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Chris Sherwood received a B.A. from Bowdoin College (Economics and Environmental Studies) and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington (Geological Oceanography). He is currently a research oceanographer with the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, MA. Before joining the USGS in 1999, he worked for three years in Hobart, Tasmania as a research scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and for ten years as a research scientist for Battelle at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland and Sequim, Washington. Chris has been a proponent of open-source software and helped develop the community sediment-transport modeling system used in the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). Chris is interested in the development and application of sediment-transport models, and in making field measurements that provide insight and critical constraints for those models. With CSDMS, Chris is working to expand the interactions between government agencies and CSDMS scientists. In particular, Chris hopes to foster projects that allow government agencies to capitalize on the CSDMS investments on model algorithms and infrastructure. He accepted the role of Interagency Working Group Chair in September 2014.
Chris Sherwood received a B.A. from Bowdoin College (Economics and Environmental Studies) and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington (Geological Oceanography). He is currently a research oceanographer with the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, MA. Before joining the USGS in 1999, he worked for three years in Hobart, Tasmania as a research scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and for ten years as a research scientist for Battelle at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland and Sequim, Washington. Chris has been a proponent of open-source software and helped develop the community sediment-transport modeling system used in the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). Chris is interested in the development and application of sediment-transport models, and in making field measurements that provide insight and critical constraints for those models. With CSDMS, Chris is working to expand the interactions between government agencies and CSDMS scientists. In particular, Chris hopes to foster projects that allow government agencies to capitalize on the CSDMS investments on model algorithms and infrastructure. He accepted the role of Interagency Working Group Chair in September 2014.
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===Nicole Gasparini===
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Nicole Gasparini<br>Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences<br>Tulane University<br>101 Blessey Hall<br>New Orleans, LA  70118<br>Email: [mailto:ngaspari@tulane.edu ngaspari@tulane.edu]<br>Tel: +1 504-862-3197
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Nicole is an associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Tulane University.  She received her MS and PhD in Civil and Environmental Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998 and 2003, respectively.  Nicole was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration from 2006-2007, a GSA/USGS AAAS Congressional Fellow, 2005-2006 and a Bateman Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University from 2003-2005. Her research focuses on landscape evolution over various spatial and temporal scales.  She is interested in the impacts of climate and tectonics on landscape evolution.  Nicole was elected as Chair of the Terrestrial Working Group in May, 2016.
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Leslie Hsu<br>U.S. Geological Survey<br>W 6th Ave Kipling St.<br>Box 25046, MS 302<br>Lakewood, CO 80225<br>Email: [mailto:lhsu@usgs.gov lhsu@usgs.gov]<br>Tel: +1 303-202-4080
Leslie Hsu<br>U.S. Geological Survey<br>W 6th Ave Kipling St.<br>Box 25046, MS 302<br>Lakewood, CO 80225<br>Email: [mailto:lhsu@usgs.gov lhsu@usgs.gov]<br>Tel: +1 303-202-4080
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Leslie is the Coordinator of the Community for Data Integration at the US Geological Survey.  She received her MS in Geosciences from University of Arizona in 2002 and her PhD in Earth & Planetary Science from UC, Berkeley in 2010.  Leslie is currently serving as the 2017-2018 Chair of the Geoinformatics Division of GSA.  She has also been involved with the Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance and was a co-PI of the Sediment Experimentalist Network Research Coordination Network.  Her research has focused on fluvial seismology, debris flow erosion, creeping faults, alluvial fans and atmospheric chemistry.  Leslie’s interests also include data and information technology and facilitation of communities of practice.
Leslie is the Coordinator of the Community for Data Integration at the US Geological Survey.  She received her MS in Geosciences from University of Arizona in 2002 and her PhD in Earth & Planetary Science from UC, Berkeley in 2010.  Leslie is currently serving as the 2017-2018 Chair of the Geoinformatics Division of GSA.  She has also been involved with the Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance and was a co-PI of the Sediment Experimentalist Network Research Coordination Network.  Her research has focused on fluvial seismology, debris flow erosion, creeping faults, alluvial fans and atmospheric chemistry.  Leslie’s interests also include data and information technology and facilitation of communities of practice.
