Biography:

I have always been interested in the earth sciences (this is due, in part, to my upbringing in northern New Mexico, where natural land abounds and settlements are few). Because of these interests, I began my career as a young scientist at Whitman College, a small college in Washington State, where I earned a bachelors degree in geology. I also spent a number of summers researching various factors that influence climate in Los Alamos, NM. These experiences gave me a broad background in the earth sciences. However, as time passed, my interests honed in on surface hydrology, especially as it relates to climate and physical landscape characteristics. I decided to move back to the southwest to pursue these interests at the U of A. Currently, I am involved with the Surface Hydrology Group, which deals with hillslope, catchment, and river basin hydrology.

Research:

My field research site is located in the Valles Caldera in northern New Mexico. This area provides a good laboratory to study water movement through hillslopes because of the wide variety of geomorphic and hydrologic conditions within the study site. I will be using stable isotope data as well as streamflow data to better understand hydrologic response to various inputs. So far, a number of monitoring instruments have been installed, including pressure transducers, temperature probes, and snowmelt lysimeters. The final goal of the project is to construct a useful hillslope-scale model, which will yield information about residence times in the area.

Biography:

I am a PhD candidate at the Hydrology and Water Resources department and minoring in Soil Sciences. I hold a M. Sc degree from the same department that I finished in Spring 2005. For my master degree I studied the effects of wild fire on watershed hydrologic response in a semi arid basin. In 2000 I earned a geological engineering degree (equiv. to M.Sc.) with a major in hydrology from the School of Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

After my graduation in Barcelona, I spent one year working as a water and sanitation engineer for an international organization in the Sierraleoneese and Liberian refugee camps in Guinea-Conakry. I was involved in different activities such as: geophysical studies, boreholes for water supply (development & pumping tests), water distribution systems, wells, sanitation structures, etc. In 2002 I worked for a consulting firm in Barcelona, where I was strongly involved in the implementation project of the future desalination plant for the city of Barcelona. Hydrogeology and water management were the key issues of my consulting work.

Research:

I am currently working within a multidisciplinary Nasa funded project on "The role of Land-Cover change in Montane Mainland SE Asia (MMSEA) in altering regional and local hydrological processes under a changing climate". Currently, I am mainly working with the MMSEA project, however I will be working with in the Catalina field site in the near future.

Biography:

I graduated from the U of A in May of 2003 with Civil Engineering. During 2005, I worked with the company hydoGEOPHYSICS inc. in Tucson. While employed there, I used different geophysical methods, such as resistivity, to trace and map out contaminants that reside within certain groundwater.

Research:

I am interested in climate variability and its influence on the hydrological cycle. It will become increasingly more important that each regional ecosystem employs a sustainable approach to its water supply. I would love to try to implement a methodology catering to what is available and sustainable.