People

People

Berkeley Freshwater includes faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and research assistants associated with labs of Drs. Stephanie Carlson, Albert Ruhi, and Ted Grantham in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley.          

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Research

Our research aims to inform solutions to global water challenges that sustain biodiversity, satisfy human needs, and promote environmental stewardship.

News

  • Kendall Archie to begin his MS at Cal Poly Humboldt
    Congratulations to Ruhi Lab manager Kendall Archie on his new position as a Masters student at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. Kendall will be advised by Alison O’Dowd and is joining a project that seeks to understand the food web responses associated with the Trinity River. Kendall is bringing his benthic macroinvertebrate expertise up north and will
  • Trip to see coho salmon in Lagunitas Creek!
    Berkeley Freshwater went on an amazing trip to Lagunitas Creek to watch coho spawn on the central California coast. We watched coho leap over waterfalls, spar with each other, build their redds, and spawn. Best of luck as they continue their journeys upstream!
  • We attended AGU in Washington, DC
    Members of Berkeley Freshwater recently attended the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Washington, DC! Ted Grantham, Wietske Medema, and Sooyeon Yi represented their COEQWAL (COllaboratory for EQuity in Water Allocations) project. Ted presented an overview of the collaboratory and its goals, Sooyeon shared her work modeling functional environmental flows in California’s Central Valley,
  • Congratulations to Berkeley Freshwater postdoc Sooyeon Yi who has just published another manuscript!
    A new study, Environmental planning and the evolution of inter-basin water transfers in the United States, led by postdoc Sooyeon Yi, was published in Frontiers in Environmental Science. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of inter-basin water transfers across the U.S., crucial for balancing water availability and demand. These projects can significantly alter river flows,
  • New study on flood forecasting in reservoir-based systems
    A new Applied Water Science study led by Berkeley Freshwater postdoc Sooyeon Yi highlights the importance of improving flood forecasting for reservoir-based systems, essential for effective flood management and community safety. By comparing advanced machine learning and deep learning techniques, the research provides valuable insights into optimizing prediction models, ultimately enhancing our ability to respond to extreme