Ali Ameli

Principal Investigator

I am a hydrologist interested in exploring how water and solutes move and react within watersheds, how these movements and reactions change with climate variability and land-use alteration, and, ultimately, how these changes impact terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. I lead national and international projects on developing interdisciplinary approaches for water security assessment and watershed management in collaboration with geochemists, ecologists, agricultural and forestry scientists, and water conservation and protection agencies. Through these works, we are developing science-based evidence on the interaction amongst hydrological, geochemical, and ecological processes to inform watershed management, planning, and engineering designs. Our end goal is to manage the environmental impacts of climate variability and land-use alteration on groundwater and surface water resources.