Flood experts
Flood impacts, forecasting, models
Dennis Lettenmaier, UCLA
Modeling and predicting the role of land hydrology in the climate system, hydrologic variability related to changing climate and land cover/land use
David Neelin, UCLA
El Niño/Southern Oscillation phenomenon, climate variation
Dave Pierce, UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
California snowpack, Colorado River water supply, El Niño and La Niña, and climate change
Erik Porse, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Director, California Institute for Water Resources, water policy, general California water issues
Marty Ralph, UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Director, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), atmospheric rivers, and developing strategies and inputs for potential future forecast-informed reservoir operations
Soroosh Sorooshian, UC Irvine
Director, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing, precipitation measurement, remote sensing
Daniel Swain, UCLA
Climate, extreme events, Twitter: @Weather_West
Climate, temperatures, snowpack
Roger Bales, UC Merced
Climate change, snow and ice, SierraNet real time hydrological data, Twitter: @rbalesuc
Dan Cayan, UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Director, California Nevada Applications Program (CNAP), climate variability and climate change, and climate-hydrology-other sector linkages
Martha Conklin, UC Merced
Surface/groundwater interaction, snow processes
Lynn Ingram, UC Berkeley
Paleoclimate, climate change in California
Safeeq Khan, UC Merced
Climate change and hydrologic extremes, Twitter: @safeeqkhan
Norm Miller, UC Berkeley
Climate, flooding
Tapan Pathak, UC Merced
Climate adaptation in agriculture
Flooding and infrastructure
Amir Aghakouchak, UC Irvine
Monitoring and forecasting, FloodRISE, Twitter: @AmirAghaKouchak
Timu Gallien, UC San Diego
Urban and coastal flooding
Jay Lund, UC Davis
Water resource management,Center for Watershed Sciences, Twitter:@JayLund113
Nicholas Pinter, UC Davis
Flooding, natural hazard management and mitigation
Brett Sanders, UC Irvine
Flooding and erosion hazards, FloodRISE, Twitter: @UCIFloodLab
Risk, policy, natural disaster response
Ed Balsdon, San Diego State University
Risk management
Robert Bea, UC Berkeley
Risk assessment and management of engineered systems, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management
Dave Feldman, UC Irvine
Water policy, Twitter: @WaterUCI
Mark Lubell, UC Davis
Water policy, cooperation and decision-making, network analysis, Twitter: @EnvPolicyCenter
Gaspar Rivera Salgado, UCLA
Farm labor, migration
Christine Rodrigue, CSU Long Beach
Hazards, emergency management, risk assessment and management
Robert Wilkinson, UC Santa Barabara
Water policy, water/energy/climate integrated analysis
Agriculture and food safety
Khaled Bali, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Soils, irrigation, drainage
Michael Cahn, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Water management for vegetables and berries
Ted DeJong, UC Davis
Tree crop physiology
Luis Espino, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Rice
John Madigan, UC Davis
Equine- flooding, evacuation, standing water, flood related injuries and illness
Jeff Mitchell, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Soil cover crops, conservation tillage
Dan Munk, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Irrigation management
Toby O'Geen, UC Davis
Soil-landscape relationships, hydropedology
Mike Payne, UC Davis
Livestock health, Western Institute of Food Safety and Security
Robert H. Poppenga, UC Davis
Animal exposure to chemicals/toxicants as a result of flooding
Sam Sandoval Solis (available for interviews in Spanish), UC Davis
Agricultural and municipal water, policy, Twitter: @samuelsandoval
Ken Tate, UC Davis
Rangelands, grazing, watersheds, Rangeland Watershed Laboratory
Urban and storm water management
Maura Allaire, UC Irvine
Water resources management, environmental economics, urban water systems, Twitter: @WaterEquityLab
Ken Baerenklau, UC Riverside
Urban water conservation
Missy Gable, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Landscape water management, Twitter: @UCmastergarden
Madelyn Glickfield, UCLA
Institute of Environment and Sustainability, integrated local water supply and management in Southern California
Igor Lacan, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Urban stormwater management
Mark Matsumoto, UC Riverside
Urban and agricultural water reuse, small-scale treatment systems
Lorence (Loren) Oki, UC Davis
Landscape water management, Twitter: @LorenOki
Dennis Pittenger, UC Riverside
Landscape water conservation, water requirements of landscapes and landscape plants
David Sedlak, UC Berkeley
Urban water supply, Twitter: @water4point0
Groundwater
Helen Dahlke, UC Davis
Surface water resources, flood irrigation, snowpack and groundwater recharge, Twitter: @hedahlke
Andrew Fisher, UC Santa Cruz
Groundwater, managed recharge, extreme precipitation, water quality, The Recharge Initiative
Graham Fogg, UC Davis
Groundwater
Thomas Harter, UC Davis
Groundwater contamination and resources, Twitter: @Wasserstille
Daniel Tartakovsky, UC San Diego
Groundwater and surface water/groundwater interaction
Ecosystems
Matt Kondolf, UC Berkeley
Hydrology, environmental geology, riparian zone management
Laurel Larsen, UC Berkeley
Hydroecology, wetlands, sediment transport, environmental fluid mechanics
David Lewis, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Watershed management
Peter Moyle, UC Davis
Watershed management and fish
Scott Stephens, UC Berkeley
Wildfire impacts, forest management
Sally Thompson, UC Berkeley
Ecosystems and surface water systems
Josh Viers, UC Merced
Watershed science, climatic and hydrological change vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategies
You can also visit our full list of California academic institutions that focus on water. For county-level UC Agriculture and Natural Resources experts, contact your county cooperative extension office.
Note: if you are a California academic with flood-related expertise that would like to be added to this list, please email anrwater at ucanr.edu.