Collaborators

Ryan Bart

Disturbance Ecohydrologist at UC Merced

I study the impacts of land-cover and climate change on ecohydrologic processes. My most recent project is exploring the connections between land management, wildfire, and ecosystem processes. 

When I am not working, I am usually spending time with my wife and two boys. My interests include building with blocks, reading Captain Underpants and playing Pokémon… OK, actually my boys’ interests, but I get roped into doing them quite frequently. Time for cycling, backpacking and world travel is more elusive.

Example of Published Work: Bart R, Hope A. (2014) Inter-seasonal variability in baseflow recession rates: The role of aquifer antecedent storage in central California watersheds. Journal of Hydrology, 519, 205-213. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.020

Office: Bren Hall, Laboratory 1005 
Email: rbart3@ucmerced.edu
Website: http://ryanrbart.com

Erin Hanan

Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology, UNR

I study interactions among plant, soil, and hydrologic processes in arid systems. Disturbances such as wildfire, insect outbreaks, and forest clearing, play an important role in these dynamics, and in many ecosystems, disturbance events are becoming more frequent and severe in response to climate change and growing human populations. I use process-based models, remote sensing, and empirical analysis to answer questions about how climate change will affect future fire regimes, how these shifts will alter biogeochemical and ecohydrologic processes, and how we can mitigate the effects of climate change through management.

Example of Published Work: Hanan EJ, Schimel JP, Dowdy K, D’Antonio CM (2016). Effects of substrate supply, pH and char on nitrogen cycling in soils from a wildfire-structured age gradient in California chaparral. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 95:87-99.

Office: Fire & Dryland Ecosystems Lab, University of Reno, NV
Email: ehanan@unr.edu
Website: erinhanan.com

Yun Yang

Post-Doc Researcher at USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab

I am interested at evapotranspiration estimation from field to continental scale by fusing satellite data from multiple sensors, for example, GOES, MODIS and Landsat.

During my spare time I like to travel to different places, explore different cultures, and read.

Example of Published Work: Monitoring of water use, drought and yield impacts using imagery from multiple satellites. Sept. 7, 2015

Location: USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD
Email: yun.yang@ars.usda.gov
Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/

Max Moritz

Wildfire Specialist with UC Cooperative Extension and UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management Adjunct Professor

Much of my work is focused on understanding the dynamics of fire regimes at relatively broad scales and applying this information in ecosystem management. We use quantitative analyses of fire history, examining the relative importance of different mechanisms that drive fire patterns on the landscape, to develop a variety of fire models.

Example of Published Work: Moritz, M.A.; Butsic, V. (2020). Building to Coexist with Fire: Community Risk Reduction Measures for New Development in California. UC ANR Publication 8680.

Location: University of California, Santa Barbara
Email: mmoritz@ucsb.edu
Website: https://moritzfirelab.org/

Adrian Harpold

Associate Professor of Mountain Ecohydrology at University of Nevada, Reno

Dr. Adrian Harpold’s interests are in understanding the fate and transport of water, energy, carbon, and biogeochemical solutes at the landscape scale through improved understanding of ecohydrological processes. His research threads between basic and applied science.

Example of Published Work: Harpold AA, Krogh SA, Kholer M, Eckberg D, Greenberg J, Sterle G, Broxton PD (2020). Increasing the efficacy of forest thinning for snow using high‐resolution modeling: A proof of concept in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California, USA. Ecohydrology, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2203.

Location: University of Nevada, Reno
Email: aharpold@cabnr.unr.edu
Website: https://naes.unr.edu/harpold/

Ryan Niemeyer

WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources

I study the impacts of forest thinning in the dry forests of the Pacific Northwest on streamflow and tree-drought resilience. My research includes both simulating tree thinning with computer models and working directly with forest owners and managers to learn about and apply forest thinning strategies.

Example of Published Work: Niemeyer, R. J., Link, T. E., Seyfried, M. S., & Flerchinger, G. N. (2016). Surface water input from snowmelt and rain throughfall in western juniper: potential impacts of climate change and shifts in semi‐arid vegetation. Hydrological Processes, 30(17), 3046-3060

Location: Pullman, WA
Email: ryan.niemeyer@wsu.edu
Website: https://ryniemeyer.wordpress.com/

Ethan Turpin

Santa Barbara based Artist

I’ve long been attracted to using artistic tools to grapple with large themes discussed in the sciences, and present slices of what may be hard to discern.  Artists are afforded expressive freedoms that scientists are not, but we benefit from their methods of establishing empirical content. I produce experiences which I intend to be so sensory-rich that thought may subside in a kind of media-induced meditation. 

Example of Work: https://burncycleproject.com/

Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Email: ethan@burncycleproject.com
Website: http://www.ethanturpin.com/