My research seeks to incorporate and evaluate anthropogenic influences into the hydrologic cycle  To do this, I explicitly consider the effect of groundwater withdrawals, surface water alterations, climate and water management decisions.  The key question that guides my research is: how have we humans muddled the hydrologic cycle, and how will we continue to muddle the cycle in the future?  Answering these questions allows us to work toward meeting our water demands in sustainable ways.

Current PhD Students

• Julio Caineta: Remote sensing of subsurface groundwater discharge (@ University of Pittsburgh)
• Charalampos Ntigkakis: Modeling urban groundwater
• Mohamed Akl: Remote sensing of perched aquifers in Egypt
• Ellie McGrady: Climate change impacts on groundwater resources
• Tsedenya Tafesse: Water resources availability in Ethiopia
• Rebecca Guiney: Remote sensing of groundwater resources
• Abdul Badaoud: Groundwater sustainability in arid regions
• Alastair Black: Groundwater modelling of chalk aquifers (secondary supervisor)

• BSc, Geology and Environmental Technology, University of North Dakota
• MSc, Hydrology, University of New Hampshire
• PhD, Water Resources Engineering, Tufts University

Research Interests

Global groundwater sustainability

Urban hydrology

Storm water management

Statistical hydrology

Groundwater hydrology

Remote sensing

Google Scholar

Research website

Program Leader:

• Deputy Degree Program Director: MSc Hydrogeology and Water Management
• Stage 3 Tutor, Civil Engineering

Module Leader: 

• CEG8507: Borehole Design, Construction and Operation
• CEG8511: Groundwater Assessment
• CEG8516: Groundwater Modelling

Course Contributor: 

• CEG8525: Hydrosystems Processes and Data Analysis (Hydrogeology topics)
• CEG8103: Water Supply and Treatment (Hydrogeology topics)
• CEG3503: Hydrosystems Engineering (Hydrogeology topics)