Welcome (back) to the Department, Dr. Johnson!
Dr. Ryan Johnson joins the University of Utah from the Alabama Water Institute at the University of Alabama, where he helped jump-start the Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology, or CIROH.
A PhD graduate from our Department at the U, he brings back with him to the University of Utah several NOAA and USGS awards targeting improvements and utility of the National Water Model. His research leverages the power of machine learning and AI to advance the modeling of snow distribution in mountainous catchments and account for the impacts of water resources infrastructure on water supply forecasting.
As an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dr. Johnson’s teaching interests are courses to generate the next generation of water resources scientists and operators, such as Hydraulics.
Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on large-scale methods to advance operational hydrology, such as improving the modeling of snow-driven hydrological systems critical to forecasting western US water supply and developing novel applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to guide water resources management decision-making to droughts, floods, and a changing climate. He encourages all Civil and Environmental Engineering students to learn a coding language and build long-lasting collaborative relationships.
Welcome (back) to the Department, Dr. Johnson!
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