Tag: Meet a scientist
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Meet a scientist: Lindsay Sansom
Article originally written by Ava English Lindsay Sansom, Ph.D., fell in love with water growing up in the Texas Hill Country and has spent her entire career helping others connect with their local water sources. Every summer during Sansom’s childhood she would swim in Jacob’s Well, a deep artesian spring that is fed by groundwater,…
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Meet a scientist: Saurav Kumar
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay Saurav Kumar, Ph.D., always knew he would go into science, engineering and computing. There was no question. “My dad was an electronic engineer/scientist. Seeing him was inspirational, and generally, there was a love for science in my household,” he said. To add to the excitement for a job well…
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Meet a scientist: Juan Enciso
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay When it comes to jobs that make the world a better place, few people probably think of irrigators and irrigation engineers. But Juan Enciso, Ph.D., thinks they should. “To sustain our population and to have a better environment, we need better irrigation practices,” he said. “Irrigation people will help to…
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Meet a scientist: Sam Brody
Article originally written by Chantal Cough Schulze Samuel Brody, Ph.D., wants to help make society more resilient to natural hazards. To do that, one must first understand how to “bridge the gap between knowledge and action,” he said. As the director of the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores (CTBS) at Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG),…
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Meet a scientist: Zhuping Sheng
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay Using technology and engineering to give good, practical answers to water users’ questions is one of the joys of the job for Dr. Zhuping Sheng. As the center director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at El Paso, Sheng oversees operations and supports faculty members in their research programs. These…
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Meet a scientist: Emily Monroe
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze Emily Monroe wants to give people access — to the right tools, information and support. As a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist for the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), Monroe connects the public with what they need, from educational events to septic systems, to accomplish their goals. Monroe didn’t always want to…
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Meet a scientist: Genhua Niu
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze Dr. Genhua Niu is always on the lookout for the next agricultural innovation. As a professor of urban agriculture at the Texas A&M AgriLife Center at Dallas, she studies how growing environments can be adjusted to enhance plant growth and quality in urban settings, such as by manipulating the light…
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Meet a scientist: Fouad Jaber
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze Every day, Dr. Fouad Jaber asks and answers two questions about his work in integrated water resource management: What’s the problem, and what are we going to do about it? As a Texas A&M University associate professor and extension specialist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas, Jaber…
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Meet a scientist: Anna Gitter
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) research assistant Anna Gitter bridges the gaps between environmental science and public health, scientists and nonscientists, and fieldwork and computer work. Gitter develops watershed characterization reports and conducts fieldwork for impaired water bodies throughout Texas. As a Texas A&M University doctoral student in water management and…
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Meet a scientist: Laura Rodriguez Lozada
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze When Laura Rodriguez Lozada was a child, she loved taking things apart. She would distill things down to their basic components and figure out how to piece them back together. “I liked to open up electric toy cars and clocks. After putting them back together, I would go to my father…
