Curriculum Vitae

Education and Training

Postdoctoral Associate: University of Florida, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, 2011-2012
Topics of study: hydrodynamic modeling, ecological modeling, decision analysis

Ph.D.: University of Florida, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, 2011
Dissertation: Hydrology and fish population dynamics in the Okavango Basin: Managing for uncertainty in a data poor environment

M.S.: University of Georgia, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, 2005
Thesis: The Calibration, Validation, and Sensitivity Analysis of DoSag: An In-stream Dissolved Oxygen Model

B.A.: University of Colorado Boulder, Anthropology, 1997

Professional Experience

Since 2021          Associate Professor, Dept. of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn Univ.

2018-2021           Associate Director Northern Gulf Institute, Mississippi State Univ.

2018-2021           Associate Director Geosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State Univ.

2019-2021           Associate Professor, Dept. of Ag. & Bio. Engineering, Mississippi State Univ.

2013-2019          Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ag. & Bio. Engineering, Mississippi State Univ.

2008-2009          GIS Specialist, MacTech, Gainesville, FL

2005-2007          Environmental Scientist, Buck Engineering, Asheville, NC

Research Interests

  • Hydrologic and ecological modeling: simulating the impacts of hydrology on ecological systems (and vice versa) with particular interest in management implications and system resiliency. Specific interests include coastal hydrodynamics and water quality, population dynamics, habitat suitability, and watershed modeling.
  • Model analysis: using multi-criteria decision analysis, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, and calibration/validation to 1) refine and simplify models, 2) reduce model uncertainty, 3) target monitoring efforts, 4) provide information regarding a model’s reliability, and 5) identify optimal management choices.