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===Andrew Ashton===
===Andrew Wickert===
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Andrew Wickert<br>University of Minnesota<br>116 Church St. SE<br>John Tate Hall/Rm 375-10<br>Minneapolis, MN 55455<br>Email: [mailto:awickert@umn.edu awickert@umn.edu]<br>Tel: +1 612-625-6878
Andrew Ashton<br>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br>Geology & Geophysics Department<br>Mailstop 22<br>Woods Hole, MA  02543<br>Email: [mailto:aashton@whoi.edu aashton@whoi.edu]<br>Tel: +1-508-289-3751<br>
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Andy is an Associate Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota.  He received his PhD in Geoscience from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2014.   His research focuses on ice, water, and landscapes through the past and present: growth and decay of ice sheets and glaciers and their interactions with climate, dynamics of river systems, global sea level variability, and modern hydrologic and Earth-surface processes. He uses a combination of field observations, field instrumentation, and numerical modeling for his research.  Andy was elected as Terrestrial Working Group Co-Chair during November of 2022.
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Andrew is an Associate Scientist with Tenure at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geology and Geophysics Department.  He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1995 and Ph.D. from Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences in 2005.  
His research interests involve development and testing of numerical and conceptual models of the formation and evolution of coastal sedimentary environments; plan-view delta evolution along wave-dominated coasts; coastal response to climate change, sea-level rise and anthropogenic activities; application of reduced complexity morphodynamic models to study earth-surface evolution. Andrew was elected Costal Working Group Co-Chair in August 2017.
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Dr. Mayo is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Emory University. Talea received her Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas, Austin in 2013.  Dr. Mayo completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Princeton University.  She is a graduate of the SOARS program at NCAR and has a keen interest in promoting STEM education to historically underrepresented groups. Her research focuses on computational models used to forecast storm surges (ADCIRC), coastal ocean modeling with special interests in tides, waves, hurricane storm surges (SLOSH), flood risk analysis, wave energy, coastal erosion and data assimilation methods for state and parameter estimation of dynamic systems. Talea was elected Coastal Working group Co-Chair in April, 2020.   
Dr. Mayo is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Emory University. Talea received her Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas, Austin in 2013.  Dr. Mayo completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Princeton University.  She is a graduate of the SOARS program at NCAR and has a keen interest in promoting STEM education to historically underrepresented groups. Her research focuses on computational models used to forecast storm surges (ADCIRC), coastal ocean modeling with special interests in tides, waves, hurricane storm surges (SLOSH), flood risk analysis, wave energy, coastal erosion and data assimilation methods for state and parameter estimation of dynamic systems. Talea was elected Coastal Working group Co-Chair in April, 2020.   
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===Alejandra Ortiz===
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Alejandra Ortiz<br>Colby College<br>Geology Department<br>4000. Mayflower Hill<br>Waterville, Maine  04901<br>Email: [mailto:acortiz@colby.edu acortiz@colby.edu]<br>Tel: +1-207-859-4000<br>
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Aleja is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology at Colby College.  She received her Ph.D. in Marine Geology from the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in 2015 working on coastal evolution of sandy-wave dominate shorefaces and understanding motu formation on atolls.  Aleja then completed an NCED2 Synthesis Postdoctoral Fellowship at Indiana University Bloomington investigating pond expansion driving marsh collapse in the Mississippi River Delta Plain in 2016.  Her current research focuses on the ecogeomorphic evolution of coastal landscapes.  Aleja was elected Coastal Focus Group Co-Chair in October 2022.
