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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

Erin White, Ph.D., P.E. 

Associate Director of Science,
Research Operations

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Stefanie O’Neill

Director Research Institute Financial Affairs

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Lanna Nations

Research Education and Outreach Program Director

Brock Parker, M.A.

Director of Research Institute Communications

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Binyam Asfaw

Postdoctoral Fellow

Riley Baird

Communications Specialist I

Denny Chimes

C. Bullen

Project Manager

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Allison Chapman

Accountant II

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Yun-Jae Choung

Water Node Operations Manager

Natalie Lau

Accountant I

Denny Chimes

Stephanie Paul

 Project Manager

Jasmine Porter

Web Strategist II

Irasema Quezada

Graphic Designer II

Ryan Ruiz

Communications Specialist II

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Cass Saenz

Financial Analyst

Denny Chimes

Manjila Singh

DevOps Engineer I

Denny Chimes

Pia van Benthem

Project Coordinator

Denny Chimes

Nimisha Wasankar

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Marie Wilson

Education and Outreach Coordinator

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

Erin White

Associate Director of Science,
Research Operations

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Allison Allen

Director, Office of Water Prediction

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Edward clark

Director, National Water Center

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Fred Ogden

Chief Scientist, Office of Water Prediction

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Allison Allen

Technical Program Manager
Director, Office of Water Prediction

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Alisha Warran

Federal Program Officer

Science and Technology Team

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Arpita Patel

Manager Development Operations and Enterprise Architect

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Josh Cunningham

Software Scientist II

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Juzer Dhondia

Physical Scientist

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Xia Feng

Physical Scientist

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Dong Ha Kim, Ph.D.

Physical Scientist

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Sifan A. Koriche, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist

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Sonam Lama

Programmer Analyst I

Benjamin Lee

Benjamin Lee, M.S.

Development Operations Engineer

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Quinn Lee

Programmer Analyst II

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Travis Loof, Ph.D.

Social & Communication Scientist

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Alemayehu Midekisa

Geospatial Scientist

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Chad Perry

Software Scientist

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Dina Sang

Physical Scientist

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JunHo Song, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist I

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Sai Harsha Vemula

DevOps Engineer

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Elliot Wickham, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist