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Last published 2026
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John Shaw

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Federal Grant PI

Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Louisiana State University (2011); University of Wyoming (2013–2016); Oregon Institute of Technology (1990); University of Minnesota (2008); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2011); Saint Anthony College of Nursing (2008); New York State College of Ceramics (1920); University of Portland (1987–1988); University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2002–2011); The University of Texas at Austin (2010–2016)

Faculty Researcher

20 h-index 120 pubs 1,701 cited

Biography and Research Information

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John Shaw is an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville whose research focuses on the morphodynamics of riverine and coastal systems. His work utilizes modeling, theoretical investigations, and field-based studies to understand the physical processes that shape landscapes.

Shaw's recent publications investigate topics such as the interplay of river and tidal forcings in coastal channel networks, morphodynamic modeling of river-dominated deltas, and the influences on discharge partitioning in large river systems. He has also examined marsh sedimentation's role in delta morphology and mass balance, coastal responses to global warming events, and ancient channel-mouth bifurcation angles on Earth and Mars. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 19, with 120 total publications and 1,689 citations.

Shaw has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on three federal grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), totaling over $1.2 million. These grants support research into the dynamic modeling of river ecosystem stability, including studies on Alaskan riverine ecosystems to improve cultural resiliency for Yup'ik communities, and investigations into the morphodynamic stability of loops in coastal channel networks. His key collaborators at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville include José Silvestre, Glenn R. Sharman, C. M. Hughes, and Barry Shaulis.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 120
  • Citations: 1,701

Selected Publications

  • Autogenic Shoreline Migration and Its Effect on the Storage of Carbon in Marginal Marine Successions (2026)
    AGU Advances DOI OpenAlex
  • Variable Flood Discharge Constrains Autochthonous Organic Carbon Preservation in Deltas: Insights From Physical Experiments (2026)
    Geophysical Research Letters 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Basin confinement influences river delta elevation profiles (2025)
    Geological Society of America Bulletin 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Stratigraphic Evidence of Backwater Morphodynamics and Lowland River Deltas in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars (2025)
    Geophysical Research Letters 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Ancient Channel-Mouth Bifurcation Angles on Earth and Mars (2024)
    The Sedimentary Record 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Goldilocks Fluctuations: Dynamic Constraints on Loop Formation in Scale-Free Transport Networks (2024)
    Physical Review Letters 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Sediment Compaction in Experimental Deltas: Toward a Meso‐Scale Understanding of Coastal Subsidence Patterns (2023)
    Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Marsh-induced backwater: the influence of non-fluvial sedimentation on a delta's channel morphology and kinematics (2023)
    Earth Surface Dynamics 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Comment on egusphere-2023-545 (2023)
  • General comment on egusphere-2023-545 (2023)
  • Coastal response to global warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (2023)
    Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Marsh induced backwater: the influence of non-fluvial sedimentation on a delta's channel morphology and kinematics (2023)
  • Supplementary Data for "Interplay of river and tidal forcings promotes loops in coastal channel networks" (2022)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Supplementary Data for "Interplay of river and tidal forcings promotes loops in coastal channel networks" (2022)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Significant Human Modification of the Lower Arkansas River Sediment Budget (2022)
    Geophysical Research Letters 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 3 $1,226,412 total

NSF Co-PI Oct 2025 - Aug 2027

SCC-CIVIC-FA Track A: Dynamic Modeling of River Ecosystem Stability

S&CC: Smart & Connected Commun $700,000
NSF PI Aug 2024 - Jul 2027

Loops in Coastal Channel Networks: a theoretical, experimental, and field-based investigation of their morphodynamic stability

XC-Crosscutting Activities Pro, Ecosystem Science, Geomorphology & Land-use Dynam $451,412

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