James R. Nicholas

M.S., Civil Engineering (Water Resources), Stanford University             M.S., Geology, Northern Illinois University                                            B.S., Geology, Wheaton College      

Jim Nicholas is the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Michigan Water Science Center. Jim has co-authored papers on water resources at local, state, and regional scales. He has helped lead recent statewide, regional and bi-national research efforts to better understand the relationship of ground water and surface water in support of the Great Lakes Charter Annex and Michigan legislation. Jim is a member of the Council of Great Lakes Research Managers, an Observer to the Great Lakes Commission, and a frequent technical advisor to the Council of Great Lakes Governors, the International Joint Commission, and several groups in Michigan.