I am an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; I am also an associate research engineer at IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering and the Iowa Flood Center. I am a faculty affiliate of the Iowa Informatics Initiative as well. My research focuses on hydroinformatics, environmental information systems, scientific visualization, big data analytics, intelligent systems, and information communication. I have led the design and development of many novel research and operational information systems, including the Iowa Flood Information System, NASA IFloodS Information System, and Iowa Watershed Approach Information System. For more information, visit my professional website.

Research interests:

• Environmental information systems
• Data informatics
• Scientific visualization
• Data management
• Web-based systems