Meet the team!
Dr. Laura Condon
Associate Professor Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences
Research interests: Large-scale water sustainability and the dynamic behavior of managed hydrologic systems in the context of past development and future climate change.
lecondon@arizona.edu | @lcofthedesert | research gate
Students
Luis De La Fuente
PhD Student
Research interests: Filling the gaps between Hydrology and Machine Learning, Lumped models, streamflow and groundwater interactions.
ldelafue@arizona.edu | @LuisDeL78071021
Patricia Puente
PhD Student
Research interests: Nonlinear streamflow time series analysis, groundwater, and machine learning.
ppuente@arizona.edu | @ppuentex
Danielle Tadych
PhD Student
Research interests: Exploring Connections Between Groundwater, Agriculture, and Economics in Arizona using Hydrologic and Economic Models
dtadych@arizona.edu
Amanda Triplett
PhD Student
aktriplett@arizona.edu
Ben West
Masters Student
Research interests: Groundwater modeling
benjaminwest@arizona.edu
Post Docs and Staff
Rubab Saher
Post Doctoral Researcher
rsaher@arizona.edu
Will Lytle
R&D Software Engineer III
welytle@arizona.edu
Fall 2022
Fall 2019
Fall 2021
Syracuse 2019
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Former Students
| NAME | POSITION | THESIS/AREA OF INTEREST | YEAR GRADUATED |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Farley | MS Student and Coverdell Fellow | Exploring connections between idealized watershed properties and signal filtering using spectral analysis | 2021 |
| Matthew Thomas Ford | MS Student | Connections between cropping trends, water availability, and groundwater regulations in Arizona | 2022 |
| Robert “Quinn” Hull | MS Student | Using simulation-based inference to determine the parameters of an integrated hydrologic model: a case study from the upper Colorado river basin | 2022 |
| Mekha Pereira | MS Student | Statistical relationships between groundwater, climatic, and economic factors in southeastern Arizona | 2022 |
| Garrett Rapp | MS Student | Sensitivity of Simulated Mountain-Block Hydrology to Subsurface Conceptualization | 2021 |
| Rachel Spinti | BS/MS Student | An analysis of the impact of small dams on river fragmentation and regulation in the contiguous united states | 2021 |
| Emily Gaub | MS Syracuse University, Spring 2018 | Evaluating Baseflow Recession Behavior using the Integrated Hydrologic Model ParFlow | 2018 |
| Nima Fayez | MS Syracuse University, Spring 2018 | Climate Change Impacts on Western Reservoir Operations: A Case Study of Bull Run Watershed, Portland, Oregon | 2018 |
| Karyn Ehmann | MS Syracuse University, Fall 2017 | Monitoring turbidity from above: Applying small unoccupied aerial vehicles to image in-stream turbidity | 2017 |
Former Postdocs and Staff
| NAME | POSITION | THESIS/AREA OF INTEREST |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jun Zhang | Postdoctoral Researcher | National Groundwater Modeling |
| Dr. Katie Markovich | Postdoctoral Researcher (2018-2020) | Sustainable groundwater management in arid mountain block systems |
| Daniel Luna | R&D Software Engineer | Software and machine learning |
| Tanisha Lohchab | Masters Student | Data Science |