Researcher Highlight: Hisham Eldardiry

Originally published in our November 2024 newsletter (Issue 25) Hisham Eldardiry is a postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University’s Critical Infrastructure Systems (CIS) Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Stefano Galelli. Before joining Cornell, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Earth Systems Science Division at Pacific Northwest…

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Two-Way Option Contracts That Facilitate Adaptive Water Reallocation in the Western United States

Zachary M. Hirsch, Harrison B. Zeff, Rohini S. Gupta, Chris R. Vernon, Patrick M. Reed, and Gregory W. Characklis Acknowledgment of support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, MultiSector Dynamics, Earth and Environmental System Modeling (MSD) program area. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004434 Abstract Many water markets in the western United States (U.S.) have the…

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Director, Colorado Water Center, Colorado State University

📍Colorado State University, United States💼Director Position overview: The Colorado Water Center director is appointed by the President of Colorado State University to serve as the chief executive, academic, and policy officer of the Center, reporting directly to the Vice President for Engagement and Extension. The director provides leadership and oversight…

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Exploring the Spatially Compounding Multi-Sectoral Drought Vulnerabilities in Colorado’s West Slope River Basins

David F. Gold, Rohini S. Gupta, and Patrick M. Reed Acknowledgment of support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, MultiSector Dynamics, Earth and Environmental System Modeling (MSD) program area. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004841 Abstract The state of Colorado’s West Slope Basins are critical headwaters of the Colorado River and play a vital…

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Associate/Full Professor in Climate Change Modeling and Disaster Resilience

📍Indiana University, Indianapolis, United States🏛️Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the School of Science and O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs💼Associate/Full Professor Position Summary: The School of Science Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Indianapolis invite applications for…

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Uncertainty-informed selection of CMIP6 Earth system model subsets for use in multisectoral and impact models

Abigail Snyder, Noah Prime, Claudia Tebaldi, and Kalyn Dorheim Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1301-2024 Abstract Earth system models (ESMs) and general circulation models (GCMs) are heavily used to provide inputs to sectoral impact and multisector dynamic models, which include representations of energy, water,…

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Assistant/Associate Professor Addressing Risk and Resilience in Response to Natural and Human-induced Hazards

📍Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States🏛️ Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering💼 Assistant/Associate Professor The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University (Ithaca campus) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the areas of risk to and resiliency of the built environment and human populations to…

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Funding Opportunity: Climate Resilience Centers

Funding Opportunity: Climate Resilience Centers – DE-FOA-0003464 Total Estimated Funding: $10 Million Deadline for Pre Applications (required):  December 12, 2024 at 5:00pm ET    Deadline for Applications: February 20, 2025 at 11:59pm ET   The DOE Office of Science program in Biological and Environmental Research (BER) hereby announces its interest in…

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An Integrated and Iterative Multiscale Modeling Framework for Robust Capacity Expansion Planning

Kendall Mongird & Jennie Rice  Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40518-024-00238-5 Introduction Electricity system capacity expansion models generally have coarse temporal, spatial, and process representations of grid operations, investment decisions, and infrastructure siting constraints [1,2,3,4,5]. Such models have served the industry…

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Assessing the complex influences of water management on hydrological drought characteristics in Texas

Lili Yao, Stephen B Ferencz, Ning Sun & Hongxiang Yan Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: yes DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7d23 Abstract The state of Texas in the United States is highly susceptible to drought. Its major rivers are subject to extensive water management (WM) activities in…

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