Meet Our People

Steve J. Burian, Ph.D., PE

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

Sagy Cohen, Ph.D.

Deputy Director
Professor of Geography

C. Bullen

Project Coordinator

Stefanie O’Neill

Director Research Institute Financial Affairs

Natalie Lau

Accountant I

Cass Saenz

Financial Analyst

Allison Chapman

Accountant II

Lanna Nations

Research Education and Outreach Program Director

Marie Wilson

Education and Outreach Coordinator

Brock Parker, M.A.

Director of Research Institute Communications

Ryan Ruiz

Communications Specialist II

Irasema Quezada

Graphic Designer II

Yun-Jae Choung

Water Node Operations Manager

Steve J. Burian, Ph.D., PE

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

Sagy Cohen, Ph.D.

Deputy Director
Professor of Geography

Allison Allen

Director, Office of Water Prediction

Troy Wilds

Director, National Water Center

Fred Ogden

Chief Scientist, Office of Water Prediction

Allison Allen

Technical Program Manager
Director, Office of Water Prediction

Matthew Grunewald

Federal Program Officer

Benjamin Lee, M.S.

Development Operations Engineer

Arpita Patel

Manager Development Operations and Enterprise Architect

Juzer Dhondia

Physical Scientist

Dong Ha Kim, Ph.D.

Physical Scientist

Xia Feng

Physical Scientist

Alemayehu Midekisa

Geospatial Scientist

Dina Sang

Physical Scientist

Travis Loof, Ph.D.

Social & Communication Scientist

JunHo Song, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist I

Elliot Wickham, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist

Sifan A. Koriche, Ph.D.

Hydrologic Scientist

Josh Cunningham

Software Scientist II

Chad Perry

Software Scientist

Bhavya Duvvuri

CIROH Postdoctoral Fellow

Sonam Lama

Programmer Analyst I

Quinn Lee

Programmer Analyst II

Sai Harsha Vemula

DevOps Engineer