People
Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
Ximing Cai, Ph.D.
Email xmcai@nospam6425f6fd3bf9b.illinois.edu
Title Colonel Harry F. and Frankie M. Lovell Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering
Marcelo H. Garcia, Ph.D.
Email mhgarcia@nospam6425f6fd3c068.illinois.edu
Title M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Chair in Civil Engineering; Director, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory
Megan Konar, Ph.D.
Email mkonar@nospam6425f6fd3c11d.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor
Department Civil and Environmental Engineering
Praveen Kumar, Ph.D.
Email kumar1@nospam6425f6fd3c1eb.illinois.edu
Title Colonel Harry F. and Frankie M. Lovell Professor
Arthur R. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Email aschmidt@nospam6425f6fd3c430.illinois.edu
Title Clinical Associate Professor
Affiliated Faculty
Jim Best, Ph.D.
Email jimbest@nospam6425f6fd3dda8.illinois.edu
Title Threet Professor
Department Geology
Research Area Earth surface processes and sedimentary geology
Leonardo P. Chamorro
Email lpchamo@nospam6425f6fd3de7a.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor
Department Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Research Area Fluid mechanics and turbulence, wind and hydrokinetic energy, geophysical flows, complex boundary layer processes and flow-structure interaction
Francina Dominquez
Email francina@nospam6425f6fd3df3f.illinois.edu
Title Professor
Department Atmospheric Sciences
Research Area Precipitation and hydrometeorological processes, climate modeling and climate change analysis, and climate processes and interactions
Jennifer Druhan
Email jdruhan@nospam6425f6fd3e002.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor
Department Geology
Research Area Reactive Transport, Isotope Fractionation, Numerical Methods
Maryam Ghadiri
Email mghadiri@nospam6425f6fd3e0c3.illinois.edu
Title Lecturer
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Office 3018 Civil Eng Hydrosystems Lab
Research Area Hydrology and Water-Food-Energy Nexus
Kaiyu Guan
Email kaiyug@nospam6425f6fd3e1a4.illinois.edu
Title Assistant Professor
Department Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
Research Area Ecohydrology, remote sensing, crop modeling and forecasting
Yu-Feng Lin
Email yflin@nospam6425f6fd3e289.illinois.edu
Title Clinical Professor
Department Illinois State Geological Survey
Research Area Hydrogeology, water resources, geothermal exchange, energy and numerical modeling
Bruce Rhoads
Email brhoads@nospam6425f6fd3e34f.illinois.edu
Title Professor
Department Geography & Geographic Information Science
Research Area Rivers, Watersheds, & Landscape Dynamics
Zhenxing Zhang
Email zhang538@nospam6425f6fd3e412.illinois.edu
Title Associate Research Scientist
Department Illinois State Water Survey
Research Area water resources planning and management, hydrology and hydraulic modeling
Emeritus Faculty
Gary Parker, Ph.D.
Email parkerg@nospam6425f6fd3f118.illinois.edu
Title Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering W. H. Johnson Professor of Geology
Albert J. Valocchi, Ph.D.
Email valocchi@nospam6425f6fd3f1f6.illinois.edu
Title Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering
Department Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Area Groundwater Hydraulics and Pollutant Transport
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Yu Chen
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Email ychenpku@nospam6425f6fd41ae0.illinois.edu
Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Som Dutta, Phd
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Email dutta5@nospam6425f6fd42719.illinois.edu
Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Allison Goodwell
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Email allison@nospam6425f6fd43d6e.goodwell.net
Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Students
Ph.D. Students
Andres Rojas Aguirre
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Email afr3@nospam6425f6fd48458.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Jorge San Juan Blanco
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Email snjnbln2@nospam6425f6fd49f07.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Christopher Chini
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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure Systems
Matthew Czapiga
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Email czapiga2@nospam6425f6fd4b987.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Leila Hernandez
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Email lch2@nospam6425f6fd4d8a4.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Nicole Jackson
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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program
Amir Hossein Kohanpur
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Email kohanpu2@nospam6425f6fd50166.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Lauren Logan
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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program
William Naggaga Lubega
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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program
Paul Ruess
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Email ruess2@nospam6425f6fd57b0e.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering Science
Majid Shafiee-Jood
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Email shafiee2@nospam6425f6fd58bfe.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Reshmina William
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Email willi149@nospam6425f6fd5a941.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure Systems
M.S. Students
Chieh-Ying (Cindy) Chen
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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Lucas Djehdian
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Title M.S. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program
Staff
Jennifer Bishop
Email jbishop4@nospam6425f6fd67c1c.illinois.edu
Title Office Support Specialist
Department Water Resource Engineering and Science
Office 3120 DCL, MC-250
205 N. Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
205 N. Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone (217) 300-4545
Andrew Waratuke
Email awaratuk@nospam6425f6fd67d0f.illinois.edu
Title Research Engineer/Lab Manager
Department Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Lab
Office 1540 Hydrosystems Laboratory
205 N. Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
205 N. Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone (217) 244-5158
Alumni
Oscar Garcia-Cabrejo
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Email garcia30@nospam6425f6fd6a26f.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Harsev Singh
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Email hsingh14@nospam6425f6fd6b2f3.illinois.edu
Title M.S. Student
Department Environmental Engineering and Science
2007
Meredith Carr
2010
Blake J. Landry, Ph.D.
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Email blandry2@nospam6425f6fd6d1f1.illinois.edu
Title Phd, 2010
Department Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory
Office 1534 Hydrosystems Laboratory
John Watson
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Title M.S., 2010
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
2012
Justin Boldt
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Title M.S., 2012
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Javier Hernandez
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Title M.S., 2012
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
2013
Davide Motta, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Esther Eke, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Sumit Sinha, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Venkatraman Srinivasan, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Andrew Erickson
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Title M.S. 2012
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Carolina Lara
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Title M.S. 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Brittany Rittenbacher
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Title M.S. 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Brynne Storsved
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Title M.S., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
2014
Nam Jeong Choi, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2014
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Tatiana Garcia Botero, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2014
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Alec Robertson
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Title M.S., 2014
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
2015
Jose Mier, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Zachary Barker
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Email zbarker2@nospam6425f6fd78c69.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Viviana Morales, Phd
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Email morale25@nospam6425f6fd7a4c9.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Marielys Ramos
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Title M.S., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Andrew Rehn
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Email rehn1@nospam6425f6fd7ca64.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
2016
David S. Ancalle
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Email ancalle2@nospam6425f6fd7ec20.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Zachary Barnaal
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Debsunder Dutta, Phd
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Email ddutta3@nospam6425f6fd7fbeb.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Som Dutta, Phd
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Email dutta5@nospam6425f6fd7fdac.illinois.edu
Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Yao Hu, Phd
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Email yaohu2@nospam6425f6fd809e5.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Esteban Lacunza
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Phong Le, Phd
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Title Post-Doc, Ph.D., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Fernanda Maciel Yo
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Email maciely2@nospam6425f6fd82465.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Wesley Mercado
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Email wtmerca2@nospam6425f6fd825c4.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Zhenduo Zhu, Phd
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Title Ph.D., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Roberto Takahashi
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Oswaldo Torres
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
2017
Landon Marston
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Email lmarsto2@nospam6425f6fd851da.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Harsev Singh
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Email hsingh14@nospam6425f6fd8538c.illinois.edu
Title M.S. Student
Department Environmental Engineering and Science
David Waterman
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Email waterma3@nospam6425f6fd860f0.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering