Water Resources

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Stephen Wald

2005 Fellow
Steve is director of external communications and government relations for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Previous positions include government relations and...
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Sumreen Mirza

2000 Fellow
Sumreen Mirza earned her B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and a joint master's degree in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University...
Fellow Story

New technologies for protecting public health at beaches and resolving pollution problems

Southern California is notorious for its chronically polluted water bodies, from the affluent areas of Malibu to the more industrial city of Long Beach. California Assembly Bill 411 requires that city and county health departments regularly monitor impaired water bodies for fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) and that they notify the public of water quality problems.
February 8, 2010
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Anne Perrault

1997 Fellow
I am a Senior Fellow at the Georgetown Climate Center and a consultant, spending most of my time helping the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) implement a new ‘accountability mechanism’ that allows local communities to request...
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Tim Krupnik

2007 Fellow
Dr. Timothy Krupnik holds the position of Systems Agronomist with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), based in Bangladesh but with regional duties. He leads a portfolio of applied research and development efforts...
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Alfred Gonzalez

1995 Fellow
Tenured biology instructor at Evergreen Valley College (SJ,CA). My focus has shifted to improving science curricula and facilitating educational achievement for Chicano/Latino and Native American students. Other areas of focus include...
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Hilary Harp Falk

2005 Fellow
Hilary Harp Falk was previously the Regional Executive Director of National Wildlife Federation’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Center. Prior to NWF, she was the Director of the Choose Clean Water Coalition, a 230 member advocacy organization...
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Leonard Sklar

1996 Fellow
Leonard was originally trained as a civil engineer, earning a bachelor's in engineering from Cooper Union and an MS from UC Berkeley. After a year working on creek and wetland restoration projects for Philip Willimas & Associates, Leonard...
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Genevieve Connors

2003 Fellow
Genevieve Connors is Water Specialist at the World Bank. She is currently based in the New Delhi office where she works as a core member of the inter-disciplinary Water Resources Coordination Group on issues ranging from basin management to...
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Leslie Ferguson

2001 Fellow
Leslie is currently a Masters degree student at UC Davis in applied ecology where she is pursuing her passion for aquatic ecology, and stream restoration and conservation. Her thesis research involves studying the effectiveness of stream...