Areas of Interest
- Remote sensing of terrestrial and global hydrology
- Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources
- Regional and global groundwater depletion
- Large-scale hydrological modeling
- Science communication and water diplomacy
Research Supervision
- Li Xu
- Sara Sadri
- Chinchu Mohan
- David Ferris
- Jeff Wong
- Xander Huggins
- Kerstin Bluhm
Recent Work
Chandanpurkar et al.,
Geophysical Research Letters,
2021
Media
azcentral
April 28, 2021
USask News
April 15, 2021
Biography
Jay Famiglietti is a professor of hydrology and Executive Director of the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan, where he holds the Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing. Before moving to USask, Famiglietti served as the Senior Water Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His research group uses satellites and develops advanced computer models to track how freshwater availability is changing around the globe. A fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America, Famiglietti is a regular advisor to state, provincial and federal government officials on water security issues.
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