Specialty

Interactions between the biosphere and the cycling of water, energy, and biogeochemicals, primarily carbon and nutrients.

Bio

Where does precipitation go and how does it get there? 

This fundamental question underlies both basic and applied issues of water availability, water quality, biogeochemical cycling, human health, and a broad range of ecosystem services.  Although tremendous progress has been made in addressing this question, concurrent changes in climate, land cover, and population highlight the limits to our understanding, and often implicit underlying assumptions, on how precipitation is partitioned to surface, ground, and plant available water.