People
Water Resources Management Research Group
Principal Investigator - Samuel Sandoval Solis, PhD
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| Ramon Saiz-Rodriguez | Ph.D Candidate | Gabriela Rendon Herrera | M.S. Student |
| Paulina Rojas | Ph.D Candidate | Javiera Pérez N. | M.S. Student |
| Stephanie Nava Angeles | M.S. Student | Nanzanin Akrami | Ph.D Candidate |
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Samuel Sandoval Solis, Ph.D.
Samuel Sandoval is a professor and extension specialist in water resources at UC Davis – UC ANR. He is a water resources scientist interested in improving water management for human and environmental needs in California, considering the economic, environmental and social justice aspects for long term sustainable strategies. He works with a wide range of people, from farmworkers delivering training on how to prevent contamination of water due to pesticides applications (in English and Spanish), to water resources managers and decision makers developing basic research to determine environmental flows. He is the founding member of the Water Management Lab. Dr. Sandoval is a collaborator in several institutions: he is the co-host of the Water Talk Podcast, and the academic advisor for the non-profit organization Water Education for Latino leaders; a scientific collaborator of the California Institute for Water Resources, the associate director of the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters, and a policy expert for the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. Samuel shares his expertise and passion for quantitative water planning with students through his course entitled Water, Science and Management (ESM-121) in which he demonstrates to student tools and methods to design sustainable water resources systems. Email: samsandoval@ucdavis.edu
Ph.D. Students
Ramon Saiz-Rodriguez
Ramon Saiz Rodriguez is a Ph.D. Candidate in Hydrologic Sciences at the University of California, Davis, and a part-time graduate student researcher in the Water Management Lab. His doctoral research focuses on the basin of the Rio Grande; Ramon’s interests include climate change and water resources management as well as communication between science, policymaking, and society. Ramon holds an M.Sc. in geology and a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Sonora, México. For his master’s, Ramon worked with evapotranspiration in a crop field using Eddy Covariance method and remote sensing to improve irrigation systems and water uses. His professional development has been oriented to hydraulic, hydrology, and topography, including hydraulic modeling of rivers, channels, and floodplains, and the handling of digital geographic information, remote sensing, and GPS operation in the state of Sonora as well as other states in Mexico. Email: rsaiz@ucdavis.edu
Paulina Rojas
Paulina Rojas is a Ph.D. Candidate in Ecology from the University of California, Davis. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.. Email: parojasr@ucdavis.edu
Nanzanin Akrami
Nazanin Akrami is a Ph.D. Candidate in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Email: NAKRAMI@ucdavis.edu
M.S. Students
Gabriela Rendon Herrera
Gabriela is pursuing a Masters in Ecology at the University of California, Davis. Gabriela holds a B.S. Biology from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico, where she earned a Bachelor Thesis with Honors with the project “Relationship between short-term stress response and cause-effect association of the Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)”. Most of her experience in science conservation and socialization projects has been in the non-governmental organization sector. She was Head of the Communication Department at Pronatura Noreste A.C. (2016-2020), a non-governmental organization that seeks the environmental conservation of the biodiversity of the Mexican northeast. Gabriela is a founding member of the College of Solidarity Biologists of the State of Nuevo León A.C. (2021). She is also a founding member of the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters (PFBW), an organization which pursues the dissemination and socialization of scientific knowledge on binational hydrological basins along the US-Mexico border to strengthen decision-making related to water management. Currently, Gabriela holds the position of Strategic Communication Manager (Feb 2020- to date) at the PFBW.. Email: grendonherrera@ucdavis.edu
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Javiera Perez N.
Javiera is a Masters student in Hydrologic Science Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Email: jpereznunez@ucdavis.edu edu
Stephanie Nava Angeles
Stephanie is a graduate student in the Masters program of Environmental Policy and Management Program at UC Davis. She received a Bachelor of Science in Sustainability Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UC Riverside. Before joining the EPM program at UC Davis, Stephanie was the Program Manager at a non profit called Water Education for Latino Leaders where she helped educate elected Latino leaders on California water policy through various education programs which included traveling throughout the state to learn about water challenges facing different communities and regions. She believes access to safe, clean, and affordable drinking water is a human right and post-degree, hopes to manage and implement equitable water policy and programs that bring safe and affordable drinking water to unincorporated and disadvantaged communities. Email: snavaangeles@ucdavis.edu
Post-Doctoral Scholars
Visiting Scholars
Collaborators
Erika Cassio Madrazo
Erika Cassio Madrazo is a Project Scientist in CIWR, focusing on collaborative projects to promote drinking water and wastewater access. Erika is supporting a multi-year wastewater needs assessment by the state of California to evaluate long-term funding and policy needs for water-related sanitation. Erika graduated with a degree in Agribusiness from the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterey and completed her postgraduate studies in Regional Development at the Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo. She worked as an academic at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional as a Researcher and also served as Deputy Director of Academia and Research. She also worked in the State Government as Head of Water Culture. She is a specialist in Water Management and Sociohydrology. Email: ecassiomadrazo@ucanr.edu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Anne Borger
Anne is a researcher assistant working with Professor Sandoval in the UC Davis Water Management Lab. Anne assists in the research team in projects that analyze California's water supply and distribution. Email:
