Curriculum Vitae
Helen E. Dahlke
3306 Plant and Environmental Science Building, LAWR
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 302-5358
Education
| Ph.D. M.S. B.S. |
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, 2011. Biological and Environmental Engineering Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, May 2004. Department of Geography Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, June 2000. Major in Geography, Minors in Geology and Ecology |
Professional and Academic Experience
| April 2017 - 2013-2017 2010-2013 2012 2007-2010 |
Associate Professor, Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis Assistant Professor, Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis Postdoctoral Research Associate, Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Sweden Postdoctoral Research Associate, Baltic Nest Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden Graduate Research Assistant, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
University courses taught
- HYD 145 Water Science and Design (4 units)
- HYD 298 Watershed Hydrology and Matlab Applications (3 units)
- LDA/ABT 150 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4units)
- HYD 298 How to use Matlab to solve problems in environmental, climatological, and earth science research (2013, 3 units)
- "Introduction to the physics and energy balance of snow", block course taught at Stockholm University, Sweden together with Dr. Hendrik Huwald, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Dr. Mathias Bavaye, Snow and Avalanche Research Center, Davos, Switzerland, and Dr. Nikki Vercauteren, Humboldt fellow at Freie Universität Berlin (2012)
- "Information and modeling systems for land and water resources", course co-taught at Stockholm University (GE7006) together with Dr. Steve Lyon (2011, 2012)
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union (AGU), European Geosciences Union (EGU), International Association of Hydrological Science (IAHS), International Glaciological Society (IGS), Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG), Society of Wetland Scientist (SWS), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Alpha Epsilon Honor Society (Agricultural Engineering Honorary)
Services
Master Advisor of the Hydrology major (since July 2015)
Member of the Educational Policy Committee (Graduate Council)
Member of the UC Davis Water Action Committee
Member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center
Member of the following graduate groups: Hydrologic Sciences, Soil and Biogeochemistry, Biological Systems Engineering
Research Grants and Awards
- CNH-L: The dynamics of rural poverty, land use, and water in California's changing Central Valley, National Science Foundation, 2017-2020
- Regional Aquifer Management: Hydrology of Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Central Valley Aquifer and Mississippi Embayment, USDA ERS, 2017-2020
- Effects of Forest Stand Density Reduction on Nutrient Cycling and Nutrient Transport at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 2017-2020
- Suitability of alfalfa forage crops for winter groundwater recharge, California Institute of Water Resources, 2017-2019
- Assessing Nitrate Leaching Hazard From Groundwater Recharge in Almonds, The California Almond Board, 2016-2018
- Effect of forest stand density reduction on nutrient transport at the Caspar Creek Watershed, Save the Redwoods League, 2017-2018
- Agricultural Groundwater Recharge Study, Bureau of Reclamation, 2015-2018
- Using Nanotechnology to Identify and Characterize Flow Pathways in Hydrologic Systems, Heising-Simons Foundation, 2015-2018
- Winter Water Management in Almond Orchards – Sacramento Valley, The California Almond Board, 2016-2018
- Winter Water Management in Almond Orchards – Fresno, The California Almond Board, 2015-2018
- Groundwater Banking: An Agricultural Systems Approach for Water security in California, UC ANR, 2014-2017
- Winter Water Management in Almond Orchards, Almond Board of California, 2015-2016
