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Hydrology

Tony Cahill
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
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Research Interests: Soil moisture and watershed hydrology; stochastic hydrology; numerical modeling; low slope hydrology.

 

 

John (Rick) Giardino
Professor, Geography, Geology and Geophysics; Dean of Graduate Studies
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Research Interests: Fluvial geomorphology; watershed restoration; water quality; mass wasting mechanics; Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing of hydrologic systems.

 

Bjorn Kjerfve
Professor and Dean, Geosciences
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Research Interests: Sediment processes and ecology of bays and estuaries; application of numerical simulation models to coastal flows and transports; hydrology of tropical river systems; application of satellite remote sensing and GIS in coastal research and data management.

 

Chris Mathewson
Professor, Geology and Geophysics
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Research Interests: Fluvial processes; hydrogeology.

 

 

Georgianne Moore
Assistant Professor, Rangeland Ecology and Management
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Research Interests: Plant transpiration losses and ecohydrology; invasive species and water management; land management impacting river hydrology and groundwater recharge.

 

Clyde Munster
Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Research Interests: Agricultural BMPs; hydrologic modeling of agricultural chemical transport; groundwater flow in karst systems.

 

 

Francisco Olivera
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
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Research Interests: Application of GIS to hydrologic modeling; modeling of non-point source pollution; modeling of water transport processes.

 

 

Vijay Singh
Professor, Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water, Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Research Interests: Surface and groundwater hydrology; water quality modeling; stochastic hydrology; irrigation hydraulics; entropy theory; and dam breach modeling.

 

 

Patricia Smith
Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Research Interests: Modeling land use effects on hydrologic processes at different temporal and spatial scales; bacterial source tracking.

 

 

John (Jack) Vitek
Assistant Dean, Office of Graduate Studies

Research Interests: Hydrogeology.

 

 

Bradford Wilcox
Professor, Rangeland Ecology and Management
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Research Interests: Ecohydrology and watershed management; rangeland hydrology with a focus on understanding the interactions of vegetation and the water cycle.

 

Ralph Wurbs
Professor, Civil Engineering
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Research Interests: Water resources planning and management; hydraulic engineering; reservoir management; hydrology.