The WWA Team is comprised of accomplished researchers in varied disciplines at the University of Colorado Boulder and several other institutions in the region. WWA is led by seven Principal Investigators who direct the research program, assisted by staff who support both research and partnerships.
Research Leadership and Staff

Seth Arens
Utah Research Information Specialist

Karen Bailey
Principal Investigator

Nels Bjarke
Hydrologist and Research Information Specialist

Katie Clifford
Lead Social Scientist

Benét Duncan
Managing Director and Principal Investigator

Corrie Knapp
Principal Investigator

Ethan Knight
Communications Lead and Scientist

Ben Livneh
Director and Principal Investigator

Noah Molotch
Principal Investigator

Court Strong
Principal Investigator
Investigators
Joseph Barsugli

Anne Gold

Kristiana (Kristi) Hansen

Jacob Hochard

Kris Karnauskas

Joseph Kasprzyk

Steve J Miller

Logan Mitchell

Ami Nacu-Schmidt

Christine Okochi

Ginger Paige

Imtiaz Rangwala

Danya Rumore

William Travis

Heather Yocum
Graduate Students and Postdocs

Jeremy Barroll
Advisor: Ben Livneh

Natalie Bennett
Advisor: Karen Bailey

Kaitlyn Bishay
Advisor: Ben Livneh

Gabrielle Dunn
Water Fellows Program Associate

Emma Galofré García
Advisor: Karen Bailey

Parth Modi
Advisor: Ben Livneh

Skye Niles
Postdoctoral Researcher

Emily Peters
Graduate Research Assistant

Alec Wallen
Advisor: Corrie Knapp

Savanna Wolvin
Advisor: Court Strong
Collaborators
James Arnott , Aspen Global Change Institute
Jennifer K. Balch , Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder
Aparna Bamzai-Dodson , NC CASC
Steven Burian , University of Alabama
Jeff Deems , Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc.
Lisa Dilling , Environmental Defense Fund
Ahmed Elkouk , Michigan State University
Joanna Endter-Wada , Utah State University
Robert Gillies , Utah Climate Center, Utah State University
Jennifer Henderson , Texas Tech University
Windy Kelley , USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub
Douglas Kenney , Retired - Getches-Wilkinson Center, Law School, University of Colorado Boulder
Roger Kjelgren , Utah State University
Maria Carmen Lemos , University of Michigan and GLISA
Jeff Lukas , Lukas Climate Research and Consulting
Kelly Mahoney , NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Rebecca Morss , National Center for Atmospheric Research
Elizabeth Payton , University of Colorado Boulder
Dannele Peck , USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub
Yadu Pokhrel , Michigan State University
Balaji Rajagopalan , CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
Mark Raleigh , Oregon State University
Andrea Ray , NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Janine Rice , Independent Consultant
David Rosenberg , Utah State University
Mark Shafer , Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, SCIPP
Rebecca Smith , U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Jim Steenburgh , University of Utah
Olga Wilhelmi , National Center for Atmospheric Research
Klaus Wolter , Retired - CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
Edith Zagona , University of Colorado Boulder