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AU Water Affiliates

AU Water Affiliates consist of faculty and staff actively engaged in the water resources field. As part of this network, affiliates have the opportunity to collaborate with the Auburn University Water Resources Center (AUWRC) on a variety of initiatives including: partnering on grant proposals, promoting events, and accessing exclusive workshops and training sessions. Affiliates also benefit from early information on funding opportunities, collaborative research support, and participation in networking events designed to foster interdisciplinary connections and professional growth.

Email wrc@auburn.edu if you are interested in becoming an Affiliate Member.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

SCHOOL OF FISHERIES, AQUACULTURE, AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Dr. Shannon Brewer

skb0064@auburn.edu 

334-750-5632

Dr. Timothy Bruce

tjb0089@auburn.edu

334-844-9213

Dr. Stephen (Ash) Bullard

Biological Sciences

ash.bullard@auburn.edu

334-844-9278

Dr. Ian Butts

Reproductive Biology & Physiology of Aquatic Species

iab0007@auburn.edu

334-844-9407

Dr. Matt Catalano

Population Dynamics, Adaptive Management

mjc0028@auburn.edu

334-844-7366

Dr. David J. Cline

clinedj@auburn.edu

334-844-2874

Dr. Bill Daniels 

daniewh@auburn.edu

 334-844-9123

Dr. Allen Davis

Water Quality Issues Affected by Feeding Practices in Aquaculture

davisda@auburn.edu

334-844-9312

Dr. Dennis Devries

Ecology & Management of Freshwater & Estuarine Systems

devridr@auburn.edu

334-844-9322

Dr. Rex Dunham

dunhara@auburn.edu

334-844-9121

Dr. Taryn Garlock

taryngarlock@auburn.edu

334-740-6508

Dr. Tham Hoang

Toxicity, Contaminant Bioaccumulation, Bioconcentration, and Bioavailability

tch0047@auburn.edu

334-844-9122

Dr. Carol Johnston

Freshwater Biological Conservation, eDNA

johnsc5@auburn.edu

334-844-1781

Dr. Anita M. Kelly

amk0105@auburn.edu

 334-624-4016

Dr. Melissa Partyka

m.partyka@auburn.edu

251-348-5436

Dr. Luke Roy

royluke@auburn.edu

 334-624-4016

Dr. Jim Stoeckel

jimstoeckel@auburn.edu

334-844-9249

Dr. Steve Szedlmayer

Management Practices of Marine Recreational Fisheries

szedlst@auburn.edu

251-990-4858

Dr. Andrea Tarnecki 

atarnecki@auburn.edu

251-861-3018 ext. 2

Dr. Joseph R. Tomasso Jr.

jrt0033@auburn.edu

334-844-4786

Dr. Dengjun Wang

Coastal Fisheries, Alabama Seafood Industry Development

dzw0065@auburn.edu

251-438-9416

Dr. P.J. Waters

 waterph@auburn.edu

 251-471-2124

Dr. Nathan Whelan

nwhelan@auburn.edu

334-844-4830

Dr. Alan Wilson

Aquatic Ecology, Water Quality, Harmful Algal Blooms

wilson@auburn.edu

334-246-1120

Dr. Rusty Wright

Recreational Fisheries Management in Alabama

wrighr2@auburn.edu

334-844-9311

DEPARTMENT OF BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Dr. David Blersch

Engineered Systems for Phototrophic Algal Biofilms, Water Quality, Algal Biomass Production

dmb0040@auburn.edu

334-844-3542

Dr. Mark Dougherty

Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Watershed Hydrology

doughmp@auburn.edu

334-844-8939

Dr. Brendan Higgins

Wastewater Treatment, Algae

bth0023@auburn.edu

334-844-3532

Dr. Jasmeet Lamba

Sediment & Nutrient Management, Sediment Fingerprinting, Watershed Modeling

jsl0005@auburn.edu

334-844-3531

Dr. Anna Linhoss

Coastal Ecological Engineering

acl0089@auburn.edu

334-844-4181

DEPARTMENT OF CROP, SOIL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Dr. Eve Brantley

