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Staff

The Alabama Water Institute is run by a world-class staff that work together to ensure that the needs of water researchers are met. See who is on our team and working to make a better, water-secure future a reality.

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AWI Staff

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Matt Womble

Executive Director, Alabama Water Institute

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Michael S. Gremillion, MBA, M.A.

Director, Global Water Security Center

Steve Burian, Ph.D.

Steven J. Burian, Ph.D., PE

Director of Science, Alabama Water Institute, Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

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Stefanie O’Neill, M.A.

Director Research Institute Financial Affairs

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Lanna Nations

Research Education and Outreach Program Director

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Michael Fedoroff

Director of CONSERVE, Alabama Water Institute

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James Halgren, Ph.D., PE

Assistant Director Science and Research Operations

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Arpita Patel

Manager DevOps and Enterprise Architect

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Brock Parker, M.A.

Communications Specialist III

Irasema Quezada

Irasema Quezada

Graphic Designer I

Amanda Blair

Amanda Blair, MPA

CIROH Research Project Manager

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Shannon Price

AWI Sponsored Programs Manager

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Charity Mccalpin

CIROH Research Project Coordinator

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Hannah Holcomb, Ph.D.

NRT Project Coordinator

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Gabbrielle Steele

Event Coordinator

Benjamin Lee

Benjamin Lee, M.S.

Development Operations Engineer

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Elliot Wickham, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist

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Md Shahabul Alam, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

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Natalie Lau

Accountant I

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Allison Chapman

Accountant II

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Cass Saenz

Financial Analyst

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Emily Fischer

Communications Intern

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Ashley Villegas

Education & Outreach Intern

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Kayla Roberson

CIROH Communications Intern

C. Bullen

CIROH Project Coordinator

Daniel Colon

DevOps Engineer

JunHo Song, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Scholar

Marie Wilson

Education and Outreach Coordinator

Alyssa Fountain

Administrative Assistant I

Adam Warnock

Web Strategist II