Andy Erickson is a researcher and engineer at the University of Minnesota's St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. He studies water quality in urban watersheds, develops stormwater assessment and maintenance best practices, and designs innovative stormwater treatment technologies.
In leadership roles, Andy is co-director of the Cold Climate Stormwater Center of Excellence, the chair of the ASTM International E64 Committee on Stormwater Control Measures, and the past chair for the University of Minnesota's Water Council. As a research manager, Erickson is a principal investigator and leads a team of senior research fellows, research scientists, graduate students, and undergraduates to complete numerous research projects. He also serves as a fellow at the Institute on the Environment. He is a member of the civil, environmental, and geo- engineering graduate faculty, water resources science graduate faculty, and a member of the CTS Environment and Energy in Transportation Research Council.
Erickson is dedicated to outreach through frequent presentations, workshops, and hosting the popular Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series. In addition to numerous scientific reports and peer-reviewed publications, he is the editor of the University of Minnesota stormwater newsletter UPDATES and author of Optimizing Stormwater Treatment Practices: A Handbook of Assessment and Maintenance.
Erickson holds PhD and MS degrees from the University of Minnesota and a BS degree from Michigan Technological University, all in civil engineering.