Current
Safeeq Khan, PhD
Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Water and Watershed Sciences, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) & Assistant Adjunct Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced
Education:
Ph.D., 2010 — University of Hawaii- Manoa
M.Tech., 2005 — Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
B.Tech., 2003 — CAS University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur
Research Interests:
-Watershed Hydrology
-Hydrological Modeling
-Climate Change
-Capacity Building and Decision Support Data/Tools
Office: SRE 411
Email: msafeeq@ucmerced.edu
Phone: (209) 386-3623
Ryan Bart, PhD
Project Scientist, Siera Nevada Reseach Institute
Education:
Ph.D., 2014 — Geography, UC Santa Barbara and San Diego State Univeristy
M.S., 2008 — Geography, San Diego State Univeristy
B.S., 2001 — Genetics, UC Davis
Research Interests:
-Ecohydrology
-Vegetation Disturbance and Management
-Climate Change
Office: SRE 425
Email: rbart@ucmerced.edu
Web:http://ryanrbart.com/
Max Eriksson, PhD
Project Scientist, Siera Nevada Reseach Institute
Education:
Ph.D., 2017 — Political Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
M.S., 2011 — Political Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
B.S., 2003 — Political Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Research Interests:
-Conservation Biology
-Social Networks
-Data Sceince
Office: SRE 427
Email:
Chandan Singh, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Sierra Nevada Research Institute
Education:
Ph.D., 2018 —Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
M.Tech., 2014 —Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
B.E., 2006 —Civil Engineering, Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College (RKNEC), Nagpur, India
Research Interests:
-Groundwater and Surface Water Hydrology,
-Climate Change,
-Geostatistics & Geoinformatics,
-Numerical Modeling,
Office: SRE 413
Email: csingh6@ucmerced.edu
Weichao Guo, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Co-supervised by Prof. Roger Bales), Sierra Nevada Research Institute
Education:
Ph.D., 2018 —Physical Geography, Peking University, Beijing, China
B.S., 2013 —Geography, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Research Interests:
-Vegetation Dynamics & Ecosystem Modeling,
-Water-Carbon Interaction,
-Climate Change,
Office: SRE 425
Email: wguo5@ucmerced.edu
Stefano Casirati
PhD Student (co-supervised by Prof. Martha Conklin) & Graduate Research Assistant, Sierra Nevada Research Institute
Education:
M.E., 2014 —Environmental engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
B.E., 2011 —Environmental engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Research Interests:
-Hydrologic Modeling,
-Climate Change,
-Land Use Change,
Office: SRE 416-02
Email: scasirati@ucmerced.edu
Anshika Kandhway
PhD Student (co-supervised by Professor Conklin) & Graduate Research Assistant, Sierra Nevada Research Institute
Education:
M.S., 2016 —Environmental Science and Resource Management, TERI University, New Delhi, India
B.S., 2014 —Chemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Research Interests:
-Food-Energy-Water Nexus,
-Climate Change,
-Water Resources Management,
Office: SRE 416-02
Email: akandhway@ucmerced.edu
Cameron Zuber
MS Student, Environmental Systems
Education:
B.S., 2007 —Environmental Biology and Management, UC Davis
Research Interests:
-Agriculture Water Management,
-Agroecology,
-Soil Health,
Office: SRE 416-02
Email: czuber@ucmerced.edu
Past Members
Phil Saksa, PhD
Title: Associate Specialist (2015-2016)
Current Position: Independent Consultant
Mohammad Sohrabi, PhD
Title: Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2016-2018)
Current Position: Hydrologist and Water Resources Engineer II, Taney Engineering, Las Vegas, NV 89118.
Patrick Womble
Title: Staff Research Associate III, Sierra Nevada Research Institute
Current Position: Project Manager, Regional Waste Authority, Merced, CA 95348