Outreach Programs Related to Water Issues

brantef@auburn.edu

334-844-3927

Dr. Yucheng Feng

Bacterial Source Tracking in Contaminated Watersheds

yfeng@auburn.edu

334-844-3967

Dr. Thorsten Knappenberger

Soil Physics, Irrigation Efficiency, Soil Colloid Transport, Spatial & Temporal Statistics

tjk0013@auburn.edu

334-844-3997

Dr. Yaniv Olshansky

Soil Biogeochemical Processes

yzo0015@auburn.edu

334-844-5489

Dr. Brenda Ortiz

Precision Agriculture

bvo0001@auburn.edu

334-844-5534

Dr. Rishi Prasad

Nutrient Management

rzp0050@auburn.edu

334-844-3922

Dr. Joey Shaw

Soil Pedology, Geospatial Applications in Soil & Agriculture

shawjo1@auburn.edu

334-844-3957

Dr. Di Tian

tiandi@auburn.edu

334-844-3819

Dr. Matthew Waters

Water Quality, Limnology

mnw0018@auburn.edu

334-844-3950

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE

Dr. Camila Rodrigues

Fresh Produce Contamination

crodrigues@auburn.edu

334-758-1107

Dr. Andre Luiz da Silva

BMPs – Vegetable Crops, IPM

adasilva@auburn.edu

352-870-9927

Dr. Amy N. Wright

Sustainable Landscape Horticulture, Rain Gardens

wrigham@auburn.edu

334-844-3254

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Dr. Mark Barnett

Water Supply & Distribution, Chemistry, and Groundwater Remediation

barnem4@auburn.edu

334-844-6291

Dr. Lauren Beckingham

Environmental Engineering

leb0071@auburn.edu

334-844-6260

Dr. Natalie Cápiro

Environmental Biotechnology, Fate and Transport of Organic Groundwater Contaminants

natalie.capiro@auburn.edu

334-844-4369

Dr. Xing Fang

Surface Water Quality, Climate Change Impact, Water Resources Engineering

xzf0001@auburn.edu

334-844-8778

Dr. Joel Hayworth

Hydrologic, Geologic, Chemical, and Biological Processes, Functions, and Effects withing Estuarine, Terrestrial, and Freshwater Ecosystems

jsh0024@auburn.edu

334-844-737

Dr. Frances O’Donnell

Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Environmental Engineering

fco0002@auburn.edu

334-844-7168

Dr. Cassandra Porter

Chemical Engineering, Novel Materials/Polymers for Membranes in Water Treatment

cjp0084@auburn.edu

334-844-4827

Dr. Jose Vaconcelos

Study of Unsteady, Multiphase Flow Phenomena, Numerical Modeling, Water Quality

jgv0001@auburn.edu

334-844-6280

Dr. Don Zhao

Water Treatment Processes, Groundwater Remediation

zhaodon@auburn.edu

334-844-6277

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dr. Moises Bernal

Fish Adaptation, Acclimation, and Responses to Environmental Stessors/Global Change

mab0205@auburn.edu

334-844-1645

DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES

Dr. Phillip Chaney

Coastal Hazards

pchaney@auburn.edu

334-844-3420

Dr. Ming-Kuo Lee

Groundwater Hydrology & Hydrologic Modeling

leeming@auburn.edu

334-844-4898

Dr. Luke Marzen

Remote Sensing and GIS

marzelj@auburn.edu

334-844-3462

Dr. Ann Ojeda

Geohealth, Fate and Transport of Organic Contaminants, Environmental Chemistry

aso0013@auburn.edu

334-844-4203

Dr. Stephanie Rogers

Remote Sensing, Glacial Archaeology, Drones, LiDAR

s.rogers@auburn.edu

334-844-4069

Dr. Jim Saunders

Groundwater Geochemistry, Water-Rock Interaction

saundja@auburn.edu

334-844-4884

Dr. Stephanie Shepherd

Fluvial Geomorphology, Anthropogenic Impacts on River Systems

slshepherd@auburn.edu

334-844-4926

Dr. Lorraine Wolf

Environmental Geophysics

wolflor@auburn.edu

334-844-4878

COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT

Dr. Janaki R.R. Alavalapati

Natural Resources Policy

ajanaki@auburn.edu

334-844-1004

Dr. Chris Anderson

Wetland Hydrology

andercj@auburn.edu

334-844-1033

Dr. Wesley Anderson

Herpetology, Wetland Ecology and Restoration

wma0016@auburn.edu

334-844-9233

Dr. Shannon Brewer

Stream and River Ecology, Fish Movement

skb0064@auburn.edu

334-844-9237

Dr. Latif Kalin

Forest Hydrology

kalinla@auburn.edu

334-844-4671

Dr. Graeme Lockaby

Land Use Impacts on Water, Wetland Biogeochemistry

lockabg@auburn.edu

334-844-1054

Dr. Sarah Zohdy

Epidemiology of Wildlife Diseases, Vector-Borne Diseases

zohdy@auburn.edu

334-844-8046

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION

Charlene LeBleu

Landscape Design Related to Water Resources

leblecm@auburn.edu

334-844-4516

AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES