HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES GRADUATE GROUP
GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis is a world-renowned graduate program, and home to a talented cohort of over 30 graduate students pursuing Masters and PhD degrees.
Al Dughaishi, Usama
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Isaya Kisekka
Research Area: Water reuse in agriculture
Email: dughaishi@ucdavis.edu
Bonarrigo, Amber
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Laura Foglia, Helen Dahlke
Research Area: Groundwater and vadose modeling of AgMAR projects
Email: abonarrigo@ucdavis.edu
Bonfil, Cassandra
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Isaya Kisekka
Research Area: Water reuse in agriculture
Email: cbonfil@ucdavis.edu
Calderwood, Andrew
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Laura Foglia, Graham Fogg
Research Area: Surface water - Groundwater interaction on the Cosumnes River
Email : ajcalderwood@ucdavis.edu
Ebert, Logan
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Mallika Nocco
Research Area: Remote sensing and precision irrigation
Email: laebert@ucdavis.edu
Edwards, Erica Blair
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Mallika Nocco
Research Area: Physical hydrology, environmental remote sensing, solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence.
Email: eredwards@ucdavis.edu
Garza-Diaz, Laura Elisa
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Samuel Sandoval Solis
Research Area: Integrated Water Resources Management
Email: legarza@ucdavis.edu
Gately, Amanda
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Laura Foglia
Research Area: Groundwater and vadose modeling of AgMAR
Email: amgateley@ucdavis.edu
Gomez Quiroga, Grace
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Sam Sandoval
Research Area: TBD
UCD Email Address: ggomezquiroga@ucdavis.edu
Haynes, Hanni
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Thomas Harter
Research Area: Groundwater and vadose zone modeling; contaminant transport of nitrate
UCD Email Address: rehaynes@ucdavis.edu
Hewett, Kate
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: John Largier
Research Area: Coastal oceanography, estuarine dynamics
Email: kmhewett@ucdavis.edu
Ismaili, Samira
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Samuel Sandoval Solis
Research Area: Water resources management
Email: sismaili@ucdavis.edu
Kouba, Claire
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Thomas Harter
Research Area: Groundwater modeling and water resources management under the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Email: cmkouba@ucdavis.edu
Kozar, Daniel
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: John Largier, Xiaoli Dong
Research Area: TBD
Email : djkozar@ucdavis.edu
Lennon, William
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Thomas Harter, Isaya Kisekka
Research Area: Groundwater and vadose zone nitrate transport
Email : wnlennon@ucdavis.edu
Li, Tingyu “Nina”
Degree program: PhD
Major Professor: Gregory Pasternack
Research Area: Ecohydraulics
Email: styli@ucdavis.edu
Mautner, Marina
Degree program: PhD
Major Professor: Jon Herman and Laura Foglia
Research Area: Water resource optimization & groundwater modeling
Email: mmautner@ucdavis.edu
McCarten, Niall
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Randy Dahlgren
Research Area: TBD
Email : nfmccarten@ucdavis.edu
Miles, Kimberly
Degree program: PhD
Major Professor: Graham Fogg and Thomas Harter
Research Area: Groundwater protection and aquifer/well flow dynamics.
Email: kimmiles@ucdavis.edu
Molla, Nusrat
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Jon Herman
Research Area: Water systems optimization, water resources and equity in disadvantaged communities
Email: njmolla@ucdavis.edu
Pakzadeh, Behrooz
Degree program: PhD
Major Professor: Pramod Pandey
Research Area: Stormwater Quality
Email: bpakzadeh@ucdavis.edu
Pasner, Yara
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Helen Dahlke
Research Area: Numerical modeling to inform regional groundwater management and policy
Email : ympasner@ucdavis.edu
Patterson, Noelle
Degree program: MS
Major Professor: Samuel Sandoval Solis
Research Area: Hydrologic alteration and surface water management
Email: nkpatterson@ucdavis.edu
Website: https://github.com/NoellePatterson
Phillips, Sierra
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Greg Pasternack
Research Area: Riparian cottonwood recruitment potential tool and restoration design, theory, and analysis
Email : sjphillips@ucdavis.edu
Reimer, Anna Marie
Degree program: MS
Major Professor: Graham Fogg
Research Area: Real-time accounting of change in groundwater storage.
Email: amreimer@ucdavis.edu
Rice, Bill
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Thomas Harter and Laura Foglia
Research Area: TBD
Email: wcrice@ucdavis.edu
Rahman, Mashrekur
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Grey Nearing
Research Area: Artificial Intelligence, Science Communication and Information Theory in Hydrologic Science
Email: mashman@ucdavis.edu
Rodriguez, Alisha
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Laura Foglia
Research Area: Determining Most Crucial Components for Success of AgMAR projects
Email: amarodriguez@ucdavis.edu
Saiz, Ramon
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Sam Sandoval
Research Area: TBD
Email : rsaiz@ucdavis.edu
Scantlebury, Leland
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Thomas Harter
Research Area: Groundwater-surface water modeling
Email : lscantle@ucdavis.edu
Simms, Bradley
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Thomas Harter, Laura Foglia
Research Area: Physical Hydrology
Email : bmsimms@ucdavis.edu
Speiser, William
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: John Largier
Research Area: Coastal Oceanography
Email : whspeiser@ucdavis.edu
Waldman, Kira
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Helen Dahlke
Research Area: Groundwater contaminant fate and transport & Managed Aquifer Recharge
Email : kjwaldman@ucdavis.edu
Wiener, Jason
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Greg Pasternack
Research Area: TBD
Email : jswiener@ucdavis.edu
Wright, Rachel
Degree Program:
Major Professor: Greg Pasternack
Research Area: MS
Email : rewright@ucdavis.edu
Rosas, David
Degree program: MS
Major Professor: Samuel Sandoval Solis
Research Area: Water Policy and Water Resource Management
Email address: dmrosas@ucdavis.edu