Peer Reviewed Manuscripts

  1. Baghbani, Ramin, Anna Linhoss, and Raúl J. Osorio. “Testing a Model of Wind-Driven Waves in a Low-Energy Environment with High Spatial Resolution Data.” Journal of Coastal Research (2025). https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-24-00033.1
  2. Nwogwu, Nathaniel, Anna Linhoss, Vladimir J. Alarcon, Christopher R. Kelble, and Paul Mickle. “The Effect of Grid Resolution on Hydrodynamic Modeling.” Journal of Coastal Research (2025). 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-24-00067.1
  3. Baghbani, Ramin, Anna Linhoss, Raúl J. Osorio, and Mehrzad Shahidzadehasadi. “Significant Wave Height Cluster Analysis to Understand the Spatial Variation of Ocean Waves in Low Energy Systems.” Estuaries and Coasts 48, no. 3 (2025): 58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01490-8
  4. Arick II, Mark A., Nelmarie Landrau-Giovannetti, Chuan-Yu Hsu, Corrinne E. Grover, Stephen Reichley, Zenaida V. Magbanua, Olga Pechanova, Anna Linhoss, et al. “Assessment of the genetic diversity of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) strandings in the Mississippi Sound (USA).” PloS one 20, no. 6 (2025): e0314249. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314249
  5. Raju, Meena, Anna Linhoss, and Raúl J. Osorio. “Quantifying model output uncertainty from sparse input data: a case study in the Mississippi sound and mobile bay.” Discover Applied Sciences 7, no. 8 (2025): 891. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-025-07538-5
  6. Landrau-Giovannetti, Nelmarie, Ryanne Murray, Stephen Reichley, Debra Moore, Theresa Madrigal, Ashli Brown, Ashley Meredith, Anna Linhoss et al. “Tissue Element Levels and Heavy Metal Burdens in Bottlenose Dolphins That Stranded in the Mississippi Sound Surrounding the 2019 Unusual Mortality Event.” Toxics 13, no. 6 (2025): 511. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13060511
  7. Osorio, R. J., Linhoss, A., Murdock, J., Yeager-Armstead, M., & Raju, M. (2024). Sensitivity analysis of a hydrodynamic and harmful algal model in a riverine system. Ecological Modelling, 497, 110846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110846
  8. Bhattarai, S., Parajuli, P., & Linhoss, A. (2024). Integrated Modeling Approach to Assess Freshwater Inflow Impact on Coastal Water Quality. Water, 16(21), 3012. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16213012
  9. Orozco López, E., Kaplan, D., & Linhoss, A. (2024). Interpretable transformer neural network prediction of diverse environmental time series using weather forecasts. Water Resources Research, 60(10), e2023WR036337. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036337
  10. Alarcon, V. J., Linhoss, A. C., Kelble, C. R., Mickle, P. F., Fine, A., & Montes, E. (2024). Potential challenges for the restoration of Biscayne Bay (Florida, USA) in the face of climate change effects revealed with predictive models. Ocean & Coastal Management, 247, 106929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106929
  11. Shahidzadehasadi, M., Linhoss, A., Cook, M., Moore, D., Reichley, S., Mickle, P., & Lawrence, M. (2024). Sensitivity analysis and calibration of a Lagrangian particle tracking using GPS-tagged drifters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 303, 108793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108793
  12. Osorio, R. J., Linhoss, A., Skarke, A., Brasher, M. G., & McFarland, M. (2024). Assessment of marsh terrace designs for wave attenuation utilizing a wave model. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 105, 101429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2023.101429
  13. Raju, M., Linhoss, A., Linhoss, J., Mickle, P. F., Alarcon, V. J., Fine, A., & Kelble, C. R. (2024). Seasonal Salinity Trends in Central and Southern Biscayne Bay, Florida. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 29(3), 04024008. https://doi.org/10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG-6087
  14. Shahidzadehasadi, M., Linhoss, A., Moore, D., Reichley, S., Mickle, P., & Lawrence, M. (2024). Examining the effect of salinity on dolphin mortality using Lagrangian particle tracking in a hydrodynamic model. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 297, 108605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108605.
  15. Linhoss, A., Mickle, P., & Osorio, R. J. (2023). Simulating How Freshwater Diversions Impact Salinity Regimes in an Estuarine System. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(12), 2349. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11122349.
  16. Sedighkia, M., Linhoss, A., & Mickle, P. (2023). Assessing Impacts of Flood Diversion on the Ecosystem of Brackish-Water Lakes through Simulation-Optimization Model. Water, 15(23), 4127. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15234127.
  17. Alarcon, V. J., Mickle, P. F., Kelble, C. R., Linhoss, A. C., & Fine, A. (2023, June). Simulation of Total Phosphorus in Biscayne Bay, USA. In International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (pp. 427-438). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37114-1_29.
  18. Samiappan, Sathishkumar; Andrew Shamaskin; Jiangdong Liu; Yong Liang; Jennifer Roberts; Amanda Sesser; Shannon M Westlake; Anna Linhoss; Kristine O Evans; John Tirpak; Todd E Hopkins; Steve Ashby; L. Wes Burger, Jr (2022) “Evidence-based land conservation framework using multi-criteria acceptability analysis: A dynamic web application.” Environmental Modelling and Software. August 2022 105493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105493
  19. Shamaskin, Andrews, Sandra Correa, Garret Street, Anna Linhoss, Kristine Evans. (2022) “Considering the influence of land-use/land cover on estuarine biotic richness with Bayesian hierarchical models” Ecological Application 2022; https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2675.
  20. Bazgirkhoob, Hamid, Anna Linhoss, Mehdi Armandei. (2022) “A Numerical Tool for Dissolved Oxygen Simulation in the Western Mississippi Sound” Journal of Coastal Research 38:4:699-711.  https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-21-00113.1
  21. Alarcon, Vladimir, Anna Linhoss, Chris Keble, Paul Mickle, Gonzolo Sanchez-Banda, Fernando Mardonez-Meza, Joe Bishop. “Coastal inundation under concurrent mean and extreme sea-level rise in Coral Gables, Florida, USA” Natural Hazards (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05163-0
  22. Osorio, Raúl, Anna Linhoss, Adam Skarke, Michael Brasher, Joseph French, Ramin Baghbani. (2022) “Modeling wave climates and wave reduction in marsh terrace environments” Ecological Engineering. vol 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106529.
  23. Linhoss, Anna, Paul Mickle. “A field validated model of temporal variability in oyster habitat suitability.” (2022) Frontiers in Marine Science. 2022 V9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.778936
  24. Sesser, AL, SM Westlake, C Schafer, J Roberts, S Samiappan, Y Allen, A Linhoss, TE Hopkins, J Liu, A Shamaskin, J Tirpak, RN Smith, KO Evans, “Co-producing decision support tools for strategic conservation of Gulf Coast Landscapes.” Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 4, 2022, 100156, ISSN 2666-0490, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2022.100156.
  25. Upadhyay, Pawan, Anna Linhoss, Chris Kelble, Steve Ashby, Prem Parajuli, and Naja Murphy, (2022) “Applications of the SWAT model for coastal watersheds: Review and recommendations.” Journal of the ASABE. 65(2): 453-469. DOI: 10.13031/ja.14848.
  26. Zahraei, Ali, Ramin Baghbani, Anna Linhoss. “Applying a Graphical Method in Evaluation of Empirical Methods for Estimating Time of Concentration in an Arid Region” Water. (2021) 13(19), 2624; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192624.
  27. Armandei, Mehdi, Anna Linhoss, Rene Rincon, “Hydrodynamic Modeling of the Western Mississippi Sound using a Linked Model System” Regional Studies in Marine Science. V 44 (2021) 101685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101685
  28. Risal, Avay, Prem B. Parajuli, Padmanava Dash, Ying Ouyang, and Anna Linhoss. “Sensitivity of hydrology and water quality to variation in land use and land cover data.” Agricultural Water Management 241 (2020): 106366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106366.
  29. Osario, Raul, Anna Linhoss, Dash Padmanava. “Evaluation of Marsh Terraces for Wetland Restoration: A Remote Sensing Approach.” Water. (2020) 12(2), 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020336. 
  30. Linhoss, Anna, Courtney Seigert. “Calibration reveals limitations in modeling rainfall interception at the storm scale.” Journal of Hydrology. (2020) V 584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124624.
  31. Shamaskin, Andrew, Sathishkumar Samiappan, Jiangdong Liu, Jennifer Roberts, Anna Linhoss, and Kristine Evans. “Multi-Attribute Ecological and Socioeconomic Geodatabase for the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Region of the United States.” Data. 5, no. 1 (2020) https://doi.org/10.3390/data5010003. Impact Factor Not Yet Ranked.
  32. Temple, Nigel, Brett Webb, Eric Sparks, Anna Linhoss. “Low-cost pressure gauges for measuring water waves.” Journal of Coastal Research (2020) 36 (3): 661–667.https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00118.1.
  33. Samiappan, Sathishkumar, Andrew Shamaskin, Jiangdong Liu, Jennifer Roberts, Anna Linhoss, and Kristine Evans. “Land Conservation in the Gulf of Mexico Region: A Comprehensive Review of Plans, Priorities, and Efforts.” Land 8, no. 5 (2019): 84. https://doi.org/10.3390/land8050084.
  34. Millette, Nicole, Chris Kelble, Anna Linhoss, and Steve Ashby. 2019. Using Spatial Variability in the Rate of Change of Chlorophyll a to Improve Water Quality Management in a Subtropical Oligotrophic Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts. 42: 1792-1803.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00610-5.
  35. Millette, Nicole, Chris Kelble, Anna Linhoss, Steve Ashby, L Visser. 2018. “Shift in baseline chlorophyll a concentration following a three-year Synechococcus bloom in southeastern Florida.” Marine Resource Bulletin. January 2018, pp. 3-19(17). https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2017.1046.
