The AWI Faculty Fellowship program recognizes The University of Alabama faculty for outstanding research, extension, and education programs that significantly advance UA’s interdisciplinary water-related communities of science. Faculty at the assistant professor rank, including equivalent non-tenure-track faculty, are eligible for the Early Career AWI Faculty Fellowship. Faculty at the associate or full professor rank, including equivalent non-tenure-track faculty, are eligible for the Distinguished Alabama Water Institute Faculty Fellowship.
| Name | Title | College and Department | Profile Page | Research Field Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Ijaz | Executive Director | The University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Business, Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) | culverhouse.ua.edu/people/ahmad-ijaz/ | economic analysis, economic impact, economic forecasting, state data center, demographic and socio-economic analysis |
| Aijun Song | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-aijun-song/ | acoustic signal processing, ocean acoustics, environmental sensing |
| Amanda Koh | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-amanda-koh/ | Material interfaces, surfactants, functional foams, soft robotics, stretchable electronics |
| Amobichukwu Amanambu | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography and Environment | www.linkedin.com/in/amobichukwu/ | Hydro-Environmental Systems, Water Resources, Climate Change, Hydrological Extremes, Geospatial Technologies, Machine Learning, hydrological drought, UAVs |
| Andrew Abagai Ali | Graduate Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/ali-andrew/ | Nested watersheds; Biogeochemical fluxes; Hydrologic modeling; hydrologic connectivity; water quality; South Sandy Creek; Alabama |
| Ann C. Arnold | Geologist | Geological Survey of Alabama | www.gsa.state.al.us/gsa/groundwater/staff | hydrogeologist, Principal Investigator for National Groundwater Monitoring Network (USGS), Alabama Real-Time water well network |
| Arial Shogren | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/arial-shogren/ | Stream and watershed ecology, biogeochemistry, ecohydrology |
| Benjamin Titus | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | http://tituslab.ua.edu/, _blank | Symbiosis, Evolution, Sea Anemones, Phylogenetics, Marine Biology, |
| Bennett Bearden | Adjunct Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography and Environment | geography.ua.edu/people/bennett-bearden/ | Water Policy Water Law Water Policy and Legal Analysis Hydropolicy Public Policy Development Water Diplomacy Transboundary Water Conflict Interstate and Instrastate “water wars” Food-Energy-Water Nexus Water Quality and Quantity Science-Policy-Law Interfaces International Water Law and Policy Mekong River Southeast Asia Governmental Affairs Litigation |
| Bharat Mehra | EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice and Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Communications & Information Sciences, School of Library and Information Studies | sites.ua.edu/bmehra/ | Diversity & Inclusion, Intercultural Communication, Social Justice in Library & Information Science, Environmental Justice, Critical & Cross-Cultural Studies, Community Engagement, Community Informatics, Rural Libraries, Human Information Behaviors of Underserved Populations, Action Research, Qualitative Methods. |
| Bingqing Lu | Professor, SBIRT Field Data Supervisor | The University of Alabama, School of Social Work | socialwork.ua.edu/2023/07/04/lu-bingqing/ | Hydrogeology |
| Brad Bates | Geospatial Developer | Lynker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | lynker.com | hydroinformatics, inundation, national water model, geospatial, developer, national water center, nwc, noaa, insurance, geography, water |
| Brenna Sweetman | Social Scientist | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center | water.noaa.gov/about/nwc | social science, coastal management |
| Brittany VandeBerg | Associate Professor, Associate Chair | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | cj.ua.edu/people/brittany-vandeberg/ | Maritime crime, piracy, IUU fishing, seafarers, criminal justice reform, security, East Africa |
| Carla L Atkinson | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/carla-atkinson/ | ecological stoichiometry, stream ecology, climate change, conservation biology, mussels, amphibians, aquatic insects |
| Ch’Ree Essary | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, Department of Advertising and Public Relations | cis.ua.edu/people/ | Science Public Relations, Strategic Communication, Public Understanding of Science, Humor |
| Chelsea Smith | Ph.D. Candidate | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/chelsea-smith/ | stream ecology, aquatic entomology, ecosystem ecology, stoichiometry |
| Christina Staudhammer | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/christina-staudhammer/ | Statistical modeling; ecological models; urban forest dynamics; eddy covariance data |