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Kevin Xu<br>Louisiana State University<br>Associate Professor<br>Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences<br>2165 Energy, Coast and Environment Building<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70803<br>Email: [mailto:kxu@lsu.edu kxu@lsu.edu]<br>
Kevin Xu<br>Louisiana State University<br>Professor<br>Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences<br>2165 Energy, Coast and Environment Building<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70803<br>Email: [mailto:kxu@lsu.edu kxu@lsu.edu]<br>
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Kevin Xu is an Associate Professor and James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor of Coastal Studies, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University. He is also serving as Interim Director of the Coastal Studies Institute.  Kevin received his Ph.D. in Marine Science at the College of William and Mary in 2006.  His research interests includes Geological oceanography, coastal morphodynamics, observation and numerical modeling of sediment transport along bottom boundary layer; sedimentary geology; coastal processes.  He accepted the role of Chair of the Education and Knowledge Transfer Working Group in February, 2020.
Kevin Xu is the James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor of Coastal Studies, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University. He is also serving as Director of the Coastal Studies Institute.  Kevin received his Ph.D. in Marine Science at the College of William and Mary in 2006.  His research interests includes Geological oceanography, coastal morphodynamics, observation and numerical modeling of sediment transport along bottom boundary layer; sedimentary geology; coastal processes.  He accepted the role of Chair of the Education and Knowledge Transfer Working Group in February, 2020.
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==Focus Research Group Committee Members==
==Focus Research Group Committee Members==
===Venkat Lakshmi===
===Anthony Castronova===
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Venkat Lakshmi<br>Engineering Systems and Environment<br>University of Virginia<br>151 Engineers Way<br>Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904<br>Email: [mailto:vlakshmi@virginia.edu  vlakshmi@virginia.edu ]<br>Tel: +434 982-2052
Anthony Castronova<br>Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.<br>1167 Massachusetts Ave<br>Arlington, MS, 02476<br>Email: [mailto:acastronova@cuahsi.org acastronova@cuahsi.org]
 
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Venkat graduated from University of Roorkee in 1987 with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and earned his Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1996 from Princeton. He worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from 1996-1999 as a research scientist in the Laboratory for the Atmospheres. His research interests are in the area of hydrometeorology and hydro-climatology, land-atmospheric-ecological interactions through modeling and remote sensing. He is a Full Professor and former Chair of the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of South Carolina (2008-2011). He is currently the Cox Visiting Professor of Earth Sciences at Stanford University (2015-2016) and also held this role from 2006-2007. Dr. Lakshmi has over 60 peer-reviewed articles and 200 presentations. He has served as the thesis advisor for around 20 graduate students. He has served as Editor EOS, Associate Editor of Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering and Journal of Geophysical Research and currently is serving as Associate Editor of Journal of Hydrology and Communications Editor for Vadose Zone Journal. He has served on the board of directors of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrological Sciences (CUAHSI) and on the American Geophysical Union Hydrological Executive Council, and has been the co-chair for the Hydrology Section for the Fall Meeting. He has served as a member of the Executive council for the American Geophysical Union Heads and Chairs of Geosciences. He is currently the chairman of the Chapman Conference committee for AGU. He has published in the areas of catchment hydrology, satellite data validation and assimilation, field experiments, land-atmosphere interactions, satellite data downscaling, vadose zone and water resources. Dr. Lakshmi accepted the role of Chair of the Hydrology Focus Research Group in September 2015.  
Anthony is a Senior Research Hydrologist at the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI).  His work emphasizes the synergy between hydrologic data and software engineering with a specific focus on hydrologic modeling, cloud computing, and reproducible science. Prior to joining CUAHSI, Anthony was a Research Assistant Professor at Utah State University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering where his research focused on integrated modeling solutions, hydrologic data interoperability, and web service standards. He received a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Castronova accepted the role of Chair of the Hydrology Focus Group in October 2022.  
