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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.
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Alemán, Maria Fernanda Morales
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Xiaoli Dong
Research Area: TBD
Email: mfmoralesaleman@ucdavis.edu
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Bonarrigo, Amber
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Laura Foglia, Helen Dahlke
Research Area: Groundwater and vadose modeling of AgMAR projects
Email: abonarrigo@ucdavis.edu
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Bonfil, Cassandra
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Isaya Kisekka
Research Area: Groundwater and vadose zone contaminant fate and transport; Soil nitrate sensing
Email: cbonfil@ucdavis.edu
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Chen, Charlie
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Dr. Isaya Kisekka and Dr. Yufang Jin
Research Area: Examing the impact of cover cropping in young pistachio
orchards
Email : chache@ucdavis.edu
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Edwards, Erica Blair
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Mallika Nocco
Research Area: High resolution monitoring and modeling of evapotranspiration in irrigated crops using proximal, satellite and eddy covariance sensory instruments.
Email: eredwards@ucdavis.edu
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Koehl, Arthur
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Gregory Pasternack
Research Area: River restoration; urban stream landslide-flood synergistic risk in the SF Bay Area
UCD Email Address: avkoehl@ucdavis.edu
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Kozar, Daniel
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: John Largier, Xiaoli Dong
Research Area: TBD
Email : djkozar@ucdavis.edu
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Liu, Miles
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: John Largier
Research Area: Costal Oceanography, Estuarine Dynamics.
Email : miqliu@ucdavis.edu
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Magee, Brian
Degree Program: MS
Major Professor: Thomas Harter
Research Area: Stormwater quality and use, soil health and recarbonization
Email : bmagee@ucdavis.edu
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Pakzadeh, Behrooz
Degree program: PhD
Major Professor: Pramod Pandey
Research Area: Stormwater Quality
Email: bpakzadeh@ucdavis.edu
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Ondris, Kirsten
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Helen Dahlke
Research Area: Hydrologic and statistical modeling to inform optimization and planning of AgMAR sites
Email : kondris@ucdavis.edu
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Pasner, Yara
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Helen Dahlke
Research Area: Numerical modeling to inform regional groundwater management and policy
Email : ympasner@ucdavis.edu
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Phillips, Sierra
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Greg Pasternack
Research Area: Ecohydrology, riparian vegetation, river restoration design and analysis
Email : sjphillips@ucdavis.edu
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Saiz, Ramon
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Sam Sandoval
Research Area: Integrated water resources modeling, hydrology, hydraulic modeling, climatology (Evapotranspiration).
Email : rsaiz@ucdavis.edu
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Scantlebury, Leland
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Thomas Harter
Research Area: Groundwater-surface water modeling
Email : lscantle@ucdavis.edu
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Speiser, William
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: John Largier
Research Area: Coastal Oceanography
Email : whspeiser@ucdavis.edu
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Waldman, Kira
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Dr. Helen Dahlke
Research Area: Groundwater contaminant fate and transport & Managed Aquifer Recharge
Email : kjwaldman@ucdavis.edu
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Xu, Nuo
Degree Program: PhD
Major Professor: Prof. Andre Daccache
Research Area: Remote Sensing, Crop and Soil Spatial Variability, Water Resources Management, Crop and Climate Change Modeling
Email : nnnxu@ucdavis.edu
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