| Christopher Lynn | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Anthropology | sites.ua.edu/cdlynn/ | cultural impacts on health, human behavioral ecology, biocultural medical anthropology, geophagy, tattooing, immune function, endocrine function |
| Chuntian Wang | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Mathematics | math.ua.edu/people/chuntian-wang/ | Partial differential equations; partial differential equations; fluid mechanics; agent based model |
| Courtney Boman | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, Department of Advertising and Public Relations | sites.ua.edu/cboman/ | misinformation; disinformation; public relations; strategic communication; crisis communication; risk communication |
| Courtney Helfrecht | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Anthropology | anthropology.ua.edu/people/courtney-helfrecht/ | Biocultural medical anthropology, stress/stressors, biomarkers, developmental trajectories, sociocultural and evolutionary determinants of childhood health and growth, water pollutants |
| Daan Liang | Director for the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-daan-liang/ | wind engineering, community resilience, risk modeling |
| David Breault | Graduate Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | sites.ua.edu/bensteadlab/ | Community Ecology, Metagenomics, Trophic Ecology |
| Dawen Li | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-dawen-li/ | Solar Power System Design and Implementation, Water Treatment, Solar-Powered Water Flow and Quality Monitoring |
| Drew Taylor | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-drew-taylor/ | radar, digital systems, fpga, embedded systems |
| Ellen Griffith Spears | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of American Studies and New College | ams.ua.edu/people/ellen-spears/ | environmental justice; history of science, technology, and public health; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); water pollution; social movements; race and class inequality |
| Emily Elliott | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, New College; The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | newcollege.ua.edu/people/emily-elliott/ | Coastal Geology, Coastal Geomorphology, Paleotempestology, Paleo-hydroclimate, Geochronology, Sediment Transport |
| Fatema Tuz Johra Nourin | Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | sites.ua.edu/wshao/people/ | Risk, GIS, Remote Sensing, Questionnaire, Python, Statistics |
| Fitsume Teshome Wolkeba | Postdoctoral Fellow | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | waternrt.ua.edu/people/nrt-students/fitsume-teshome-wolkeba/ | Large Scale Hydrological Modeling, Machine Learning based Data Integration, Machine Learning based Surrogate modeling, Hydrological Data Analysis, Water security, Remote Sensing data-based modeling, |
| Frank Akamagwuna | Postdoctoral Researcher (Thomas Lab) | The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/frank-c-akamagwuna/ | Biomonitoring, freshwater chemistry, transdisciplinary research practice |
| Fred Andrus | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences | geo.ua.edu/people/fred-andrus/ | Paleoclimatology, Stable isotope geochemistry, sclerochronology |
| Glenn Tootle | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Alabama Water Institute, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-glenn-tootle/ | Paleohydrology Drought Climate Streamflow Glaciers |
| Greg Guthrie | Director, Groundwater Assessment Program | Geological Survey of Alabama | www.gsa.state.al.us/gsa/groundwater/staff | geology, hydrology, fractured, karst, aquifers, modeling, GIS, wastewater |
| Greg Kubacki | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-gregory-kubacki/ | Corrosion, Electrochemistry, Materials Science |
| Gregory Starr | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/gregory-starr/ | Carbon, water, energy, terrestrial ecosystems |
| Gregory Thompson | University Distinguished Research Professor, Director of the Materials Science Ph.D. Program, Director of the Alabama Analytical Research Center-AARC | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-gregory-b-thompson/ | Nanocrystalline metals, ultrahigh temperature ceramics, fiber processing, thin films and coatings, analytical microscopy |
| Hai-Dang Nguyen | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Mathematics | math.ua.edu/people/nguyen-hai-dang/ | Applied Probability, Stochastic Processes, Optimal Control, Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Biology |
| Hamed Moftakhari | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Alabama Water Institute, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-hamed-moftakhari/ | Coastal Hydrology; Multi-hazard Risk Analysis and Modeling; Estuarine Hydrodynamics; Flood Risk Management; Sea Level Rise Impacts; Coastal Food-Energy-Water Nexus |
| Hamid Moradkhani | Alton N Scott Endowed Chain in Civil and Environmental Engineering/Director, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research | Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-hamid-moradkhani/ | Hydrologic Data Assimilation and Ensemble Inference, Remote Sensing, Uncertainty and Risk Analysis, Drought Monitoring and Forecasting, Flood Forecasting and Inundation Modeling, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Food, Energy, Water Nexus, Water Resources Management |
