Joel W Homan
Joel is an Hydrologist with the Colorado Water Science Center, Western Colorado Office, Grand Junction, Colorado
Currently he is investigating ephemeral streams in Western Colorado with the hopes of targeting remediation locations to reduce sediment and salinity loading into the Colorado River. Previously, he focused most of his career in snow and hydrological processes in the Alaska arctic. He received his PhD in Interdisciplinary Hydrology, Civil Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2015, where he conducted a comprehensive investigation of solid and liquid precipitation in the Alaska Central Arctic.
Professional Experience
Hydrologist, USGS-Colorado Water Science Center, Grand Junction, CO, 2020-present
Research Hydrologist, USDA ARS, El Reno, OK, 2019
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2016-2017
Research Assistant, Water and Environmental Research Center, Dept. Of Civil Engineering and Minds, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008-2015
Research Assistant, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2007
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geology, Boise State University, 2005-2007
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Hydrology, Civil Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 2015
Thesis: Precipitation in the Alaska Central Arctic
MS Hydrologic Sciences, Boise State University
Graduate Cert in Geographical Information Analysis
Thesis: The Development and Evaluation of Ground, Model and Satellite-based Snowmelt Depletion Curve
B.S. in Geology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, 2005