People

Involvement in CWACES spans across four colleges on campus, representing faculty from eleven departments along with several partners in the research community. To learn more about who we are, click on one of the links to the left or scroll down the page.

Director of CWACES

Murugesu Sivapalan

Professor
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall
University of Illinois
607 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL  61801
Tel: (217) 333-2675
Fax: (217) 244-1785
Email: sivapala@illinois.edu

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Faculty Affiliates at UIUC

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    • Greg McFarquhar - Cloud Physics, Atmospheric Radiation, Precipitation
    • Bob Rauber - Radar and Mesoscale Meteorology of Storm Events, Severe Weather
    • Donald Wuebbles - Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Climate Change
    • Tracy Twine - Land Cover-Atmosphere Interactions and Hydrologic Variability
    • Peter Snyder - Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Climate Dynamics
    • Steve Nesbitt - Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation, Precipitating Cloud System Microphysics and Dynamics, Tropical Meteorology
    • Somnath Baidya Roy - Land-atmosphere Interactions, Regional Climate Modeling, Land Use/Water Resource Management Policy
  • Department of Geography
    • Bruce Rhoads - Fluvial Geomorphology, Watershed Management, Stream Naturalization
    • Murugesu Sivapalan - Watershed Hydrology, Complex Systems
    • James Best - Earth Surface Processes, Process Sedimentology, Fluvial Sediment Transport Mechanics
  • Department of Geology
  • Department of Animal Biology
  • School of Earth, Society, and the Environment
    • Jonathan Tomkin - Numerical Modeling of Surficial and Geodynamical Processes

College of Engineering

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    • Marcelo Garcia - River Mechanics, Sediment Transport, Environmental Hydraulics
    • Praveen Kumar - Hydroclimatology, Geomorphology, Hydrological Processes
    • Al Valocchi - Modeling of Groundwater Processes and Contamination
    • Edwin Herricks - Environmental Biology of Aquatic Ecosystems, Ecological Engineering
    • Ximing Cai - Water Systems Engineering and Decision-making
    • Wayland Eheart - Water Pollution Control, Water Quantity Maintenance, Groundwater Remediation
    • Barbara Minsker - Uncertainty in Water Resources Decision-making
    • Gary Parker - River Mechanics and Morphology, Sediment Transport, and Two-Phase Solid Fluid Flow

College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

  • Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
    • Mark David - Water Quality, Nutrient Cycling in Agricultural Aquatic Ecosystems
    • Bob Hudson - Aquatic Chemistry and Biogeochemistry
    • Greg McIsaac - Watershed Hydrology, Water Quality
    • Dick Warner - Wildlife Ecology, Director, Illinois Water Resources Center
  • Department of Agricultural Engineering
  • Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics
    • John Braden - Environmental Economics and Policy (with particular reference to water)
    • Nicholas Brozović - Environmental Resource Economics and Policy
  • Department of Human and Community Development
    • Stephen Gasteyer - Civic Infrastructure, Sustainability, Human Dimensions of Environmental Change

College of Fine and Applied Arts

  • Department of Urban and Regional Planning
  • Department of Landscape Architecture
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Partners

Illinois Water Resources Center
Created in 1964, the Illinois Water Resources Center receives annual funding from the U.S. Geological Survey and the State of Illinois as part of a nationwide network of university-based water centers. The center is dedicated to research and outreach programs on water resources issues critical to Illinois and the Midwest . It is directed by Dick Warner.

Illinois State Water Survey
The Illinois State Water Survey, a division of the Office of Scientific Research and Analysis of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and an affiliated agency of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is one of the primary agencies in Illinois concerned with water and atmospheric resources. The chief of the Water Survey is Derek Winstanley.

Illinois State Geological Survey
Created in 1905, the ISGS provides scientific information to government, business, and the public. Their research and service programs encompass geologic mapping, water and mineral resources, environmental and engineering geology, geochemistry, and education.The chief of the Geological Survey is William Shilts.

Illinois Natural History Survey
Since 1858, the Illinois Natural History Survey has been the guardian and recorder of the biological resources of Illinois ---the state's biological memory. It is recognized as the premier natural history survey in the nation. Its mission is to investigate the diversity, life histories, and ecology of the plants and animals of the state; to publish research results so that those resources can be managed wisely; and to provide information to the public in order to foster an understanding and appreciation of our natural heritage. The Natural History Survey is headed by its chief, David Thomas.

Illinois Water Science Center - U.S. Geological Survey
As the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the U.S. Geological Survey collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. This office is directed by Bob Holmes.

UIUC Environmental Council
The Environmental Council's mission is to build the universities capacity for leadership in environmental discovery, learning, and public engagement. The Environmental Council is headed by Bill Sullivan.

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