration on the Tibetan Plateau C...
January 05, 2025
River Damming Impacts on Fish Habitat and Associated Conserv...
December 19, 2023
Field Evidence for the Initiation of Isolated Aeolian Sand P...
February 13, 2023
AGU Abstracts
The Rise and Demise of Riverine Gravel Mining, Lubhachorra, NE Bangladesh: Impacts on Physical and Human Landscapes
THE ROLE AND IMPACTS OF MINERALS IN SUSTAINABLE AND JUST TRANSITIONS I POSTER
science and society | 13 december 2024
Md Sadiul Alam Chyon, Jim Best, Shah Md. Atiqul Ha...
This study presents a novel investigation into the impacts of gravel extraction and its cessation in the Lubhachorra river floodplain, northeastern Ba...
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New insights into aeolian sediment flux and transport dynamics and feedbacks over and around early-stage bedforms
AEOLIAN PROCESSES ON EARTH AND OTHER PLANETARY BODIES II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2024
Joanna M. Nield, Giles Wiggs, Matthew Baddock, Pau...
The driving mechanisms for growth of aeolian early-stage bedforms from flat sand patches to protodunes are challenging to explore due to the similarit...
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Potential of SWOT for Understanding Hydraulic and Sediment Interactions Between the Amazon River and Its Ria Lakes
THE SURFACE WATER AND OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY (SWOT) MISSION: NEW FRONTIERS IN HYDROLOGY IV POSTER
hydrology | 11 december 2024
Kei Yamato, Jida Wang, Jim Best
Rias are drowned river valleys formed due to sea-level rise, with complex fluxes of water and sediment between the lake and main river. Yet, understan...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecturers - Earth Covering
2021 - 2023
Member
Union Fellows Committee
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