Jay Famiglietti Executive Director, Global Institute for Water Security

Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

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

Curriculum Vitae

Research Supervision

Li Xu
Sara Sadri
Chinchu Mohan
David Ferris
Jeff Wong
Xander Huggins
Kerstin Bluhm

Recent Work

The hidden crisis beneath our feet
Science,
2021

The Seasonality of Global Land and Ocean Mass and the Changing Water Cycle
Chandanpurkar et al.,
Geophysical Research Letters,
2021

A Map of the Future of Water
Trend Magazine,
Spring 2019

Emerging Trends in Global Freshwater Availability
Rodell et al.,
Nature,
2018

Media

A 'hidden crisis': Millions of groundwater wells are at risk of running dry, scientists find
azcentral
April 28, 2021

'The continents are drying out:' New USask research shows troubling water trends
USask News
April 15, 2021

A $4B irrigation plan could boost Sask.’s crop diversity. But an expert wonders if farmers will buy in.
CTV News
July 30, 2020

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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