Facilities & Field Research Sites
Hydrologic Sciences
Faculty
The faculty within the Hydrologic Sciences Program represent a variety disciplines including Geosciences, Civil Engineering, Mathematics and Biology. In addition to a list hydrologic science faculty, a brief description of the disciplines in which they work is found below.
Warren Barrash, (Geosciences) Physical Hydrogeology, Hydrogeophysics
Shawn Benner, (Geosciences) Water quality, Global Change, Hydrology
John Bradford, (Geosciences) Hydrogeophysics, Glacial Hydrology
Alejondro Flores, (Geosciences) Hydrology, hydrologic modeling,
data assimilation
Molly
Gribb, (Civil Engineering) Hydrogeology, Vadose Zone Hydrology
Bwalya Malama, (Geosciences) Hydrogeology
Jim McNamara, (Geosciences) Surface Water Hydrology and Watershed Science
Jodi Mead (Mathematics) Computational Mathematics and Data Assimilation
Sondra
Miller (Civil Engineering) Environmental Transport Processes
George
Murgel (Civil Engineering) Aqueous Geochemistry and Water Treatment
Kevin Feris, (Biology) Geomicrobiology,
Contaminant Hydrogeology
Jennifer Pierce, (Geosciences) Geomorphology, Global Climate Change
Venkataraman Sridhar, (Civil Engineering) Hydrologic Modeling, Hydrometeorology
David Wilkins, (Geosciences) Geomorphology, Global Climate Change
Active Subdisciplines at Boise State
University
Physical Hydrogeology: The study of groundwater, its flow,
distribution, and the processes controlling its behavior.
Surface Water Hydrology: The study of surface water, its flow,
distribution, and the processes controlling its behavior.
Vadose Zone Hydrology: The study of subsurface water located above
the groundwater table, including processes controlling its behavior.
Water Quality and Aqueous Geochemistry: The study of water chemistry, processes controlling water quality, and the application of chemical tools to a variety of hydrologic questions.
Hydrology The study of the processes, physical, chemical and biological, that impact the quantity, quality, or distribution of water from the microscopic to the global scale.
Biogeochemistry: The study of elemental cycling and processes at the
microscopic to global scale with an emphasis on interaction of biology,
chemistry and physics.
Global Climate Change: The study of the interaction of the bio, geo,
hydro and atmospheres and their influence on global climate change.
Geomicrobiology: The study of microbial populations and associated
processes in ground and surface water.
Fluvial Geomorphology: The study of feedbacks between stream systems, fluvial processes and landforms, and ecology in river systems.
Hydrogeophysics: The study and application of geophysical techniques to shallow subsurface questions, often interrogating groundwater related questions.
Glacial Hydrology: The study of glaciers, their structure and function, and their role in the hydrologic budget and global climate change.
Numerical Methods: The study and application of mathematical and often computer based tools to the study of hydrologic processes.
Contaminant Hydrogeology: The study of the fate and treatment of contaminants in groundwater.
