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Administrative Staff

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Steve J. Burian, Ph.D., PE

Executive Director of CIROH
Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Sagy Cohen

Sagy Cohen, Ph.D.

Deputy Director
Professor of Geography

Amanda Blair

Amanda Blair, MPA

Research Project Manager

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Charity Mccalpin

Research Project Coordinator

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C. Bullen

Project Coordinator

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Alyssa Fountain

Administrative Assistant I

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Stefanie O’Neill

Director Research Institute Financial Affairs

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Natalie Lau

Accountant I

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Cass Saenz

Financial Analyst

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Shannon Price

AWI Sponsored Programs Manager

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Allison Chapman

Accountant II

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Lanna Nations

Research Education and Outreach Program Director

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Marie Wilson

Education and Outreach Coordinator

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Grabbielle Steele

Event Coordinator

Brock Parker

Brock Parker, M.A.

Communications Specialist III

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Ryan Ruiz

Communications Specialist III

Irasema Quezada

Graphic Designer I

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Adam Warnock

Web Strategist II

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Kayla Roberson

Communications Intern

Executive Board

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Steve J. Burian, Ph.D., PE

Executive Director of CIROH
Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Sagy Cohen

Sagy Cohen, Ph.D.

Deputy Director
Professor of Geography

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Matt Womble

AWI Executive Director

Dr. Thomas Graziano

Tom Graziano, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Water Prediction

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Ed Clark

Director, National Water Center

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Fred Ogden

Chief Scientist, Office of Water Prediction

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Dr. Thomas Graziano

Tom Graziano, Ph.D.

Technical Program Manager
Director, Office of Water Prediction

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Sam Contorno

Federal Program Officer

Science Team

James Halgren

James Halgren, Ph.D.

Assistant Director Science and Research Operations

Benjamin Lee

Benjamin Lee, M.S.

Development Operations Engineer

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Arpita Patel

Manager Development Operations and Enterprise Architect

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Daniel Colon

Development Operations Engineer

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Juzer Dhondia

Physical Scientist

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Dong Ha Kim, Ph.D.

Physical Scientist

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Xia Feng

Physical Scientist

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Camaron George

Physical Scientist

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Rich Gibbs

Geospatial Scientist

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Alemayehu Midekisa

Geospatial Scientist

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Dina Sang

Physical Scientist

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Md Shahabul Alam, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

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Travis Loof, Ph.D.

Social & Communication Scientist

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JunHo Song, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist I

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Elliot Wickham, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist

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Josh Cunningham

Software Scientist II

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Chad Perry

Software Scientist