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===Christina Bandaragoda===
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Christina Bandaragoda<br>Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<br>University of Washington<br>Wilcox Hall, Room 266
<br>Seattle, WA 98195<br>Email: [mailto:cband@uw.edu  cband@uw.edu ]<br>Tel: (206) 543-0340
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Dr. Bandaragoda is a senior research scientist in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington (where she is also an affiliate of the UW EScience Institute). She received her PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Master’s of Business Administration, and Master’s in Biological & Agricultural Engineering from Utah State University, and a BS from Wheaton College. Christina’s research specializations are in the linkage between water resource management and theoretical physical hydrology – using numerical modeling and software development to communicate about flood, drought, and future water scenarios. She provides hydrologic modeling services to multi-institutional watershed groups, and maintains professional relationships with agricultural and tribal science communities in the Pacific Northwest. Christina was appointed as co-chair of the Hydrology FRG in January, 2020.
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===Lejo Flores===
===Sagar Gautam===
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Lejo Flores<br>Associate Professor<br>Department of Geosciences<br>Boise State University<br>1910 University Dr.<br>Boise, ID 83725-1535<br>Email: [mailto:lejoflores@boisestate.edu lejoflores@boisestate.edu]<br>
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Lejo Flores received his B.S and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University in 2001 and 2003, respectively. He then enrolled in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT and received his Ph.D. in Hydrology in 2009. After a brief postdoc at MIT he began as an Assistant Professor at Boise State University in the Department of Geosciences in late 2009 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014. Research focus areas include modeling coupled human and natural systems to quantify feedbacks between land management and regional hydroclimate and use of remote sensing data to improve model-based ecohydrologic prediction.  He is serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Hydrometeorology and co-chairs the AGU Hydrology Section Remote Sensing Technical Committee. He was elected as co-chair of the CSDMS Critical Zone Focus Research Group in October 2014.
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===Michael Young===
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Michael Young<br>Associate Director, Env Division<br>Bureau of Economic Geology<br>University of Texas, Austin<br>1910 University Station, Box X<br>Austin, TX  78713-8924<br>Email: [mailto:michael.young@beg.utexas.edu michael.young@beg.utexas.edu]<br>Phone: +1 512-475-8830<br>
Sagar Gautam<br>Research Scientist<br>Sandia National Laboratory<br>7011 East Ave.<br>Livermore, CA 94550<br>Email: [mailto:sgautam@lbl.gov sgautam@lbl.gov]<br>
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Michael Young is currently Associate Director, Environmental Division, Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas, Austin. He moved to U Texas in 2010 from Desert Research Institute (DRI), Nevada, where he served most recently as Acting Executive Director of the Division of Hydrologic Sciences and as Research Professor.  His personal research directions are in vadose zone hydrology, soil science and ecohydrologyMichael received his M.S. in Geological Sciences (Hydrology) from Ohio University in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Soil and Water Science from University of Arizona in 1995.  He was recently elected as Fellow of the Geological Society of America and Soil Science Society of AmericaMichael was elected as co-chair of the CSDMS Critical Zone Focus Research Group in July of 2017 (representing the International Soil Modeling Consortium).
Sagar is currently affiliated with Sandia National Laboratory where he develops/utilizes process, machine learning and Earth system models to explore ecosystem processes and assess impacts of land use and climate change.  His research specifically looks at impacts of biomass removal on soil carbon and the water cycle, soil carbon release under climate change, impacts of drought, lake and river eutrophication standards, and the application of machine learning models to predict spatial heterogeneity of surface soil organic carbon stocks and crop yieldsHe received a PhD in Bio-Environmental Engineering in 2018 from the University of MissouriSagar was appointed as chair of the Critical Zone Group in January of 2023.
