Jessica Meyer

Jessica Meyer is currently an Assistant Professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Iowa. She earned a B.S. in Environmental Geology from the University of Montana and a M.Sc. (University of Waterloo) and Ph.D. (University of Guelph) in hydrogeology. Dr. Meyer’s research focuses on field based characterization of groundwater flow systems in heterogeneous geologic settings with emphasis on understanding the relationship between the hydraulic and geologic structure of the subsurface.

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Chris Jones

Chris coordinates activities related to the Iowa Water Quality Information System and conduct research on nutrient and sediment transport and general water quality in agricultural watersheds. He has been in his career for over 16 years.

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Keith Schilling

Dr. Keith Schilling is the State Geologist of Iowa and Director of the Iowa Geological Survey at the University of Iowa. He has been in his career for over 16 years.

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Amy Kaleita

Amy Kaleita is Professor and Associate Chair for Teaching in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State. Holding a teaching and research appointment, Amy Kaleita works in the area of information technologies for precision conservation. Her research program includes design of sensing and monitoring systems for the agricultural fields and watersheds, and the utilization of data from such systems in watershed modeling and decision support. In her spare time, Amy is an avid reader, averaging 40-some books per year for pleasure. 

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Rick Cruse

Rick Cruse is a professor in the Department of Agronomy and director of the Iowa Water Center.  As director, Rick addresses administrative needs of the Center and is responsible for successful Center operations; he has been Director of the Iowa Water Center since 2006.  He served as president of the National Institutes for Water Resources from 2015 – 2016, the professional organization representing the 54 Water Resources Research Institutes across the US and US territories.  Rick co-leads the Daily Erosion Project with his primary research focus of soil erosion and water runoff.  His passion is the out-of-doors and thrives on getting his five grand daughters involved with hunting and fishing.

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Brian Hornbuckle

Brian Hornbuckle is a professor in the Departments of Agronomy, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University.  He is also the Director of Graduate Education for the Agricultural Meteorology Graduate Major, a member of the Environmental Science Graduate Major, and his department’s representative on the Iowa State University Faculty Senate.  He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental physics and conducts research on satellite remote sensing of Earth’s land surface with an emphasis on observing water stored in plants and soil.  Brian has been at Iowa State since 2003.  He earned an ScB in electrical engineering from Brown University, an MA in secondary education from the University of Mississippi, and an MSE and PhD in electrical engineering and atmospheric science from the University of Michigan.  Brian and his wife Jalene live in Nevada, IA, and have three adult children. 

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Daryl Herzmann

Daryl Herzmann is a Systems Analyst within the Department of Agronomy.  His responsibilities include the development of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet(https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu) website, which is a data warehouse of Iowa and beyond environmental information supporting numerous research activities within the Iowa Water Center and beyond.  Daryl got his start on the project after graduating with a Meteorology BS degree back in 2001.  He has expertise in dealing with disparate real-time flows of data and providing web scale services and products.  He lives in Ankeny and enjoys the wide variety of weather Iowa’s strong seasonality provides.

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William Gutowski

Bill Gutowski is a Professor of Meteorology in the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences at Iowa State University. He does research and teaches on climate change, weather and climate extremes and the impacts of climate change on society, especially water-related impacts. His work has had special focus on changing climate in regions of the world such as Africa, the Arctic and the U.S. Bill received his Ph.D. in Meteorology from M.I.T. in 1984. He has served on national and international programs that have guided the course of climate research worldwide, such as the World Meteorological Organization’s World Climate Research Programme. He has also coauthored reports on climate by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Bill enjoys riding his bike and hiking when he can, especially in the hills of western New England, where he grew up. 

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Andrea Wagner

Andrea Wagner is a 3rd year master’s student in the Community and Regional Planning and Sustainable Agriculture dual degree program at Iowa State University. Currently, she is conducting a comparative analysis of six of Iowa’s watershed groups. This research focuses on the social infrastructure of the groups, as well as the structure and function relationship between watershed organizations and the communities of which they are a part, with an aim to improve conservation implementation at the watershed scale. This work is supported by a grant from the North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, as well as by the Iowa Water Center. Andrea lives in Ames with her husband and dog, where they enjoy the many parks the city has to offer.