Alexander

Professor
Animal and Range Sciences
New Mexico State University
Mexico

Biography

Education: 1997-2000 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, US EPA, Corvallis, OR 1993-1997Ph.D., Watershed Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1990-1993 M.E.M., Water Resources Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 1982-1987 B.A., International Relations, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Courses Taught: Watershed Management (RGSC 318) Interdisciplinary Modeling (RGSC 618) Watershed Methods and Measurements (RGSC 518) Land Use and Water Quality (WS 319) Forestry and Society (RGSC/HORT 302G) Range Science Graduate Seminar (RGSC 515) Application of Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction Simulation Models taught in Chile and Argentina during Fulbright Fellowships in 2000 and 2008 Research interests Socio-hydrology Surface water-groundwater interactions Integrated human and natural systems Runoff and water quality processes Forest management effects on water yield and watershed health Ecohydrology of rangelands Regional water budgets Groundwater management institutions Research support 2001-2017 The right water for agriculture in the Rio Grande Basin, USDA, (Co-PI) Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program, USGS, 2016-2018. (PI) Produced water for water supply sustainability in NM, NMED, 2015-2017. (PI)

Research Intrest

Water quality hydrology Surface water-groundwater interactions Integrated human and natural systems Runoff and water quality processes Forest management effects on water yield and watershed health Ecohydrology of rangelands Regional water budgets Groundwater management institutions

List of Publications
Ashcroft, N.K., A.G. Fernald, D.M. VanLeeuwen, T.T. Baker. (2017). The effects of thinning trees and scattering slash on runoff and sediment yield within dense piñon- juniper woodlands in New Mexico, U.S.A. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. (In press, April).
Senay, G, Z. Samani, I. Hewitt, F. Ochoa, and A. Fernald. Improving Evapotranspiration Estimation Using Remote Sensing Technology. Applied Engineering in Agriculture (In preparation)
Hewitt, I.C., A.G. Fernald, Z. and A. Samani. Closed Chamber and Remote Sensing Estimates of Evapotranspiration in Northern New Mexico. Agricultural Water Management (In preparation)
Fernald, A., C. Ochoa, S. Guldan, J. Gomez-Velez, S. Rodriguez, J. Rivera and B. Turner. Systems modeling of human and hydrologic connections for resilience of traditional communities in irrigated agricultural valleys with shallow alluvial aquifers. Water Resources Research Socio-hydrology special issue (In preparation).