CUAHSI Announces 2007 Early Career Fellowship Awards
Washington, DC â December 26, 2007 - The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) announced the six winners of the 2007 Early Career Fellowships. The fellowship support will be used to provide travel for the fellows to work at two recently organized centers for Hydrologic Synthesis, funded by the National Science Foundation. This yearâs inaugural fellowship awardees are: Francina Dominguez - University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. G. Darrel Jenerette - University of California - Riverside, Riverside, California. Anne Lightbody - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jennifer Saleem Arrigo - East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Daniel J. Bain - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Brian A. Pellerin - U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California. Drs. Dominguez, Jenerette, and Lightbody will join the Hydrologic Synthesis team headed by Dr. Murugesu Sivapalan at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This team of 25 hydrologic scientists, representing thirteen U.S. and three international universities, is working on a series of projects focusing on four areas of concern in hydrology: human-nature interactions and adaptations; role of the biosphere in water cycle dynamics; human induced changes to water cycle dynamics; and structure of landscapes and their evolution through time. Drs. Arrigo, Bain, and Pellerin will join the Hydrologic Synthesis team headed by Dr. Charles Vörösmarty at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. This team of 25 hydrologic scientists is focusing on issues pertaining to the widespread alteration of hydrologic systems at local-to-regional geographic scales in the Northeastern region of the U.S over the 500-year period starting from 1600 and extending to 2100. The awards were formally announced on December 11, 2007 at the CUAHSI Reception during the 2007 annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, California. About CUAHSI: Founded in 2001, the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) is a 501(c)3 research organization representing more than one hundred universities, colleges, and research institutes, as well as universities in the U.S and six other countries. CUAHSI receives support from the National Science Foundation to develop infrastructure and services for the advancement of hydrologic science in the United States. CUAHSI focuses on developing, prioritizing, and disseminating a broad-based research and education agenda for the hydrologic sciences that is derived from a continuous community-based process engaging both research and applications professionals. For more information about CUAHSI and its activities, please visit its web site at www.cuahsi.org. # # #
