Water Directory

College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences 

Manoj Shrestha
Politics and Philosophy
College: College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-0530
Email: mks@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
None listed
Keywords
Water Governance Networks, Collaborative Water Management and Policy, Social-Ecological System
Professional Interest
I am interested in the study of water governance and policy networks and the consequences of those networks on outcomes. I apply social network theories and analysis in my research.

Adam M. Sowards
History
College: College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-0529
Email: asowards@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
None listed
Keywords
water history, water policy
Professional Interest
I am an environmental historian who focuses on the American West, especially its public lands. Generally, my research and writing has examined how the public and commodity users, scientists and managers, and local and federal policymakers create and contest the public interest in these public lands and waters.

College of Natural Resources

Kenneth Cain
Fish and Wildlife Sciences/Aquaculture Research Institute
College:College of Natural Resources
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-7608
Email: kcain@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
American Fisheries Society - Fish Health Section, World Aquaculture Society, U.S. Aquaculture Society
Keywords
Fish Health, Aquaculture, Immunology, Water quality, Fisheries Science
Professional Interest
My interests are primarily in the areas of Fish Health and Disease Management and Sustainable Aquaculture. The need for high quality water for use in aquaculture is directly relevant to Water Resources.

Jan Eitel
Natural Resources and Society
College:College of Natural Resources
Campus: McCall Field Campus
Office phone: 208-596-9277
Email: jeitel@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union
Keywords
Remote Sensing Of Water Resources
Professional Interest
Remote Sensing Of Water Resources.

Tracey Johnson
Fish and Wildlife Sciences
College:College of Natural Resources
Campus: Boise
Office phone: 208-885-7120
Email: traceyj@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
The Wildlife Society; Society for Range Management
Keywords
Riparian Ecology
Professional Interest
I am interested in ecological services provided by riparian systems, including wildlife habitat, water quality and quantity, and livestock forage.

Timothy E. Link
Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences
College: College of Natural Resources
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-9465
Email: tlink@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, probably should include Society of American Foresters but don't like paying expensive dues for nothing
Keywords
Forest hydrology Climate impacts Snow hydrology
Professional Interest
Within U of I, it's primarily training students in physical hydrology to go into agency, industry or NGO positions (or academic positions for PhDs).

Brian Small
Fish and Wildlife Sciences
College: College of Natural Resources
Campus: Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station
Office phone: 208-837-9096
Email: bcsmall@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
American Fisheries Society; World Aquaculture Society; Idaho Aquaculture Association
Keywords
Aquaculture; Fisheries Science; Fish Physiology
Professional Interest
My professional interest in water resources focuses on water utilization, quality and availability affecting aquaculture and fisheries ecology and management.

Chloe Wardropper
Natural Resources and Society
College: College of Natural Resources
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-7528
Email: cwardropper@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
International Association for Society and Natural Resources
Keywords
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources; Watershed Management; Water for Agriculture; Individual and Organizational Decision-Making; Risk Perception
Professional Interest
I study how people and organizations manage water and land under changing conditions.

Frank Wilhelm
Fish and Wildlife Sciences
College: College of Natural Resources
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-882-7218
Email: fwilhelm@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
North American Lakes Management Society, Washington Lakes Protection Association, Society of International Limnologists, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
Keywords
Water Quality Harmful Algae Blooms Whole-Lake Nutrient Budgets Wind-generated surface currents Macroinvertebrates
Professional Interest
I am interested in understanding the causes of harmful algae blooms and methods to prevent them, hence my interests in whole-lake nutrient budgets and understanding wind-generates surface currents. With roots in invertebrate ecology, I am also interested in their interactions/roles in aquatic ecosystems.

College of Engineering

Amin Mirkouei
Industrial Technology, Mechanical/Biological Engineering
College: College of Engineering
Campus: Idaho Falls
Office phone: 208-757-5420
Email: amirkouei@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
None listed
Keywords
Water Treatment, Nutrient Removal, Fish Production
Professional Interest
Annual produced waste (both solid and liquid pollutants) from food-animal and aquaculture industry has a negative impact on surface water and ground water that can pose environmental problems. For example, the wastewater discharged from fish hatcheries can contain uneaten fish food, fish feces, nutrients (especially phosphorus), algae, parasites and pathogens, drugs and other chemicals. To address sustainability challenges in Idaho, we aim to conduct life cycle assessment and input-output analysis to find the major pollution sources and find practical solutions to reduce the environmental emissions, such as blended wood-based biochar that has application in water-nutrient recycling at Fish Farms.

