Principal Investigators Affiliated with the IWW

Below is a list of faculty working directly with the Institute for Water and Watersheds.

Name Home Department/Unit Expertise
Bolte, John OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering

decision support, artificial intelligence, watershed analysis

Campana, Michael OSU Geosciences

hydrogeology, groundwater policy

Chan, Sam OSU Extension Sea Grant

extension, watershed restoration, invasive species

Daly, Chris OSU Geosciences

Director, PRISM Group, geospatial climatology

Duncan, Sally Institute for Natural Resources

social acceptance of resource management

Gosnell, Hannah OSU Geosciences

integrated land and water resource management

Grant, Gordon OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, OSU Geosciences, courtesy faculty from USDA Forest Service

structure and dynamics of mountain streams

Gregory, Stanley OSU Fisheries and Wildlife

stream ecosystems: channel dynamics, woody debris, water chemistry, benthic algae, invertebrates, fish, salamanders, riparian vegetation

Haggerty, Roy OSU Geosciences

hydrogeology, hydrology

Hulse, David UO Landscape Architecture

GIS, natural resources planning

Jarvis, W. Todd OSU Geosciences, OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds

groundwater policy, conflict resolution

Kleibacker, Megan OSU Extension Sea Grant

Extension; watershed education

Lancaster, Stephen OSU Geosciences

landscape analysis, geomorphology

Leon, Arturo OSU Civil and Construction Engineering

Transient flows, Real-time control of complex hydraulic systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Flood control and physical modeling of hydraulic structures

McDonnell, Jeffrey OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

hillslope hydrology and isotopes as tracers

Nolin, Anne OSU Geosciences

remote sensing, snow hydrology

Santelmann, Mary OSU Geosciences

Director, Water Resources Graduate Program; wetlands ecology

Selker, John OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering

vadose zone hydrology and modeling

Surfleet, Chris OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

hydrologic assessment of industrial forest management

Tullos, Desiree OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering

ecohydraulics, river morphology and restoration

Vache, Kellie OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering

watershed hydrology and modeling, alternative futures, GIS

Wolf, Aaron OSU Geosciences

water resources policy, conflict resolution