| Heath Turner | Professor, Department Head for Chemical and Biological Engineering | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-c-heath-turner/ | molecular simulations; Monte Carlo; molecular dynamics; adsorption; porous materials; fuel cells; membranes; polymers; ionic liquids; computational catalysis; thermodynamics; parallel computing |
| Heather Elliott | Class of ’36 Professor of Law | The University of Alabama, School of Law | law.ua.edu/faculty_staff/heather-elliott/ | Administrative law, civil procedure, Constitutional law, water law |
| Hee Yun Lee | Professor, Endowed Academic Chair in Social Work (Health) | The University of Alabama, School of Social Work | socialwork.ua.edu/2023/07/03/lee-hee-yun/ | Behavioral Health Community-Based Participatory Research Dissemination and Implementation Research Health Disparities Health Information Technology Immigration Health Care Mental Health Rural Health Environmental factors (water quality) associated with cancer health disparities |
| Hongsheng He | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-hongsheng-he/ | intelligent robotics, machine learning, multimodal perception |
| Hongxing Liu | Professor, Graduate Program Director | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | geography.ua.edu/people/hongxing-liu/ | Remote sensing, fresh water resources, water quality, snow and ice, hydrology, coastal zone |
| Jacob Dorris | Graduate Student (M.S.) | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/14237/ | Freshwater ecology; macroinvertebrates; intermittent flow; detritus processing; citizen science |
| Jacqueline Todd | Graduate Teaching Assistant | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/jackie-todd/ | Nutrient cycling, drying, warming, resilience, recovery |
| James Cochran | Associate Dean for Faculty and Research Professor of Statistics, Rogers-Spivey Endowed Faculty Fellow | The University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Business, Dean's Office | culverhouse.ua.edu/people/jim-cochran/ | floods, inference, optimization, integer programming, linear models |
| James Harris | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-james-w-harris/ | catalysis, spectroscopy, titration, characterization, infrared, zeolites |
| James Mixson | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of History | history.ua.edu/people/james-d-mixson/ | Middle Ages Europe Religion |
| James Sheehan | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-james-sheehan/ | Chemical kinetic modeling. chemical reactions in supercritical fluids, in situ spectroscopy for evaluating reaction and phase behavior, reaction engineering |
| Jamey Grimes | Assistant Professor of Art, Sculpture and Museum Studies | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Art & Art History | https://art.ua.edu/people/jamey-grimes/, _blank | Sculpture |
| Jayla Blanke | Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | geography.ua.edu/graduate-student/jayla-blanke/ | Marine pollution, sustainability, human-environment interactions |
| Jeff Lozier | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/dr-jeff-lozier/ | bumble bees, pollinators, mussels, biodiversity, population genetics |
| Jeffrey Carver | Professor, Graduate Program Director, Chair of the UA Cyber Initiative | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science | carver.cs.ua.edu | empirical software engineering; research software; computational science; software process; software quality |
| Jennifer Jolly | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Education, Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities | getdo.ua.edu/office-leadership/ | gifted education; history of education; professional development; qualitative methodology |
| Jessica Wallace | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Human Environmental Sciences, Department of Health Sciences | sites.ua.edu/jswallace/ | sport-related concussion, athletic training, sports medicine, health disparities |
| Jia Zhao | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Mathematics | math.ua.edu/people/jia-zhao/ | Data Science, Deep Learning, AI, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Wastewater Treatment, Climate Change |
| John Abbott | Chief Curator & Director, Affiliated Staff Alabama Museum of Natural History | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Museum Research & Collections | museums.ua.edu/people/john-abbott/ | Odonata, Freshwater, Entomology, Systematics, Ecology, Insects |
| Jon Benstead | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/jon-benstead/ | Ecosystem ecology, freshwater ecology, global change |
| Jonathan Frame | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences | scholar.google.com/citations?user=kMP-acgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra | Machine learning, artificial intelligence, numerical modeling, large-scale water modeling, location-specific water resources understanding |
| Joni Lakin | Professor, Educational Research | The University of Alabama, College of Education, Department Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology & Counseling | getdo.ua.edu/office-leadership/ | Engineering education, program evaluation, educational measurement |
| Joshua Millwood | Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/joshua-millwood/ | mussel, aquatic, invertebrate, climate change |
| Julia Cherry | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, New College | bsc.ua.edu/people/julia-a-cherry/ | Wetland ecosystems, freshwater, marshes |
| Julie Olson | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/dr-julie-b-olson/ | Microbial ecology, bacteria, biofilms, secondary metabolites, fecal pollution |
| Kaiwen Chen | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-kaiwen-chen/ | Drones, Robotics, AI, Remote Sensing, Digital Twin, Inspection, Diagnostics, Energy Auditing, Retrofitting |
| Kasra Momeni | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-kasra-momeni/ | Additive manufacturing, computational synthesis of 2D materials, materials under extreme conditions modeling, multiscale/multiphysics modeling of materials and processes, process-microstructure-property correlation |
| Katherine Chiou | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Science, Department of Anthropology | sites.ua.edu/kchiou/ | Anthropological Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Food Inequality, Foodways, Plant Domestication, Climate Change, Sustainability |
| Keivan Davami | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-keivan-davami/ | Surface Engineering, Additive Manufacturing, Micro/Nano Fabrication |
| Kenneth Hoadley | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/kenneth-hoadley/ | Coral symbioses and climate change, algal ecophysiology, primary productivity and photosynthesis, gene expression, photo-optical properties, instrument development |
| Kevin Kocot | Assistant Professor, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Alabama Museum of Natural History | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/kevin-kocot/ | Invertebrate, Biodiversity, Systematics, Phylogenetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, eDNA |
| Kimberly Genareau | Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Field Course Director | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences | geo.ua.edu/people/kimberly-genareau/ | volcanism, volcanic ash, lightning |
| Lauren Morris | Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/14273/ | freshwater, conservation, invertebrates, community ecology, biogeochemistry |
| Lee Bratcher | Clinical Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, Capstone College of Nursing | nursing.ua.edu/about-us/directory/faculty/lee-bratcher-dnp-aprn-fnp-bc/ | Access to clean water, forever chemicals, farm runoff, agriculture, social determinants of health, health equity, rural health |
| Leigh Terry | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Center for Water Quality Research | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-leigh-terry/ | Drinking water treatment, environmental engineering, biological filtration, source water |
| Lina Pu | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-lina-pu/ | Cybersecurity, deep learning-enabled wireless networking, edge computing, sustainable Internet of Things, wireless and underwater networking |
| Lingyan Kong | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Human Environmental Sciences, Department of Human Nutrition & Hospitality Management | sites.ua.edu/lkong/ | Food Science, Biopolymers, Food Hydrocolloids, Carbohydrate Polymers, Nanofibers, Human Nutrition |
| Lisa Davis | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | geography.ua.edu/people/lisa-davis/ | geomorphology, sediment, floods |
| Lokendra Rathore | Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Alabama Water Institute, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies | cce.eng.ua.edu | Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Environmental Engineering |
| Luciana Giorgio | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, School of Social Work | socialwork.ua.edu/2023/07/03/giorgio-luciana/ | Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health, Sleep Health, Cardiovascular Health |
| Lydia McGregor Bravo | Graduate Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/14265/ | Leaf decomposition, Aquatic fungi, Phosphorus enrichment, Luxury uptake and storage |
| Marco Bonizzoni | Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Recruiting | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | chemistry.ua.edu/people/marco-bonizzoni/ | chemical analysis, pattern recognition, fingerprinting, salt water, optical methods |
| Margaret Kim | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-seongsin-margaret-kim/ | Remote sensing, LiDAR, Millimeter and THz wave, Compact Polarimetry sensing system, Metamaterials, Quantum sensing |
| Mark Cheng | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-mark-ming-cheng-cheng/ | sensors, internet-of-things (IoT), microsystem, system integration. |
| Mark Elliott | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-mark-elliott/ | water quality, wastewater, drinking water |
