Leadership
Steven J. Burian, PhD, PE
Executive Director, CIROH; Director of Science, Alabama Water Institute; Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Michael Fedoroff, PhD, RPA
Director, CONSERVE Research Group
Michael S. Gremillion
Director, Global Water Security Center
Lanna Nations
Research Education and Outreach Program Director
Stefanie O’Neill, MA
Director Research Institute Financial Affairs
Brock Parker, MA
Director of Research Institute Communications
AWI Staff
Virgestine Bone
Subaward Coordinator I
Kim Byers, MBA
Communications Specialist III
Allison Chapman
Accountant II
Christal Douglas
OSP Grant and Contract Specialist II
Hannah Holcomb, Ph.D.
AWI Research Education Program Manager
Natalie Lau
Accountant II
Irasema Quezada, MFA
Graphic Designer II
Cass Saenz
Financial Analyst
Sarah Sherrill
Events Coordinator
Saralyn Taylor
Administrative Assistant II
Marie Wilson
Education and Outreach Coordinator
AWI Student Employees
Riley Baird
Multimedia Intern
Blaize Bishop
Education & Outreach Intern
Angelica Fiscella
Communications Intern
Roseline Soto Velazquez
Graphic Design Intern
CIROH Staff
C. Bullen
CIROH Project Coordinator
Yun-Jae Choung
Water Node Operations Manager
Sagy Cohen
Deputy Director, CIROHProfessor of Geography
Josh Cunningham
Software Scientist II
Juzer Dhondia
Physical Scientist
Bhavya Duvvuri, Ph.D.
CIROH Postdoctoral Fellow
Xia Feng
Physical Scientist
Dong Ha Kim, Ph.D.
Physical Scientist
Sifan A. Koriche, Ph.D.
Hydrologic Scientist I
Sonam Lama
Programmer Analyst I
Benjamin Lee, M.S.
Development Operations Engineer
Quinn Lee
Programmer Analyst II
Travis Loof, Ph.D.
Social & Communication Scientist
Alemayehu Midekisa
Geospatial Scientist
Arpita Patel
Manager Development Operations and Enterprise Architect
Chad Perry
Software Scientist
Ryan Ruiz
CIROH Communications Specialist II
Dina Sang
Physical Scientist
JunHo Song, Ph.D.
Hydrologic Scientist I
Amrutha Suresh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sai Harsha Vemula
DevOps Engineer
Erin White, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Director of Science and Research Operations
Elliot Wickham, Ph.D.
Hydrologic Scientist I
CONSERVE Staff
Desirae Abella
Digiseed Tribal Liasion
Kyle Breault
CONSERVE Graduate Research Affiliate
Katie Horton, Ph.D
CONSERVE Postdoctoral Fellow
Grant Hunter
CONSERVE Graduate Research Affiliate
Daelen Jenks
CONSERVE Graduate Research Assistant
Michael McKain, Ph.D
Assistant Director of Future Ecologies
Parker King
Graduate Research Assistant
Ekaterina Menkina
Graduate Research Assistant
Alejandro Ross
CONSERVE Graduate Research Affiliate
Anthony Vedral
CONSERVE Sea Grant Research Coordinator
GWSC Staff
Kate Brauman, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, GWSC
Hobson Bryan
Associate Director for Technology, GWSC
Penny Beames
Contractor
LaCrecia Brown
Program Coordinator
Emma Dyson
Cartographer
Zach Goodwin
Cartographer
Misty Mathews
Chief of StaffStrategic Operations Program Manager.
Lynn Metz
Data Scientist
Penelope Mitchell, Ph.D.
Human-Environmental Analyst
Ally-Anna Outlaw
Communications Specialist I
Erin Menzies Pluer, Ph.D.
Environmental Data Scientist
Nicholas Roberge
Senior Geospatial Intelligence Analyst
Caily Schwartz, Ph.D.
Human-Environmental Analyst
Counts Shanks
Communications Intern