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Group Members

Graduate Students

Madeline Merck (madeline.merck < at symbol > aggiemail.usu.edu) Hydrologic Information Systems in Support of Problem Based Learning
Homa Salehabadi (homasalehabadi < at symbol > gmail.com) Hydrology over the Colorado River Basin for future CRSS Modeling
Motasem Abualqumboz (Motasem.Abualqumboz < at symbol > usu.edu) Large scale hydrologic modeling advancing modeling methodology and reproducibility
Bhuwan Ghimire (bhuwan.ghimire < at symbol > usu.edu) Hydrologic Modeling using Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure
Reza Morovati (reza.morovati < at symbol > usu.edu) Forecasting inflows and changes in levels for the Great Salt Lake

Staff, visitors and post docs

Pabitra Dash (pabitra.dash < at symbol > usu.edu) Software Architect
Ayman Nassar (ayman.nassar < at symbol > usu.edu) Post Doc

Graduates

Alaa Hassan (Linkedin) MS, 1992 The Application of Nonparametric Density Estimation in a Stochastic Disaggregation Model
Tanveer Chowdhury (Linkedin) MS, 1993 Energy Balance Snowmelt Modeling for Erosion Prediction
Thomas H Jackson (Linkedin) PhD, 1994 A Spatially Distributed Snowmelt-Driven Hydrologic Model applied to the Upper Sheep Creek Watershed
Padinare V Unnikrishna (Linkedin) PhD, 1995 Stable Isotope Tracer Study of Flow Generation Mechanisms in a Small, Semiarid Mountain Watershed (Jeff McDonnell was dissertation director)
Ashish Sharma (Linkedin) PhD, 1996 Nonparametric Approaches for Simulation of Streamflow Sequences
Kevin Williams (Linkedin) MS, 1998 The Development and Validation of a Model for the Spatial Distribution of Snowmelt Based on Topography and Point Melt Measurements
Charlie Luce (Linkedin) PhD, 2000 Scale Influences on the Representation of Snowpack Processes.
Rajiv Prasad (Linkedin) PhD, 2001 Watershed-Scale Hydrology: Influences of Spatial Variability of Snowpack in a Semi-Arid, Mountainous Environment.
Erkan Istanbulluoglu (Linkedin) PhD, 2003 Quantification of Stream Sediment Inputs From Steep Forested Mountains
Jinsheng You PhD, 2004 Snow Hydrology: The parameterization of subgrid processes within a physically based snow energy and mass balance model
Kiran Kumar Chinnayakanahalli (Linkedin) MS, 2004 An Objective Method for the Intercomparison of Terrain Stability Models and Incorporation of Parameter Uncertainty
Greg Loscher (Linkedin) MS, 2006 Hydrologic Analysis of a Steep Forested Watershed Using Spatially Distributed Measurements of Soil Moisture and Soil Infiltration Properties
Ibrahim Mohammed (Linkedin) MS, 2006 Modeling the Great Salt Lake
Ajay Prasad (Linkedin) MS, 2007 A tool to analyze environmental impacts of roads on forest watersheds
Christina Bandaragoda (Linkedin) PhD, 2008 Distributed Hydrologic Modeling for Streamflow Prediction at Ungauged Basins
Jeff Horsburgh (LinkedIn) PhD, 2009 Hydrologic Information Systems: Advancing Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories
Kiran Kumar Chinnayakanahalli (Linkedin) PhD, 2010 Characterizing Ecologically Relevant Variations in Streamflow Regimes
Teklu Tesfa (PNNL) PhD, 2010 Distributed Hydrological Modeling Using Soil Depth Estimated from Landscape Variable Derived with Enhanced Terrain Analysis
Vinod Mahat (Linkedin) PhD, 2011 Effect of Vegetation on the Accumulation and Melting of Snow at the TW Daniels Experimental Forest
Ibrahim Mohammed (Linkedin) PhD, 2012 Relationships between Runoff, Land Cover and Climate in the Semi-Arid Intermountain Region of the Western U.S.A.
Aaron Byrd (Linkedin) PhD, 2013 Functional Ontologies And Their Application To Hydrologic Modeling: Development Of An Integrated Semantic And Procedural Knowledge Model And Reasoning Engine
Sulochan Dhungel (Linkedin) MS, 2014 Prediction of Climate Change Effects on Streamflow Regime Important to Stream Ecology
Avirup Sen Gupta (Linkedin) PhD, 2014 Improving the Physical Processes and Model Integration Functionality of an Energy Balance Model for Snow and Glacier Melt
Ahmet Artu Yildirim (Linkedin) PhD, 2015 (computer science) Advancement of Computing on Large Datasets via Parallel Computing and Cyberinfrastructure
Nazmus Sazib (Linkedin) PhD, 2016 Physically Based Modeling of the Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow Regime
Prasanna Dahal (Linkedin) MS, 2018 Advancing the Implementation of Hydrologic Models as Web-Based Applications
Kshitij Parajuli (Linkedin) PhD, 2018 Advancing Methods to Quantify Actual Evapotranspiration in Stony Soil Ecosystems
Tseganeh Gichamo (GitHub) PhD, 2019 Advancing Streamflow Forecasts Through the Application of a Physically Based Energy Balance Snowmelt Model With Data Assimilation and Cyberinfrastructure Resources
Tian Gan (Linkedin) PhD, 2019 Advancing Cyberinfrastructure for Collaborative Data Sharing and Modeling in Hydrology
Irene Garousi-Nejad (Linkedin) PhD, 2022 Improving Flood Inundation and Streamflow Forecasts in Snowmelt Dominated Regions
Sara Goeking (Linkedin) PhD, 2022 (watershed sciences) Quantification of Hydrologic Response to Forest Disturbance in Western U.S. Watersheds. [Defense Video Recording]

Former Staff, visitors and post docs

Paolo Tarolli (Linkedin) Visiting Scholar 2005
Andrea Cavalet (LinkedIn) Visiting Scholar 2008
Ludovico Nicótina (Linkedin) Visiting Scholar 2008
Nermin Sarlak (Linkedin) Post Doc 2009-2010
Kim Schreuders (Linkedin) Programmer, analyst and systems architect 2006-2012: https://oakenstaff.org/
Margaret Matter Post Doc - Streamflow trends in the Western US 2010-2012
Scott Black (Linkedin) Software Engineer 2018-2021