| Maryam Daneshvar | Graduate student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences | Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD), saltwater intrusion, nutrient fluxes, heavy metal fluxes | |
| Matthew Hudnall | Assistant Professor of MIS, Director of the Institute of Data & Analytics | The University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Business, Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science | culverhouse.ua.edu/people/matthew-hudnall/ | Data analytics, systems development, data security, cyber security, GIS |
| Matthew Jenny | Associate Professor, Associate Chair | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/profiles/matthew-jenny/ | Functional genomics Environmental and ecological toxicology Conservation Restoration Climate change Eco-forecasting |
| Matthew LaFevor | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography & the Environment | geography.ua.edu/people/matthew-lafevor/ | Agriculture, conservation, watershed management, mountains |
| Matthew Lodato | PhD Candidate | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/matthew-lodato/ | Stream ecology, ecosystem ecology, nutrient cycling, mussels, microorganisms |
| Matthew S. VanDyke | Interim Department Chair for Advertising and Public Relations | The University of Alabama, College of Communication and Information Sciences, Department of Advertising and Public Relations | sites.ua.edu/mvandyke/ | Environmental Communication; Science Communication; Risk Communication; Public Relations; Message Testing; Public Engagement; Water; Climate Change |
| Matthew Therrell | Professor, Department Chair | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | geography.ua.edu/people/matthew-therrell/ | tree rings, dendrochronology, paleoclimate, drought, flooding, archaeology |
| Matthias Kaminski | Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Communication and Outreach | The University of Alabama, College Arts & Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy | physics.ua.edu/people/matthias-kaminski/ | Hydrodynamics, Theoretical Physics, Numerical Models |
| Michael Price | Professor of Economics, Dwight Harrigan Endowed Faculty Fellow in Natural Resource Economics | The University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Business, Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies | culverhouse.ua.edu/people/michael-price/ | behavioral economics, field experiments, water and energy conservation, technology adoption |
| Milad R. Esfahani | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-milad-r-esfahani/ | Functionalized membrane separations for sustainable water and energy production; Water purification and desalination; Nanomaterials environmental safety |
| Mojdeh Rasoulzadeh | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Mathematics | math.ua.edu/people/mojdeh-rasoulzadeh/ | Groundwater flow modeling, karst aquifers, highly heterogeneous porous media, vuggy fractured porous media |
| Mukesh Kumar | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Alabama Water Institute | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-mukesh-kumar/ | Hydrology, Water Resources, Ecohydrology, Snow Hydrology, Hydrologic Modeling, Hydrodynamic Modeling, GIS |
| Mustafa Morsy | Professor of Biology | The University of West Alabama, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biological and Environmental Science | www.uwa.edu/directory/ | plant-fungal interaction, crop productivity, mycoviruses |
| Natasha Dimova | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences, Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies | csbs.ua.edu/people/natasha-dimova/ | Coastal hydrogeology, sediment transport, nitrogen cycle, groundwater, surface water, radioisotopes |
| Nate Jones | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/nate-jones/ | Hydrology, Water Quality, Stream and Wetland Restoration, Environmental Tracers, Geospatial Analysis, Hydrologic Modeling |
| Nathan Jeong | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-nathan-jeong/ | Smart wireless sewer sensor network, monitoring sewer flow, combined sewer overflow, under-ground wireless communication, radio system and antenna, wireless communication, and electromagnetic interference |
| Nicholas Magliocca | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | geography.ua.edu/people/nicholas-magliocca/ | land-use change, agent-based modeling, coupled natural-human systems |
| Nick Tew | Adjunct Professor of Geology, Department of Geological Sciences; State Geologist and Oil and Gas Supervisor of Alabama; Director, Geological Survey of Alabama | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences; Geological Survey of Alabama | geo.ua.edu/people/berry-nick-tew/ | Sedimentary basin analysis, stratigraphy and sedimentology, groundwater hydrogeology, geoscientific input into water policy development, petroleum geology |
| Nina Keck | Graduate Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/arial-shogren/ | Stream Ecology, Ecosystem Function, Biogeochemistry, Microbial Ecology |
| Parvaneh Nikrou | Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography, Surface Dynamics Modeling Lab | sdml.ua.edu/people-3/ | River, hydraulic Modeling, , Flood forecasting, Flood inundation mapping |