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===Phaedra Upton===
===Wolfgang Bangerth===
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Phaedra Upton<br>GNS Science<br>1 Fairway Drive, Avalon 5010<br>PO Box 30-368, Lower Hutt 5040<br>New Zealand<br>Email: [mailto:P.Upton@gns.cri.nz P.Upton@gns.cri.nz]<br>Phone: +64 4 570-4198<br>
Wolfgang Bangerth<br>Colorado State University<br>Department of Mathmatics<br>1874 Campus Delivery<br>Fort Collins, CO 80523<br>USA<br>Email: [mailto:bangerth@colostate.edu bangerth@colostate.edu]<br>Phone: +1 (512) 689 7194<br>
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Phaedra Upton, a landform modeller at GNS Science, New Zealand, received her PhD in Geology at the University of Otago in 1996. Her research focuses on process and mechanics. Dr. Upton studies the geodynamic responses of collisional orogens to far field tectonic boundary conditions, surface boundary conditions and the extent to which rheological parameters can influence that response. She is also interested in the geomorphology of actively deforming regions, particularly New Zealand and Taiwan, and the coupling between tectonics and landscape evolution. In her research she uses a variety of numerical methods, constrained by geophysical, geochemical, and field observations. In addition to her position at GNS, she is also a Faculty Associate at the University of Maine, USA. Phaedra accepted the responsibility to lead the CSDMS Geodynamics Focus Research Group as its co-Chair in March, 2013.
Dr. Bangerth is professor of mathematics and (by courtesy) geosciences at Colorado State University. He received an MSc in physics and a PhD in mathematics from Heidelberg University, Germany, before being a postdoc in the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, as well as the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin. He was then on the faculty of Texas A&M before moving to Colorado. His work is in computational science applied to a wide range of interdisciplinary problems. He is the creator and one of the principal developers of the Advanced Solver for Problems in Earth Convection (ASPECT), a software used for the simulation of mantle convection and long-term tectonics. Wolfgang accepted responsibility to lead the CSDMS Geodynamics Focus Research Group as its co-Chair in November, 2022.
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Revision as of 13:52, 7 February 2023

CSDMS Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (executive committee chair, steering committee chair and the working group chairs) is the primary decision-making body of the CSDMS, and meets twice a year to provide guidance to the Integration Facility, approve the annual project management plan, advise on major activities, review partnerships, and address other day-to-day issues that arise in the running of the CSDMS. The Executive Committee also develops the By-Laws and Operational Procedures, to be approved by the Steering Committee. The Executive Committee develops and implements the 5-year Strategic Plan.

The Executive Committee further:

  1. Reviews proposals from Working Groups for development that are within the priorities of the Annual Science Plan and CSDMS mission;
  2. Ensures that CSDMS develops and maintains the capability to support collaborative proposals;
  3. Reviews the ongoing CSDMS business operations through regular meetings, teleconferences, AccessGrid sessions, electronic mail, etc.
  4. Ensures scientific progress in multiple areas of landscape-basin evolution (LBE) by providing the computational infrastructure needed for improved modeling;
  5. Ensures the connection of LBE research with related scientific thrusts of scientific computing and Geoinformatics through the establishment of strategic partnerships, and
  6. Ensures transparency of governance and intellectual involvement of community via reasonable criteria for partner membership and a mechanism that allows community input.



CSDMS Steering Committee

The CSDMS Steering Committee (SC) is comprised of 9 members: 8 selected by the EC to represent the spectrum of relevant Earth science and computational disciplines, and 1 selected by Partner Membership. The cognizant NSF program officer or his/her designate, and the Executive Director or his/her designate, serve as ex officio members of the SC. During SC meetings, there may be occasions when these ex officio members would exclude themselves from discussions.

The Steering Committee meets once a year to assess the competing objectives and needs of the CSDMS; will comment on the progress of CSDMS in terms of science (including the development of working groups and partner memberships), management, outreach, and education; and will comment on and advise on revisions to the 5-year strategic plan. The Steering Committee will provide a report to the Executive Director at the close of its meeting, to which s/he will respond within two weeks.