Personnel

Mohamed Abdelkader

Mohamed Abdelkader

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Allen Bradley

Allen Bradley Jr, PhD

Title/Position
Faculty Research Engineer
Allen Bradley is an IIHR faculty research engineer, as well as a professor of civil and environmental engineering.
Bart Brown

Bart Brown

Title/Position
Senior Application Developer
Bart Brown is a senior application developer at the Iowa Flood Center. He does web development and programming and works on the Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS).
George Constantinescu

George Constantinescu, PhD

Title/Position
Faculty Research Engineer
George Constantinescu is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa and a research engineer at IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering.
Bekir Zahit Demiray

Bekir Zahit Demiray

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Bekir Zahit Demiray is a graduate research assistant at the Iowa Flood Center.
Alan Doran

Alan Doran

Title/Position
Design Engineer
Teresa Gaffey

Teresa Gaffey

Title/Position
Director of Finance and Business Operations, IIHR
Teresa Gaffey is the director of finance and business operations at IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering and the Iowa Flood Center.
Valeria Garcia Munera

Valeria Garcia Munera

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Kate Giannini

Kate Giannini

Title/Position
Program Manager, IIHR
Kate Giannini is a Program Manager at IIHR, where she leads partner engagement and strategic initiatives to enhance flood resilience across Iowa. With a background in watershed management, and conservation implementation, she collaborates with communities, researchers, and stakeholders to translate flood science into actionable solutions.
Dan Gilles

Daniel Gilles

Title/Position
Water Resources Engineer
Daniel Gilles is a water resources engineer at the Iowa Flood Center. He develops flood models to simulate how flooding occurs in communities.
Radek Goska

Radek Goska

Title/Position
Design Engineer
Radek Goska is a design engineer at the Iowa Flood Center. His research interests include database development, real-time data acquisition for the Iowa Flood Information System and other projects, and the development of GUI for hydro-NEXRAD and XPOL radars.
Santiago Henao Gomez

Santiago Henao Gomez

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Santiago Henao Gomez is a graduate research assistant at the Iowa Flood Center.
Portrait of Witold Krajewski

Witold Krajewski, PhD

Title/Position
Faculty Research Engineer
Witek Krajewski is the former director and a current faculty research engineer at the Iowa Flood Center. His scientific research interests concern multiple aspects of rainfall measurement, modeling, forecasting, and estimation, using radar and satellite remote sensing.
Anton Kruger

Anton Kruger, PhD

Title/Position
Faculty Research Engineer
Anton Kruger is a research engineer at IIHR and the Iowa Flood Center, as well as a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Iowa
Simon Martinez

Simon Martinez Rendon

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Ruben Molina

Ruben Dario Molina Santamaria

Title/Position
Assistant Research Scientist
Jerry Mount

Jerry Mount, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Research Scientist
Jerry Mount is an assistant research scientist in the Iowa Flood Center
Marian Muste

Marian Muste, PhD

Title/Position
Research Engineer
Marian Muste is a research engineer with IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering and an adjunct professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa. His research interests include river monitoring, uncertainty analysis, and cyberinfrastructure-based watershed data and information systems.
James Niemeier

James Niemeier, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Research Scientist
James Niemeier is an assistant research scientist at the Iowa Flood Center. His work includes developing, building, and deploying new instrumentation.
Felipe Quintero Duque

Felipe Quintero Duque, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Research Scientist
Felipe Quintero Duque is an assistant research scientist at the Iowa Flood Center. He works to enhance the Iowa Flood Information System by designing tools that enable river stage forecasts for any location in Iowa.
Marcela Rojas Oliveras

Marcela Rojas Oliveros

Title/Position
Design Engineer
Marcela Rojas Oliveros is a design engineer at the Iowa Flood Center. She works to develop rating curves for bridge sensors at many locations on rivers in Iowa as part of a project with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Breanna Shea

Breanna Shea

Title/Position
Program Manager, Iowa Flood Center
Breanna Shea is a program manager at the Iowa Flood Center. She develops and implements communications and outreach programs for IFC projects.
Humberto Vergara

Humberto Vergara Arrieta, PhD

Title/Position
Faculty Research Engineer
Dr. Vergara is a faculty research engineer at the Iowa Flood Center providing expertise in hydrologic modeling with a focus on river-flood and flash-flood forecasting.
Portrait of Larry Weber

Larry Weber, PhD

Title/Position
Director, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering
Interim Director, Iowa Flood Center
Director, Center for Hydrologic Development
Larry Weber is the IIHR director, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and the Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics. With Director Witold Krajewski, he helped create the IFC and continues to be active in its development through work with the Iowa Legislature
Nate Young

Nate Young

Title/Position
Associate Director, Iowa Flood Center
Nate Young is associate director of the Iowa Flood Center and a research engineer at IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering.