People

Current Lab Members

Associate Professor Jia Hu – Principal Investigator

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Dr. Jia Hu (pronounced Jah Who) is Associate Professor and Associate Director in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at University of Arizona and Affiliate Faculty at the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research. She is also the Host Institution Director for the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center at University of Arizona. She also recently took on the role of Assistant Dean of Graduate Education at the College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Sciences.

Email: jiahu@arizona.edu

Phone:  +1 (520) 621-1062

Office: N229, ENR2

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Collin Gillespie – MS student

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Collin is a MS student who joined the lab in 2022. He is conducting a study with The Nature Conservancy looking at water use dynamics among velvet mesquite stands of different ages and densities along a riparian corridor.

Email: collingillespie@email.arizona.edu

Fern Bromley – MS student

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Fern is a MS student who joined the lab in 2023 to study the effects of vegetation and its management on evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge.

Email: fernb@arizona.edu

Lab Alumni

Kinzie Bailey – PhD graduate, currently postdoc at University of Colorado Denver
Brandon Strange – PhD graduate, currently postdoc at Northern Arizona Univeristy
Paul Szejner – Research Scientists, Natural Resource Institute, Finland
Justin Martin – PhD graduate, currently a Research Scientist with the Northern Rockies USGS
Claire Qubain – MS graduate
Timothy Clute – MS graduate
Nate Looker – MS graduate, currently a Project Scientist, Soil Health Institute
Sara Nerby – Undergraduate (Hopa Science Award)
Corinne Moss – Undergraduate (USP Award)
Sara Amish – Undergraduate (IoE Fellow and USP Award), currently a MS student in Public Policy
Taylor Simpson – Undergraduate (IoE Fellow and USP Award), currently in Law School
Jason Roehrig – MFA Science & Natural History Filmmaking
Eric Anderson – lab technician, currently soil scientist for the Custer Gallatin National Forest, MT