James Moberly
Chemical and Materials Engineering
College: College of Engineering
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-7705
Email: Chemical and Materials Engineering
Professional Affiliations
Chemical and Materials Engineering
Keywords
water treatment, water quality, Energy Water Nexus
Professional Interest
Microorganisms catalyze chemical reactions that can produce valuable products for mankind, for instance, they can produce energy (microbial fuel cells), bioplastics, degrade pollutants, transform and harvest metals (biomining), and can be used in resource recovery (biosorption and biotransformation). Microorganisms that breakdown different types of organic pollution can be introduced into areas as a means to clean up contamination. My research focuses on discovering how microorganisms or their bioproducts can be applied to solve engineering and environmental problems, improve human health, and increase accessibility to high-quality water sources.

Andy Tranmer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
College: College of Engineering
Campus: Boise
Office phone: 208-364-6165
Email: andyt@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
Keywords
Rivers, Geomorphology, Channel evolution, Sediment transport, Riparian vegetation
Professional Interest
Improve understanding of the physical river processes that support aquatic and riparian species. This includes calculation of hydrodynamics, prediction of river channel change through time, and impacts of vegetation as a control on hydraulic and sediment conveyance.

Elowyn Yager
Civil and Environmental Engineering
College: College of Engineering
Campus: Boise
Office phone: 208-885-4935
Email: eyager@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union
Keywords
Sediment transport Geomorphology Ecohydraulics Post-fire erosion Water quality
Professional Interest
My research focuses on sediment transport, flow hydraulics, and geomorphology. I also study the coupling between physical and ecological processes in river systems.

Office of Research and Economic Development

Alexis Clark
Idaho Geological Survey
College: Office of Research and Economic Development
Campus: Boise
Office phone: 208-364-4599
Email: aclark@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
NGWA, AWRA
Keywords
Hydrogeology, groundwater, modeling, water resources, water quality
Professional Interest
IGS conducts research to support Idaho's water resources related to groundwater supply and water quality.

Alan Kolok
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute
College: Office of Research and Economic Development
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-5771
Email: akolok@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
Keywords
Water Quality; Fish as Environmental Sentinels; Citizen Science; Watershed Scale Data Acquisition;
Environmental Epidemiology
Professional Interest
My personal research interests focus on the water/food/public health nexus. I am interested in the relationship between land use and water quality, particularly at the basin-wide scale. In this capacity, my interests also focus upon autonomous water quality sensing, including crowd-sourced research generated by citizen scientists. I am also intrigued by the prospect of linking land use and watershed geography to the incidence of adverse health outcomes.

Office of the President

Katherine Himes
James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research
College: Office of the President
Campus: Boise
Office phone: 208-364-4549
Email: katherinehimes@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
AAAS, UNCG, CUPSO
Keywords
Water policy Collaborative governance Transboundary water cooperation Foreign policy
International development
Professional Interest
The McClure Center currently is co-facilitating Governor Little's Salmon Workgroup. In addition, the McClure Center engages in broad water policy-related research.

College of Science

Jerry P. Fairley
Geological Sciences
College: Science
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-9259
Email: jfairley@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Sigma Xi, Institute for Andean Studies, International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
Geological Society of America, International Mine Water Association
Keywords
Hydrogeology, Geothermal Systems, Geostatistics, Modeling, Monitoring and Characterization
Professional Interest
My research focuses on characterizing and modeling complex, strongly heterogeneous groundwater systems, with particular emphasis on the transport of energy and volatiles (carbon dioxide, water, etc.). I use low-cost methods to collect large, spatially-distributed datasets for geostatistical analysis, and use the resulting data to connect field conditions with quantitative models in a wide variety of groundwater and thermally-driven (e.g., geothermal, nuclear waste disposal) systems.

Jeff Langman
Geological Sciences
College: Science
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-0310
Email: jlangman@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society, National Ground Water Association,
Geological Society of America, International Mine Water Association
Keywords
hydrogeochemistry, water quality, mine water, metal mobility, isotope tracers
Professional Interest

Thomas Ptak
Geography
College: Science
Campus: Moscow
Office phone: 208-885-6238
Email: tptak@uidaho.edu
Professional Affiliations
Keywords
Energy-Water Nexus, Irrigation Modernization
Professional Interest
Research, teaching, outreach