  36. Linhoss, Anna,  Mary Love Tagert, Hazel Buka, Gretchen Sassenrath. 2017. “Factors affecting model sensitivity and uncertainty: Application to an irrigation scheduler.” Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 60(3):803-812. doi: 10.13031/trans.11912.
  37. Agouridis, Carmen, Kyle Douglas-Mankin, Anna Linhoss, Aaron Mittelset. 2016. “Wetlands and coastal systems: Protecting and restoring valuable ecosystems.” Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. 59(5): 1301-1303. doi:10.13031/trans.59.12103
  38. Linhoss, Anna, Rene Camacho, Steve Ashby. 2016. “Oyster habitat suitability in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.” Journal of Shellfish Research. 35(4):841-849. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.035.0412.
  39. Linhoss, Anna, Courtney Seigert. 2016. “A comparison of five forest interception models using global sensitivity and uncertainty analysis.” Journal of Hydrology. 538:109-116. April 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.04.011.
  40. Linhoss, Anna, William Underwood. 2016. “Modeling salt panne land cover suitability under sea-level rise.” Journal of Coastal Research. 32(5). https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00115.1.
  41. Linhoss, Anna, Jeff Ballweber. 2015. “Incorporating uncertainty and decision analysis into a water sustainability index.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 141(Special Issue: Sustainability). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000554
  42. Linhoss, Anna, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Greg Kiker, and Piotr Wolski. 2015. Reducing uncertainty based on model fitness: Application to a reservoir model. Water South Africa, 41(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v41i1.13.
  43. Zhu, M., Tom Hoctor, Michale Volk, Kathryn Frank, Anna Linhoss. 2015. “The conservation value of elevation data accuracy and model sophistication in reserve design under sea-level rise.” Ecology and Evolution. 5(9):4376-4388. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1669
  44. Zhu, M., Kathryn Frank, Tom Hoctor, T, Michael Volk, Anna Linhoss, Paul Zwick, Melissa Carr, 2015. “Spatial Conservation Prioritization to Conserve Biodiversity in Response to Sea Level Rise and Land Use Change in the Matanzas River Basin, Northeast Florida.” Landsacpe and Urban Planning. 144:103-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.08.018.
  45. Linhoss, Anna, Greg Kiker, Matt Shirley, Kathryn Frank. 2014. “Sea-level rise, inundation, and marsh migration: Simulating impacts on developed lands and environmental systems.” Journal of Coastal Research.  31(1):36-46. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00215.1.
  46. Linhoss, Anna, Greg Kiker, Mathew Aiello-Lammens, Maria Chu-Agor, Matteo Convertino, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, R. Fischer, and Igor Linkov. 2013. “Decision analysis for species preservation under sea-level rise.” Ecological Modelling, 263, 264-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.05.014.
  47. Linhoss, A.C., R. Muñoz-Carpena, M.S. Allen, G.A. Kiker, and K. Mosepele. 2012. “A flood pulse driven fish population model for the Okavango Delta, Botswana.” Ecological Modelling, 228, 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.12.022.
  48. Linhoss, A.C., R. Muñoz-Carpena, G.A. Kiker, and D. Hughes. 2012. “Hydrologic Modeling, Uncertainty, and Sensitivity in the Okavango Basin: Insights for Scenario Assessment: Case Study.” Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 18(12), 1767-1778. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000755.
  49. Linhoss, A. C., A. Cameron, H. Hall, S. Blair, and T. Ankersen. 2012. “Large Woody Material: Science, Policy, And Best Management Practices For Florida Streams.” Florida Scientist, 75(3). Link
  50. Kiker, GA, R Muñoz-Carpena, P Wolski, A Cathey*, A. Gaughan., and J. Kim. 2008. “Incorporating uncertainty into adaptive, transboundary water challenges: a conceptual design for the Okavango River Basin.” International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 10(4), 312-338. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJRAM.2008.02213.
  51. Vellidis, G, P Barnes, D Bosch, and A Cathey*. (2006). “Mathematical simulation tools for developing dissolved oxygen TMDLs.” Transactions of the ASAE, 49(4), 1003-1022. doi: 10.13031/2013.21743.
  52. Cathey, A*, G Vellidis, M Smith, R Lowrance,and R Burke. 2005. “The calibration validation and sensitivity analysis of Georgia DOSag: an in-stream dissolved oxygen model.” Proc., Proceedings for the Watershed Management to Meet Water Quality Standards and Emerging TMDL, Third Annual Conference, PW Gassman (Editor). ASABE, Atlanta, Georgia, 330-337. doi:10.13031/2013.18088.
  53. Worley, JW, Czarick, M, Cathey, A*. 2002. “Ammonia Emissions from a Commercial Broiler House.” An American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Presentation. Paper No: 024118. doi: 10.13031/2013.10495.

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