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Meet the members

Erkan Istanbulluoglu

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Principal Investigator

Amanda Manaster

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PhD student 
(Forest road erosion)

Jeff Keck

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PhD Student
(Generation and transport of sediment in river networks)

Eli Schwat 

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MS Student
(Quantification of mountain erosion using SfM )

Zhuoran Duan

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PhD student
​(Hydrologic modeling of extremes)

Shelby Ahrendt

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Collaborating PhD student
(River change and flood risk)

Lauren Wittkopf

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Undergrad Research Assistant
​(Forest road erosion)

Alumni

Graduate Students:
Dr. Sai Nudurupati, PhD 2020.  "Development of an open-source ecohydrology model using Landlab with applications in semi-arid landscapes". Currently at Jacobs Consulting, Sacramento, CA.

Dr. Ronda Strauch, PhD, 2017,  " Probabilistic Modeling of Shallow Landslides at Regional Scales" Currently:  Climate Change Research and Adaptation Advisor at Seattle City Light.

Dr. Chris Frans, PhD, 2015. "Implications of Glacier Recession for Water Resources" Currently: US Army Corps of Engineers.

Dr. Omer Yetemen,  MS 2008, PhD, 2014, "Modeling the role of solar radiation on landscape development". Currently Assistant Prof. Istanbul Technical University. 

Dr. Domenico Caracciolo, PhD, 2014. "Modeling the past and future dynamic of the vegetation patterns at catchment scale using an ecohydrological Cellular Automata model" ( visiting student from Univ. Palermo, IT, co-advised with Prof L. V. Noto). Now Sardinia Environ. Protect. Agency.

Olivia Wright, MS thesis, 2012. "Restoring the hydrologic response to pre-developed conditions in an urbanized headwater catchment: Reality or utopia" Currently at King County, WA.

Dr. Evren Soylu, PhD, 2011, UNL, "Evapotranspiration and water table interactions in regions of shallow groundwater: Sensitivity to soil properties, vegetation, and climate variability".  co-chaired with Dr. John Lenters. Now in University of Wisconsin.

Dr. Xiouchi Zhou, MS thesis, 2011. "Modeling the impact of topography on tree, shrub, grass competition based on ecohydrological dynamics of semiarid climates". Currently post-doc at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University.

Postdocs, Research Scientists, PhD collaborators:
Dr. Christina Bandaragoda, Senior Research Scientist, 2015-2021. Hydrologic Modeling, Hydroshare applications of Landlab. 

Dr. Claire Beveridge, collaborator during PhD, 2020. Network Sediment Transport Modeling. Currently, Florida International University.


Dr. Allison Pfeiffer, Postdoc, 2018. Fluvial Geomorphology. Currently Assistant Prof. of Geology at Western Washington University.

Dr. Homero Flores, Postdoc, 2010-2012. Ecohydologic and Geomorphologic Interactions. Currently at King County, WA.

​Dr. Tiejun Wang, Postdoc, 2008-2010. Topic: Evapotranspiration and Groundwater relations, Currently, Prof of Hydrology at Tianjin University, Institute of Surface-Earth System Sciences.

Visitors:
Dr. Jimmy Phuong, Automated retrieval of hydrometeorological data using Landlab,  UW Biomedical Informatics Program, 2018-2019.

Dr. Chongli Di, Impacts of climate change on hydrology, China, 10/2017-10/2018

Dr. Petter Nyman, Wildfire impacts on runoff and erosion, University Melbourne, AUS  3/2016-8/2016

Dr. Gu Wenguan, Modeling macro-scale hydrology, China, 08/2012-07/2013

Dr. Yung-Ling Huang, Landsliding in Taiwan, Taiwan, 09/2012-08/2013

Dr. Yung-Feng Huang, The role of typhoons in hydro-geomorphologic response in Taiwan, 09/2012-08/2013

Dr. Jianxia Chang, Yellow River Hydrology, China, 2012
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Dr. Yimin Wang, Yellow River Hydrology, China, 2012

​Undergrad Research Assistants:
Kaylie Dennehy, Landslide modeling using Landlab, 2021-2022. Now, intern with USGS Tacoma.


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