Meet Our People

Steve J. Burian, Ph.D., PE

Executive Director of CIROH
Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Sagy Cohen, Ph.D.

Deputy Director
Professor of Geography

Amanda Blair, MPA

Research Project Manager

Charity Mccalpin

Research Project Coordinator

Alyssa Fountain

Administrative Assistant I

Stefanie O’Neill

Director Research Institute Financial Affairs

Natalie Lau

Accountant I

Shannon Price

AWI Sponsored Programs Manager

Allison Chapman

Accountant II

Zach Krauss, M.S.

Director Research Institute Communications

Lanna Nations

Research Education and Outreach Program Director

Meredith Marsh

Event Coordinator

Brock Parker, M.A.

Communications Specialist III

Irasema Quezada

Graphic Designer I

Adam Warnock

Web Strategist II

Kayla Roberson

Communications Intern

Steve J. Burian, Ph.D., PE

Executive Director of CIROH
Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Sagy Cohen, Ph.D.

Deputy Director
Professor of Geography

Matt Womble

AWI Executive Director

Tom Graziano, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Water Prediction

Ed Clark

Director, National Water Center

Fred Ogden

Chief Scientist, Office of Water Prediction

Tom Graziano, Ph.D.

Technical Program Manager
Director, Office of Water Prediction

Sam Contorno

Federal Program Officer

James Halgren, Ph.D.

Assistant Director Science and Research Operations

Benjamin Lee, M.S.

Development Operations Engineer

Sepehr Karimiziarani, Ph.D.

Software Scientist III

Ryan Johnson, Ph.D.

Artificial Intelligence Research Scientist

Arpita Patel

Manager Development Operations and Enterprise Architect

Juzer Dhondia

Physical Scientist

Dong Ha Kim, Ph.D.

Physical Scientist

Xia Feng

Physical Scientist

Camaron George

Physical Scientist

Rich Gibbs

Geospatial Scientist

Alemayehu Midekisa

Geospatial Scientist

Dina Sang

Physical Scientist

Md Shahabul Alam, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

JunHo Song, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Josh Cunningham

Software Scientist II