Academic Research Team
Mark Stone
Project Lead PI
University of New Mexico
Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering
Interests: building resilience of socio-ecological systems
Karletta Chief
Co-PI, Insitutional Lead
University of Arizona
Environmental Science
Interests: impacts of fire on watersheds, environmental pollution on the Navajo Nation, increasing the participation of Native Americans in STEM
Julie Padowski
Co-Pi, Institution Lead
Washington State University
Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach (CEREO)
Interests: water security, headwaters and headwater dependent systems
Ryan Morrison
Co-PI, Institutional Lead
Colorado State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Interests: Interdependencies of Human and Natural Systems, River and Floodplain Ecosystems
Lani Tsinnajinnie
Co-PI
University of New Mexico
Community and Regional Planning
Interests: mountain hydrology, groundwater surface water interactions, Indigenous resilience
Courtney Flint
Institution Lead
Utah State University
Department of Environment & Society, Quinney College of Natural Resources
Interests: resource sociologist for environmental and community sustainability
Richard Rushforth
Institution Lead
Northern Arrizona University
Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
Interests: food-energy-water systems, scenario planning, resilience
Daniel Cadol
Institution Lead
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Earth and Environmental Science
Interests: Arid region fluvial geomorphology and watershed hydrology
Kevin A. Lombard
Institution Lead
New Mexico State University
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences/Agricultural Science Center at Farmington
Interests: Horticulture, human dimensions of horticulture, soil chemistry, drip irrigation
Carman Melendrez
Program Manager and Development Specialist
UNM Resilience Institute
Interests: Interdisciplinary research, team science, STEM education
Jennifer Adams
Washington State University
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Interests: Hydrologic modeling, food-energy-water systems, snowpack processes, global change
Aditi Bhaskar
Colorado State University
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Interests: Water resources management, changes to streamflow
Jan Boll
Washington State University
Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach (CEREO)
Interests: Water resources engineering, resilience of socio-ecological systems, headwater systems
Janie Chermak
University of New Mexico
Department of economics
Interests: Resource economics, systems dynamics
Sydney Donohue
Outreach Coordinator
University of New Mexico
Center for Water and the Environment
Interests: STEM education, community engagement, broadening participation
Renia Ehrenfeucht
University of New Mexico
Community & Regional Planning
Interests: transformational social actions, reshaping of built environments,
Brad Gaolach
Washington State University
Metropolitan Center for Applied Research and Extension
Interests: Bridging the worlds of academia and community applied research, extension programming in metropolitan communities
Theodore “Ted” Jojola
University of New Mexico
Community & Regional Planning
Interests: Indigenous design and planning
Kelly West Jones
Colorado State University
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Interests: Conservation governance; ecosystem services; evidence-based conservation
Murat Kacira
University of Arizona
Biosystems Engineering, Controlled Environment Agriculture Center
Interests: Engineering and Precision Agriculture within Controlled Environment Systems
Vasiliki "Vicky" Karanikola
University of Arizona
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Interests: Environmental Sustainability, Advance Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
Yolanda Lin
University of New Mexico
Geography & Environmental Studies
Interests: Intersection of natural hazards, humans, and the built environment; extreme, unexpected events and human-centered scenario development for disaster mitigation and preparedness
Debankur Sanyal
University of Arizona
Environmental Science
Interests: soil health and biogeochemistry, regenerative agriculture
Dale Manning
Colorado State University
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Interests: Allocation and value of scarce natural resources
Manuel Montoya
University of New Mexico
Organization Studies
Interests: Global political economy, New market strategies
Georgine Yorgey
Washington State University
Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources
Interests: Climate mitigation and adaptation by agriculture, water resource management, and recycling
Melinda Morgan
University of New Mexico
Geography & Environmental Studies
Interests: Environmental governance, social-ecological systems, Anthropocene
Sean Ryan
Northern Arizona University
Center for Science Teaching and Learning
Interests: Implementation of professional development and community engagement programs
Jessica Schad
Utah State University
Sociology & Anthropology
Interests: Social implications and determinants of natural resource use for rural people
Michaela Paulette Shirley
University of New Mexico
Indigenous Design and Planning Institute
Interests: Creative placemaking, community development, community engagement strategies, and Indigenous planning
Kelly Simmons-Potter
University of Arizona
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Interests: Photovoltaic materials and device resiliency and integration of off-grid energy systems
Camille Stevens-Rumann
Colorado State University
Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Interests: Fire and disturbance ecology
Asa B. Stone
University of New Mexico
Geography and Environmental Studies
Interests: intersection of climate and social justice, intersectional antiracism, inclusive instructional design
Alex J Webster
University of New Mexico
Biology and the UNM Sustainable Water Resources Grand Challenge
Interests: Changing ecological function, resilience, and transformative capacity across diverse social-ecological systems
Marygold Walsh-Dilley
University of New Mexico
Geography & Evironmental Studies
Interests: Interdisciplinary social science, food, agriculture, climate change and rural development
Benjamin P. Warner
University of New Mexico
Geography & Environmental Studies
Interests: Critical Development Studies, Water Governance and Climate Change