Our team is diverse and multidisciplinary, spanning hydrology, environmental engineering, ecology, and geophysics. Here you'll find current and past colleagues.
Current Students
Working on two NSF-funded projects: (1) "Informing River Corridor Transport Modeling by Harnessing Community Data and Physics-Aware Machine Learning," and (2) "Can treated wastewater mitigate water scarcity without compromising ecological sustainability of arid rivers?" Her research focuses on how biochemical processes in arid rivers respond to continuous exposure to treated effluent and their capacity to recover from disturbances.
Lab Alumni
Her Ph.D. addressed the NSF-funded question: "How far downstream do wildfire disturbances propagate in fluvial networks?" In her MS, she worked on the development of rapid response teams for environmental research post-wildfire.
Worked on quantifying stoichiometric constraints on nutrient uptake processes (DOE) and metabolism in streams (NSF). BS in Petroleum Engineering from Penn State (2016) and MS in CEE (2018). Previous work included nutrient export modeling in the Clear Creek watershed and offshore gas hydrate seismic work.
Worked on the NSF-funded wildfire disturbance propagation project, combining Eulerian and Lagrangian monitoring in a Rapid Response Team framework to investigate water quality changes (pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, DOM, nutrients) before and after wildfires.
Completed two MS degrees in Civil Engineering and Architecture (2020). His MS work focused on developing the SC-FLAWLeSS filtration system; his Ph.D. produced a revolutionary sensing technique for water quality monitoring. BS from Mumbai University.
His MS focused on quantifying nutrient uptake dynamics; his Ph.D. developed a framework to scale nutrient dynamics in fluvial networks. A Belen, NM native and U.S. Army veteran, Justin came to UNM driven by his firsthand experience with water access challenges across the world.
Characterized dissolved organic carbon composition from Rio Grande headwaters to main stem. Published in Nature Communications, Science of the Total Environment, Frontiers in Water, L&O: Methods, and JGR: Biogeosciences. Now at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Exchange student from the University of Padua, Italy (advised by Prof. Andrea Marion). Addressed the question: "Does the mass balance of resazurin and resorufin close at the microbial scale?" Published in JGR: Biogeosciences.
Researched pathogen dynamics in rivers. Published in Frontiers in Water. Now working at the Bureau of Reclamation.
Studied food-energy-water resource dynamics in an agricultural network downstream of an urban center. Published in Frontiers in Water. Now at CDM Smith engineering firm in Albuquerque.
Developed techniques to improve quantification of solutes in rivers. Published in Limnology & Oceanography: Methods. Now with the National Parks Conservation Association.
Studied transport and fate of U and metals in surface water–groundwater interactions (advised by Dr. Jose Cerrato). Published in Environmental Science & Technology. Went on to a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Riverside.
Researched nutrient processing in streambed sediments across a river continuum. Published in Water Resources Research. Now at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Focused on closing nutrient loops in aridland basins. Published in Environmental Science & Technology. Went on to work with American Southwest Ichthyological Researchers, LLC.
Earned B.S. in Civil Engineering (cum laude) and M.S. in Civil Engineering (magna cum laude) at UNM. Now working with the Bureau of Reclamation in Albuquerque.
An undergraduate researcher in Computer Science who worked on the development of RIO-FINDER.