Water and Sustainability: 21st Century Realities and the Global Groundwater Crisis
Professor, Earth Systems Science, University of California Irvine
JPL Senior Water Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
April
28,
2016
4:00
p.m.
William
G.
Davis
Computer
Research
Centre
(DC)
Room
1350
University
of
Waterloo
Biography
Dr. Jay Famiglietti is a hydrologist, a professor of Earth System Science and of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, and the Senior Water Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. He was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the California State Water Boards – Region 8, and he was the Founding Director of the UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling at UC Irvine. Before joining UCI in 2001, Jay was on the faculty of the Geological Sciences Department at the University of Texas at Austin, where he helped launch the program in climate and the UT Environmental Science Institute.
Dr.
Famiglietti
and
his
team
have
been
researching
and
communicating
about
water
and
climate
change
—
in
academia,
in
business,
in
government
and
to
the
general
public
for
over
25
years.
He
appeared
as
a
featured
expert
in
the
water
documentary
Last
Call
at
the
Oasis
and
in
CBS
News
60
Minutes.
He
is
a
frequent
speaker,
an
avid
writer
and
a
regular
contributor
to
National
Geographic
Water
Currents
and
to
the
Huffington
Post.
His
research
and
commentary
are
often
featured
in
the
international
news
media
and
in
network,
cable
and
public
television
news.
Jay
is
a
regular
guest
on
National
Public
Radio,
BBC
Radio
and
other
public
radio
shows.
He
is
currently
working
on
his
first
book
on
the
disappearance
of
groundwater
resources
the
world
over.