Faculty
Brett Sanders
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urban Planning and Public Policy
3080 ISEB (Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building)
949 824 4327 (office)
bsanders@uci.edu
Post-Graduate Researchers
Jochen Schubert
Associate Research Specialist
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3018 ISEB
j.schubert@uci.edu
Jo is a specialist in GIS, remote sensing, geomatics and flood risk modeling.
Graduate Student Researchers
Matt’s research focuses on the development of stochastic modeling tools for multi-decadal simulation of sediment transport, morphological change and ecosystem impacts in the coastal zone.
Ariane Jong
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3000 ISEB
arianej@uci.edu
Ari’s research focuses on flood risk at the wildland-urban interface associated with cycles of fire, precipitation, and sediment and debris that clog stormwater infrastructure.
Daniel Kahl
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3000 ISEB
dkahl1@uci.edu
Daniel’s research focuses on fine sediment dynamics in the coastal zone, and development of fine sediment disposal and placement methods that mimic nature-based transport and mixing.
Research Associates
Napoleon Gudiño-Elizondo
Investigador Titular
Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
ngudinoe@gmail.com
PhD Graduates
David Jaffe
Senior Project Manager, Michael Baker International
PHD 2002
Lorenzo Begnudelli
Engineering Specialist, FM Global
PHD 2007 (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Jochen Schubert
Associate Research Specialist, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCI
PHD 2009 (University of Nottingham, UK)
John (Matt) Thomas
Project Engineer, Geosyntec Consultants
PHD 2009
Daniel Howes
Associate Professor, Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering, Cal Poly SLO
PHD 2010
Humberto Gallegos
Associate Professor and Chair, Engineering and Technologies Department, East Los Angeles College
PHD 2011
Timu Gallien
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA
PHD 2012
Robert Stein
Assistant City Engineer, City of Newport Beach
PHD 2015
Morteza Shakeri
Senior Hydraulic Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles
PHD 2016
Adam Luke
Data Scientist, Experian
PHD 2018
Kristen Goodrich
Training Coordinator, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
PHD 2019 (Committee Member Role, Lead: R. Matthew, Social Ecology, UCI)
Matthew Brand
Post-doctoral Researcher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PHD 2020
M.S. (Thesis) Graduates
Carrie Green
1998
Allyson Chu
2001
Julio Fernandez
2005
Robert Mrse
2006
Adam Luke
2015
Past Postdoctoral Advisees
Michael Piasecki
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, City College of New York.
1998
Feleke Arega
Division of Water Quality, South Carolina Department of Environmental Affairs
2001-2003
Byunghyun Kim
Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
2010-2015
Hamed Moftakhari
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama
2014-2018 (Secondary Advisor Role. Lead: A. AghaKouchak, CEE, UCI)
Leicheng Guo
Researcher, State Key Lab of Estuarine and Coastal Research, Shanghai, China
2017-2018
Napoleon Elizondo Gudiño
Research Professor, Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada
2018-2020