| Patrick Kung | Associate Professor, Departmental Undergraduate Program Director | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-patrick-kung/ | optoelectronics, semiconductor nanomaterials, device integration |
| Pawan Thapa | Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | geography.ua.edu/graduate-student/thapa-pawan/ | Data Assimilation, Hydraulic Modeling, Flood Inundation, Remote Sensing |
| Phillip Harris | Professor; Curator of Fishes, University of Alabama Ichthyological Collection | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/phillip-m-harris/ | Ichthyology, malacology, taxonomy, phylogenetics, phylogenomics, biodiversity, biodiversity collections, genomics, transcriptomics, population genetics, conservation genetics, conservation |
| Prabhakar Clement | Professor, Director of the Center for Water Quality Research | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-prabhakar-clement/ | Groundwater, hydrology, oil spill, environmental engineering, bioremediation, numerical modeling, MODFLOW, reactive transport, water treatment, wastewater treatment |
| Pushpendra Raghav | Graduate Student Researcher | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | cce.eng.ua.edu | Hydrological Modeling, Remote Sensing, Big Data Analysis, Climate Change, Statistical Downscaling, World Water Resources |
| Qiang Huang | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-qiang-huang/ | Electrochemistry, Electrochemical Engineering, Materials Science, Sensor |
| Qiaoli Liang | Mass Spectrometry Facility Manager | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | msf.as.ua.edu | MALDI MS/Imaging, PFAS and pesticide water/soil/plant analysis |
| Rachel Cajigas | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Anthropology | anthropology.ua.edu/people/rachel-cajigas/ | archaeology, geoarchaeology, ancient agriculture, irrigation canals, ancient water management systems |
| Rebecca Bearden | Biologist | Geological Survey of Alabama | www.gsa.state.al.us/gsa/ecosystems/staff | hydrology, hydrogeology, biodiversity |
| Rebecca L. Totten | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences | geo.ua.edu/people/rebecca-totten/ | sea level, glaciers, Antarctica, storms, floods, eutrophication, diatoms, foraminifera, sedimentology, geochemistry, Gulf of Mexico, Mobile Bay, Weeks Bay |
| Redha Wahidi | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-redha-wahidi/ | Experimental hydrodynamics, unsteady flows, marine hydrokinetic turbines |
| Reihaneh Zarrabi | Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography, Surface Dynamics Modeling Lab | sdml.ua.edu/people-3/ | Geomorphological change, Channel geometry, Roughness estimation, Hydraulic modeling, Flood inundation modeling |
| Rob Morgan | Professor of Marketing, J. Reese Phifer Faculty Fellow in Marketing; Executive Director for Innovation Initiatives | The University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Business, STEM/CREATE Path to the MBA | culverhouse.ua.edu/people/rob-morgan/ | Commercialization |
| Robert Batson | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-robert-g-batson/ | Applied Statistics, Applied Probability, Linear and Integer Programming; Economic Analysis |
| Rona J. Donahoe | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences | geo.ua.edu/people/rona-donahoe/ | Geochemistry, Trace Elements, Water Quality, Contamination, Remediation, Soils, Sediments, Clays, Iron Oxyhydroxides, Zeolites, Emerging Contaminants, Carbon Sequestration |
| Ruigang Wang | Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | sites.ua.edu/rwang/ | materials chemistry; electron microscopy; catalyst; water purification; energy storage and conversion materials; ceramics |
| Ryan Earley | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/profiles/ryan-earley/ | fish, mangrove, crater lakes, behavior, pollutants |
| Ryan Summers | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-ryan-summers/ | Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Biocatalysis, Industrial Microbiology, Biotechnology |
| Sadie Beck | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-sadie-beck/ | Additive Friction Stir Deposition |
| Sagy Cohen | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | geography.ua.edu/people/sagy-cohen/ | River, Modeling, Remote Sensing |
| Samantha Guz | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, School of Social Work | socialwork.ua.edu/2024/08/01/samantha-guz/ | School-prison nexus; School-based health and social service provision |
| Samit Roy | William D Jordan Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-samit-roy/ | desalination |
| Sasha Greenspan | Postdoc Disease Ecologist | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | sites.google.com/site/sashagreenspan/ | amphibian, disease, global change, climate warming, chytridiomycosis |
| Scott Parrott | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Communications & Information Sciences, Department of Journalism and Creative Media | sites.ua.edu/msparrott/ | media, news, journalism, science communication, health communication |
