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. Tibebe Tigabu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: Data processing and analysis, Catchment scale hydrologic modeling, Groundwater-surface water interaction, Open channel flow analysis, Climate and land use change impact investigations
Ph.D. Hydrology and water resources management, Kiel University, Germany, 2020
M.S. Hydrology and Water resources Management, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia, 2008
B.S. Geology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 2004
Dr. Fereshteh Kordrostami
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: I like to combine my knowledge of ecology with the acquired skills in hydrological modeling, programming, and data analysis to pursue my research interests in understanding and modeling hydrological processes, and their interactions with vegetation dynamics and global change (e.g., land use/climate change).
Ph.D. Forest Ecology, University of Tehran, Iran, 2020
M.S. Silviculture and Forest Ecology, University of Tehran, Karaj-Iran, 2013
B.S. Forestry, Mazandaran University, Sari-Iran, 2020
Dr. Tiantian Zhou
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests: agriculture hydrology, stable isotopes applications, numerical modeling of subsurface hydrology, global sensitivity analysis and parameter estimation
Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, University of California-Riverside, USA, 2022
M.S. Physical Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2018
B.E. Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, China, 2015
Andrew Calderwood
Ph.D. candidate, Hydrologic Sciences
Research interests: surface-water groundwater interactions to aid regional and local water resources management, numerical groundwater-surface water modeling, surface water quality and hydraulics modeling
B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Davis, USA, 2019
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
Shulamit Shroder
M.S. student, Soils and Biogeochemistry
Research interests: estimating the effects of combining cover crops with agricultural managed aquifer recharge to reduce nitrate loading to groundwater. Before coming to UC Davis, she helped Central Valley growers implement conservation agriculture practices.
B.S. Spanish and Environmental Science & Policy, University of Maryland, USA, 2016
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
Elad Levintal
Yonatan Ganot
Maribeth Kniffin
Zhu Liu
Ahmed Ali
Giuseppe Brunetti
Coy McNew
Chaozi Wang
Nisha Marwaha
Nick Murphy
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
