Our Research Team

Diana Chavarro Rincon is Senior Project Officer at the University of Twente, focusing on water resources management and geo-information science.

Keir Soderberg specializes in geochemistry, hydrogeology, and environmental science at S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc.

Lixin Wang conducts research on ecohydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, and environmental change as an Associate Professor at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Marc Mayes is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Watershed Sciences at Utah State University, specializing in ecosystem science and remote sensing biogeochemistry with a focus on landscape management for climate change.

Abinash Bhattachan is an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University, focusing on research in geomorphology, dryland environments, and environmental change.

Alex Lester teaches science at The Hartsbrook School, drawing on over a decade of experience in science and math education.

Frances O'Donnell researches water resources and resilient infrastructure as an Associate Professor at Auburn University.

Garth Lindner oversees resource assessment activities at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, focusing on water resource management and policy.

Stephen Good is Associate Professor in the Department of Biological & Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University, where research focuses on ecohydrology and water resources.

Ben was the lead hardware engineer for PulsePod and field technician. He's now the Chief Technology Officer at Arable Labs, Inc.

Boniface is a laboratory assistant in the Princeton Ecohydrolgy Lab facility at the Mpala Research Center

Ekomwa is our former field research assistant at the Mpala Research Center

John manages the Ecohydrolgy Lab facility at the Mpala Research Center

Molly is currently living and working in sunny southern California, where she is a member of the data team for Factual software.

Moses is a lab assistant in the Ecohydrology Lab facility at the Mpala Research Center

Noah develops coupled social-physical models of farmer decision making and crop growth

Alice was a research intern in our lab during the summer of 2011 and a thesis student during the 2011-2012 academic year. She wrote her thesis on methods for real-time characterization of the isotopic composition of plant transpiration fluxes.

Craig worked on the influence of dew droplets on the energy balance of Colocasia esculenta leaves.

Eric was a research intern working with Lyndon Estes on ecological applications of UAVs and especially UAV image processing workflows.

Ida wrote her thesis on the use of catalytic convertors for removing organics from vapor samples when conducting laser-based spectroscopy of water vapor isotopes. She is currently a fellow in the Princeton in Africa program.

Jeremy was a PEI intern involved in our root excavation work during the summer of 2010.

Marcus studied the consequences of agricultural expansion in Zambia, combining fieldwork, remote sensing and modeling.

Matteo was a PEI Grand Challenge Intern in 2014 working on different aspects of crop management.

Miranda wrote her senior thesis on plant water source changes in Kenya.

Rodrigo was an intern working with us in 2010 on our root excavation project. His duties included excavations and chief operator of the camp's vuvuzela.

Stephen's thesis was on the development of a low-cost disdrometer for agricultural monitoring in sub-Saharan Africa.

Connor joined our lab through the Hutchins Scholars program at the Lawrenceville School. He worked on the relative influence of foliar uptake and foliar shielding on leaf water isotopes.

Jimmy joined our lab through the Hutchins Scholars program at the Lawrenceville School. He worked on new techniques for organics removal in plant water samples.

Daozhi was a visiting researcher from the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science.

Feng was a visiting researcher from the Institute of Desertification Studies from the Chinese Academy of Forestry, located in Beijing, China.

Guiomar was a visiting PhD student from the Universitat Politècnica de València focusing on the use of satellite data to implement parsimonious ecohydrological models in water-controlled areas.