| Scott Spear | Administrative Director | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Remote Sensing Center | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-scott-spear/ | ionic liquids, cellulose, polymer composites, polypyrrole |
| Sean Amini | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alabama Industrial Assessment Center | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-shahriar-sean-amini/ | Sustainability, energy efficiency |
| Semih Olcmen | ASGC Campus Director, Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-semih-m-olcmen/ | fluid mechanics |
| Sergei Gleyzer | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Physics & Astronomy | physics.ua.edu/people/sergei-gleyzer/ | Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Physics |
| Shanlin Pan | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | chemistry.ua.edu/people/shanlin-pan/ | clean energy, sensing, nanotechnology, electrochemistry, optical spectroscopy |
| Simon Bortz | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics | math.ua.edu/people/simon-bortz/ | Mathematics, Analysis, Mathematics of heat-flow and diffusion, CONSERVE |
| Sree Kalyan Patiballa | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-sree-kalyan-patiballa/ | Bioinspired Robotics, Underwater Robotics, Metamaterials, and Computational Mechanics |
| Stephen Ritchie | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-stephen-ritchie/ | membrane; functionalized materials; adsorption; catalysis; separations |
| Steven Lazarus | Professor | Florida Institute of Technology, Collage of Engineering and Science, Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences | www.fit.edu/faculty-profiles/l/lazarus-steven/ | wind lidar, roughness, gigantic jets (lightning), wind downscaling |
| Steven Thomas | Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/steven-thomas/ | stream, river, ecology, ecosystems, biogeochemistry |
| Steven Weinman | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-steven-t-weinman/ | Surface chemistry; Surface Patterning; Water treatment; Membrane fouling |
| Susan Jasko | Researcher | The University of Alabama, The Office of Research and Economic Development, Alabama Transportation Institute | ati.ua.edu/employee-directory/ | communication, messaging, education, cross-expert interaction, culture, ways of knowing, perception, decision-making, biases, social and behavioral science, natural hazard, weather, climate |
| Tibor Szilvási | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-tibor-szilvasi/ | Computational catalysis, computational material design, energy storage, interfacial phenomena, sensors, soft matter, surface science |
| Travis Atkison | Associate Professor, Cyber Security Program Director | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science | atkison.cs.ua.edu | Cyber Security; Control System Security; Transportation Infrastructure Security; Water Systems Security; Software Assurance; Software Engineering; Digital Forensics; Network Security; Threat Avoidance; Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Information Retrieval |
| Tyler Hodges | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/people/tyler-hodges/ | Applied and environmental microbiology Microbial biomolecules Marine Microbiology Bio-based molecules in polymeric materials and coatings Ecology and applications of bacteriophage |
| Vivian Abungu | Ph.D. Student | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | sites.ua.edu/melliott/vivian-abungu/ | Rural low-income ASALs, Water Scarcity, Household water supply, Sustainable development |
| Wanyun Shao | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geography | geography.ua.edu/people/wanyun-shao/ | voluntary flood insurance purchase behavior, support for flood mitigation, perceptions of floods, attitudes towards climate change and extreme weather |
| William “B.J.” Diltz | Environmental Safety Manager | The University of Alabama, Environmental Health & Safety, Division of Finance and Operations | ehs.ua.edu/sample-page-2/contact-us/staff-listing/ | Stormwater, BMPs, Erosion, discharge, remediation |
| William Andreen | Professor Emeritus of Law | The University of Alabama, School of Law | law.ua.edu/faculty_staff/william-andreen/ | Administrative law, climate change, environmental law, international environmental law, water management, water pollution law |
| Xiaoyan Hong | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-xiaoyan-hong/ | Computer privacy, computer security, mobile networks |
| Yuehan Lu | Associate Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences | geo.ua.edu/people/yuehan-lu/ | Biogeochemistry; Organic Geochemistry; Hydrology |
| Zacharie Loveless | Ph.D. Candidate | The University of Alabama, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences | bsc.ua.edu/graduate-student/zacharie-loveless/ | Stream Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Particulates, Organic Matter, Stoichiometry, Stable Isotopes, Ecosystem Ecology, Watershed Ecology |
| Zhongyang Wang | Assistant Professor | The University of Alabama, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-zhongyang-wang/ | Polyelectrolyte; Water Electrolyzer; Fuel Cell |