PEOPLE

Desert Research Institute (DRI)

• Ken Adams
  Ph.D. 1997 University of Nevada — Reno, Geological Sciences.
  Research interests lie in the fields of geomorphology and landscape dynamics. Specifically, how different geomorphic systems— including fluvial, lacustrine, and alluvial— respond to changes in climate and active tectonic deformation.

• Scott Bassett
  D.Des. 2001 Harvard University — Graduate School of Design, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
  A conservation biologist and geographic information systems specialist with over 10 years experience in using computers to address spatial natural resource issues. Utilizing algorithm optimization techniques to locate conservation reserves (the subject of his graduate work) he has addressed how aesthetics and vertebrate diversity interact to add value to a conservation network. Applied geographic information science to a host of land use concerns in various locations around the world.

• Shawn Benner

• Doug Boyle
  Ph.D. University of Arizona, TucsonHydrology and Water Resources.
  Research interest lies in watershed hydrology; integrated modeling of watershed scale processes related to water quantity and quality; streamflow forecasting; GIS, remote sensing; sensitivity analysis; automatic and manual parameter estimation; and multi-criteria analysis.

• Tom Bullard
  Ph.D. 1995 University of New Mexico, Earth and Planetary Sciences.
  Basic and applied research in geology and geomorphology related to landscape evolution, fluvial system behavior, geologic hazards and hazardous waste disposal that includes: soils-geomorphic applications to landscape evolution in arid, semi-arid, alpine, and tropical regions; applied tectonic geomorphology research on blind thrust faults for earthquake hazard assessment; landslide investigations; fluvial geomorphology; geoarchaeology.

• Dong Chen
• Li Chen
• Jennifer Duan
  Ph.D., Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Mississippi.
  Dr. Duan's research experience and interests include experimental studies on turbulent flow, sediment transport, and channel morphological processes. She has developed an enhanced two-dimensional numerical model to simulate the alluvial channel initiation, widening, and migration processes.

• Steve Mizell
  Ph.D., Geoscience-Hydrology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro.
  Dr. Mizell's research interests include estimation of recharge to regional aquifer systems, delineation and interactions of groundwater flow systems; stream-aquifer interaction in semi-arid environments; contaminant transport through the subsurface under saturated and partially saturated conditions; spatial and temporal variations in groundwater quality and chemistry.

• John Warwick
  Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
  Research interests are focused on numerical modeling of the transport and fate of contaminants in surface water systems. Prior initiatives have included investigating the impacts of nutrients on stream algal growth and resulting dissolved oxygen spatial/temporal patterns, monitoring and modeling the transport of sediment and associated mercury in fluvial systems, and simulating the effects of non-point source pollutants on in-stream water quality.

• Michael Young
  Ph.D., Soil/Water Science (Soil Physics), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  Dr. Young’s research interests and experience have focused on the movement of water and solutes in the vadose zone, soil water recharge in disturbed and undisturbed soil systems, determining hydraulic and transport properties of soils, designing systems for long-term monitoring of disposal sites (both radioactive and non-radioactive), and designing and implementing field-scale experimental facilities.