John and Margaret Harshbarger established the Harshbarger Doctoral Fellowship in Hydrogeology, an annual stipend award made to recognize the most outstanding doctoral student studying hydrogeology in the department.  John Harshbarger had high expectations for the Fellows, and they have met and exceeded that challenge.

 

The Harshbarger Fellows have made significant contributions to the science of hydrology, and we are proud to call them our alumni.  To read more about a Fellow's current professional activities, click on his or her name below.

 

1983-84	Jesus Carerra	Currently Research Professor, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)
	2004 European Geosiences Union Henry Darcy Medal Former Vice Provost for Research and Professor, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
1984-85	Ellyn Murphy	Currently Director and Lead Scientist, Carbon Sequestration Initiative Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Former Director, Health Effects and Risk Sciences Division, PNNL                           Former Manager, Biogeochemistry Group and Former Manager, Office of Science, PNNL
1985-86	Todd Rasmussen	Currently Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia
	2001 University of Georgia Outstanding Alumni Teaching Award Former Peace Corps Volunteer (Honduras, Central America)
1986-87	Dan Pardieck	Currently Professor of Environmental Geology; Lander University, South Carolina
	Current:  Coordinator of the Environmental Science Program 2006-Current:  Faculty Senate
1987-88	Youkuan Zhang	Currently Professor of Hydrogeology, Department of Geosciences, The University of Iowa
1988-89	Karen Humes	Currently Professor and Department Head, Department of Geography, University of Idaho
1989-90	Shlomo Or	Currently Technical Director, Worley Parsons (Canada)
	2010-2011 Staff Consultant, Kohn, Crippen, Berger, Ltd. 1993-2010 Founder and President, MRDS, Inc., and Orr & Associates, State of Washington
1990-91	Jene Michaud				Currently Professor, Department of Geology, University of Hawaii at Hilo
	2005-2006 Chair, UHH Faculty Congress 2000-2005 Chair, Department of Geology, UHH 2000-Current: Natural Science Major Chair, UHH 2002 Nominee Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching, UHH 1989 American Geophysical Union Horton Doctoral Research Grant
1991-92	Thomas Harter	Currently Robert M. Hagan Endowed Chair in Water Management and Policy; Hydrology Program; Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California at Davis
	2007 Robert M. Hagan Endowed Chair 2007 Kevin J. Neese Award, Groundwater Resources Association of California
1992-93	Gregg Davidson	Currently Professor, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, The University of Mississippi
	2008-present: Promotion and Tenure Review Committee 2007-2009 University Assessment Committee 2005-2008 Chair, Transport Core Topic Area Committee, College of Engineering
1993-94	David Jewett	Acting Director, Ground Water and Ecosystems Restoration Division, Environmental Protection Agency
	Former Chief, Subsurface Remediation Branch Former Director of EPA’s Center for Subsurface Modeling Support Former faculty member, Department of Geology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
1994-95	Laurel Lacher	Currently Principal, Lacher Hydrologic Consulting Consulting Senior Hydrogeologist, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc.
1995-96	Peter Mock	Currently Principal, Peter Mock Groundwater Consulting, Inc.
	Member of the HWR Department Advisory Council
1996-97	John Villinski	Currently Project Hydrochemist/Hydrologist, Clear Creek Associates, Inc. Professional Photographer, Abstract Southwest
	2008 Featured Photographer, ArtWalk, San Diego, CA 2008 1st Place Photography, Southwest Arts Festival, Indio, CA
1997-98	Robert Bruant	Currently Complex Fluids Specialist, British Petroleum Corporation, Houston, Texas
	2011 Former Gulf of Mexico Production Lead, British Petroleum Corporation 2010 Former Deputy Logistics Chief, Plaquemines Branch, Deepwater Horizon Response, British Petroleum 2008 Regional Service Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers North American Region 2008 Outstanding Technical Editor Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers 2001-2004 Research Associate-Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
1998-99	Walter Illman	Currently Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
	2012 Keynote Speaker, El Dia del Agua, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona 2009-Present Associate Editor, Water Resources Research 2008-2010 Associate Editor, Ground Water 2006 Book Publication:  Alvarez, P. and W. A. Illman, Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation: Process Fundamentals and Mathematical Models, John Wiley & Sons, 609 pp. 2003 Outstanding Paper of the Conference, International Symposium on Groundwater Problems Related to Geo-Environment, May 28–30, 2003 Okayama, Japan 2002 American Geophysical Union Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing 1997 American Geophysical Union Horton Research Grant
1999-2000	Eric Henry	Currently Associate Professor of Geology, Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
2000-01	Shuyun Liu	Senior Hydrologist, Burgess & Niple, Phoenix, AZ
2001-02	Alexandre Tartakovsky			Currently Scientist, Carbon Sequestration Initiative, Computational Science and Mathematics Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
	2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 2005 Outstanding Performance Award, Computational and Information Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 2002-2004 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
2002-03	Dale Rucker	Currently Chief Technical Officer, hydroGEOPHYSICS, Inc., Tucson, Arizona
	2010-Current:  Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Geophysics 2005-Current:  Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics 2008 Session Chair, American Geophysical Union; 2005, 2008 Session Chair, SAGEEP Current:  Citizen Advisory Board, City of Tucson Environmental Services
2003-04	Alex Furman	Currently Faculty Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
2004-05	Andrew Hinnell	Currently Senior Hydrogeologist, Worley Parsons, Canada, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources,The University of Arizona
	Former Research Scientist, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Arizona 2010 Post-Doctoral Emil Truog Soil Science Award from the Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy for outstanding contribution to soil science
2005-06	Joan Blainey	Currently Senior Hydrologist, Environmental Services, Intera, Inc., Austin, Texas
	2005-2006 National Water Research Institute Fellow 2004-2005 UA/NASA Space Grant Fellow
2007-08	Hoori Ajami	Currently Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Water Research Centre, University of New South Wales
	2009 UA Water Sustainability Fellow
2008-09	Phoolendra Mishra		Currently Post-doctoral Fellow, Computational Earth Sciences Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
	2010 Geosyntec, Inc. Best Student Research Paper Award in National Competition
2009-10	Melissa Schlegel	Currently Adjunct Faculty Member, College of Western Idaho
2010-11	Deqiang Mao	Degree completed.
2010-11	Liang Xue	Degree completed.
2011-12	Ingo Heidbuechel	Degree completed.
2012-13	Colin Kikuchi	As of Spring 2013, Ph.D. student in residence at the University of Arizona