Dr. Helen E. Dahlke
Professor in Integrated Hydrologic Science
Research interests: surface water – groundwater interaction, vadose zone hydrology and transport processes, water resources management, stochastic and isotope hydrology, and applications of DNA nanotechnology in hydrology
Ph.D. Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2011
B.S./M.S. Geography, Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany, 2004
Cristina Prieto García
Lab manager, Assistant Specialist
Research interests: Hydrogeochemistry, soil & water sample analysis, sampling & laboratory testing, database analysis & interpretation, groundwater modeling
M.S. Environmental Geology & Geological Resources, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2011
B.S. Environmental Science, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain, 2008
Dr. Fereshteh Kordrostami
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: watershed modeling with SWAT/SWAT+, meteorological and hydrological data processing and data reconstruction, uncertainty analysis of model parameters
Ph.D. Forest Ecology, University of Tehran, Iran, 2020
M.S. Silviculture and Forest Ecology, University of Tehran, Iran, 2013
B.S. Forestry, Mazandaran University, Iran, 2009
Yara Pasner
Ph.D. candidate, Hydrologic Sciences
Research interests: groundwater management and water policy, application of regional groundwater flow models to assess how managed aquifer recharge and agricultural land use policies, environmental justice
M.S. Hydrologic Sciences, University of California Davis, USA, 2021
B.S. Mathematics, University of California Davis, USA, 2017
Wenyi Cui
Ph.D. candidate, Soils and Biogeochemistry
Research interests: nitrogen cycling in the vadose zone, agricultural managed aquifer recharge, numerical modeling of biogeochemical and hydrologic processes with HYDRUS and DSSAT
B.S. Environment & Sustainability, Cornell University, USA, 2020
B.S. Environmental Engineering, China Agricultural University, China, 2020
Kira Waldman
Ph.D. student, Hydrologic Sciences
Research interests: My previous research analyzed volcaniclastic sediments as a potential source of arsenic in the drinking water supply in Costa Rica, and the biodegradation of an oil spill in Minnesota. Currently, my research focuses on the threat of geogenic contaminants under managed aquifer recharge.
B.S. Geology and Education Studies, Middlebury College, USA, 2020
Karina Redding
M.S. student, Hydrologic Sciences
Research interests: Groundwater Policy and Management, Managed/Enhanced Aquifer Recharge (MAR/EAR), project feasibility under SGMA, MAR site suitability, policy barriers to implementing MAR projects.
B.A. Geology, Minor Energy and Resource Studies, University of California Berkeley, USA, 2017
Alumni
Andrew Calderwood
Shulamit Shroder
Tiantian Zhou
Tibebe Tigabu
Elad Levintal
Yonatan Ganot
Maribeth Kniffin
Zhu Liu
Ahmed Ali
Giuseppe Brunetti
Coy McNew
Chaozi Wang
Nisha Marwaha
Nick Murphy
Larry Walker & Associates Engineering
California State Water Resources Control Board
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona
Professional Researcher, USDA ARS
Assistant Professor, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Assistant Professor, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Hydrogeologist, Founder RiverBytes, LLC
Postdoctoral Researcher at Hohai University, China
Engineer, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, USA
Assistant Professor, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
Senior Data Scientist, Bridgestone Americas, Nashville, TN, USA
Associate Professor, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Science and Innovation Manager, FUTUREFISH
Groundwater Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
