Environmental Engineer
Environmental Engineer

Biography

Jonathan Whiting is a researcher in the Coastal Sciences Division of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, located in the Seattle office since joining the lab in 2012. Jonathan is the team leader for the Marine Energy Team, which primarily works on projects related to wind and marine renewable energy and the environment. He has since been involved in a wide variety of projects including online database development, oil spill trajectory modeling, optimization programming in support of carbon capture technologies, analysis of the environmental effects of marine renewable energy, numerical modeling for ecological restoration, and smart data analytics. As a people-person, Jonathan enjoys working with diverse teams to address complex challenges, often bringing a strong emphasis on outreach and engagement to create more impact from the project.

He received a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington and is a licensed Civil Engineering in the state of Washington.

Disciplines and Skills

  • Marine renewable energy
  • Offshore wind energy
  • Oil spill transport
  • Database development and management (Drupal)
  • Coding (Java, Python, C++)
  • Data analytics (Tableau, GIS)

Education

  • B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 2012
  • Professional Engineer – Civil Water Resources and Environmental, State of Washington, 2018

Publications

2021

  • Branch R.A., Z. Yang, T. Wang, G. Garcia Medina, and J.M. Whiting. 2021. Sea Ice Collision Risk Assessment for Tidal Turbine Siting in Cook Inlet, Alaska. PNNL-32329. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Sea Ice Collision Risk Assessment for Tidal Turbine Siting in Cook Inlet, Alaska
  • Condon C.A., P. Ivanusa, J.M. Whiting, P. Mirick, A.L. Bunn, C.B. Varnum-Lowry, and P.J. Jensen. 2021. "Fate and Transport of Unruptured Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) Fuel Particles in the Event of Environmental Release for Advanced and Micro Reactor Applications." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 234. PNNL-SA-156622. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2021.106630
  • Whiting J.M., E.D. Cotter, J.R. McVey, N.G. Williams, S.A. Zimmerman, J. Vavrinec, and E.E. Walters. 2021. Data Fusion to Enhance Quality Control and Analysis with Instruments at the Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory. PNNL-32294. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Data Fusion to Enhance Quality Control and Analysis with Instruments at the Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory

2020

  • Copping A.E., L.G. Hemery, D.M. Overhus, L. Garavelli, M.C. Freeman, J.M. Whiting, and A.M. Gorton, et al. 2020. "Potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy development - the state of the science." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 11:Article No. 879. PNNL-SA-156387. doi:10.3390/jmse8110879
  • Whiting J.M., T. Wang, Z. Yang, M.H. Huesemann, P.J. Wolfram, T. Mumford, and D. Righi. 2020. "Simulating the Trajectory and Biomass Growth of Free-Floating Macroalgal Cultivation Platforms along the U.S. West Coast." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 11:938. PNNL-SA-155985. doi:10.3390/jmse8110938
  • Yang Z., A.M. Gorton, T. Wang, J.M. Whiting, A.E. Copping, K. Haas, and P.J. Wolfram, et al. 2020. Multi-resolution, Multi-scale Modeling for Scalable Macroalgae Production. PNNL-29881. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Multi-resolution, Multi-scale Modeling for Scalable Macroalgae Production

2019

  • Bacon D.H., C. Yonkofski, C.F. Brown, D.I. Demirkanli, and J.M. Whiting. 2019. "Risk-based Post Injection Site Care and Monitoring for Commercial-Scale Carbon Storage: Reevaluation of the FutureGen 2.0 Site using NRAP-Open-IAM and DREAM." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 90. PNNL-SA-140302. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102784

  • Whiting J.M., A.E. Copping, M.C. Freeman, and A.E. Woodbury. 2019. "Tethys Knowledge Management System: Working to Advance the Marine Renewable Energy Industry." International Marine Energy Journal 2, no. 1:29-38. PNNL-SA-132718. doi:10.36688/imej.2.29-38

  • Whiting J.M., A.E. Copping, M.C. Freeman, and A.E. Woodbury. 2019. "Tethys Knowledge Management System: Working to Advance the Marine Renewable Energy Industry." International Marine Energy Journal 2, no. 1:29-38. PNNL-SA-140333. doi:10.36688/imej.2.29-38

2018

  • Duran R., L. Romeo, J.M. Whiting, J.M. Vielma, K.K. Rose, A.L. Bunn, and J.R. Bauer. 2018. "Simulation of the 2003 Foss Barge - Point Wells Oil Spill: A Comparison between BLOSOM and GNOME oil-spill models." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 6, no. 3:104. PNNL-SA-135644. doi:10.3390/jmse6030104

2017

2016

  • Copping A.E., S.A. Breithaupt, J.M. Whiting, M.E. Grear, J.D. Tagestad, and G.A. Shelton. 2016. "Likelihood of a Marine Vessel Accident from Wind Energy Development in the Atlantic." Wind Energy 19, no. 9:1557-1566. PNNL-SA-108588. doi:10.1002/we.1935

2015

2013

  • Copping A.E., C. Smith, L.A. Hanna, H. Battey, J.M. Whiting, M.C. Reed, and J. Brown-Saracino, et al. 2013. "Tethys: Developing a Commons for Understanding Environmental Effects of Ocean Renewable Energy." International Journal of Marine Energy 3-4. PNNL-SA-99308. doi:10.1016/j.ijome.2013.11.004
  • Copping A.E., S.A. Breithaupt, J.D. Tagestad, J.M. Whiting, M.E. Grear, and G.A. Shelton. 2013. Risk Assessment for Marine Vessel Traffic and Wind Energy Development in the Atlantic. PNNL-23453. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Risk Assessment for Marine Vessel Traffic and Wind Energy Development in the Atlantic
  • Hanna L.A., J.M. Whiting, and A.E. Copping. 2013. Visual Modeling for Aqua Ventus I off Monhegan Island, ME. PNNL-22982. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Visual Modeling for Aqua Ventus I off Monhegan Island, ME
  • Whiting J.M., L.A. Hanna, N.L. DeChello, and A.E. Copping. 2013. Acoustic Modeling for Aqua Ventus I off Monhegan Island, ME. PNNL-22926. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Acoustic Modeling for Aqua Ventus I off Monhegan Island, ME