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Finger Lakes Institute in Geneva, NY. She formerly practiced water, land use, and
municipal law. Her current research focuses on watershed management collaborations
among state and local governments and third sector organizations (Chaps. 8 and 21).
Natalie Lyon is an urban planner and trainee in the NSF Transformative Research
in Urban Sustainability Program at Wayne State University. She conducts interdisciplinary research on urban sustainability issues including green stormwater infrastructure, the interface of natural and urban systems, and invasive species
management in cities. This material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. 1735038 (Chap. 18).
Darrin Magee is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Hobart and
William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. A specialist in environmental issues
in China, he holds degrees in geography, international studies, mathematics, and
foreign languages. His research and teaching focus primarily on water, energy, and
waste issues (Chaps. 8 and 21).
Nathanial Matthews is an international development practitioner with experience
spanning 35 countries. He also holds positions as a Senior Visiting Fellow at King’s
College London, a Visiting Fellow at the University of East Anglia Water Security
Centre, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Twitter: @Nate_Matthews_
(Chap. 9)
Bruce A. McCarl is University Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor of
Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. His recent research efforts have
largely involved policy analysis as well as the proper application of quantitative
methods to such analyses. He was part of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant 1739977,
Addressing Decision Support for Water Stressed FEW Nexus Decisions, and Grant
1639327, INFEWS/T1: A Modeling Framework to Understand the coupling of
Food, Energy, and Water in the Teleconnected Corn and Cotton Belts (Chap. 5).
Carol Miller is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wayne
State University in Detroit. She supervises research and curriculum in hydraulics,
urban water resources, and the energy/water interface. She is Director of the Healthy
Urban Waters Initiative and the U.S. Co-Chair of the Great Lakes Science Advisory
Board, International Joint Commission (Chap. 18).
Fernando R. Miralles-Wilhelm is a hydrologist with research interests in modeling of surface and groundwater systems, climate-hydrology-vegetation interactions,
water quality, and modeling of the water-energy-food nexus. He is Chair and
Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland as well
as Lead Scientist for Freshwater at The Nature Conservancy (Chaps. 11, 15, and 17).
About the Authors
Finger Lakes Institute in Geneva, NY. She formerly practiced water, land use, and
municipal law. Her current research focuses on watershed management collaborations
among state and local governments and third sector organizations (Chaps. 8 and 21).
Natalie Lyon is an urban planner and trainee in the NSF Transformative Research
in Urban Sustainability Program at Wayne State University. She conducts interdisciplinary research on urban sustainability issues including green stormwater infrastructure, the interface of natural and urban systems, and invasive species
management in cities. This material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. 1735038 (Chap. 18).
Darrin Magee is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Hobart and
William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. A specialist in environmental issues
in China, he holds degrees in geography, international studies, mathematics, and
foreign languages. His research and teaching focus primarily on water, energy, and
waste issues (Chaps. 8 and 21).
Nathanial Matthews is an international development practitioner with experience
spanning 35 countries. He also holds positions as a Senior Visiting Fellow at King’s
College London, a Visiting Fellow at the University of East Anglia Water Security
Centre, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Twitter: @Nate_Matthews_
(Chap. 9)
Bruce A. McCarl is University Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor of
Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. His recent research efforts have
largely involved policy analysis as well as the proper application of quantitative
methods to such analyses. He was part of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant 1739977,
Addressing Decision Support for Water Stressed FEW Nexus Decisions, and Grant
1639327, INFEWS/T1: A Modeling Framework to Understand the coupling of
Food, Energy, and Water in the Teleconnected Corn and Cotton Belts (Chap. 5).
Carol Miller is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wayne
State University in Detroit. She supervises research and curriculum in hydraulics,
urban water resources, and the energy/water interface. She is Director of the Healthy
Urban Waters Initiative and the U.S. Co-Chair of the Great Lakes Science Advisory
Board, International Joint Commission (Chap. 18).
Fernando R. Miralles-Wilhelm is a hydrologist with research interests in modeling of surface and groundwater systems, climate-hydrology-vegetation interactions,
water quality, and modeling of the water-energy-food nexus. He is Chair and
Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland as well
as Lead Scientist for Freshwater at The Nature Conservancy (Chaps. 11, 15, and 17).
About the Authors