Biography
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Bio: Scott Jasechko is an Associate Professor of water resources with the University of California, Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. Before joining the University of California, Santa Barbara in November 2017, Scott completed his doctorate at The University of New Mexico and was on the faculty at the University of Calgary for three years. Scott’s research uses large datasets to understand how we can preserve the quality and sustain the quantity of river water and groundwater resources around the globe. He has published more than three-dozen articles in journals including Science, Nature, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. His work has been recognized by numerous early career awards, including the Horton Hydrology Research Award from the American Geophysical Union (2013), the Young Scientist Award from the Canadian Geophysical Union (2016), the Kohout Early Career Award from the Geological Society of America (2018), the Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union (2021), a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (2021), and the Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (2022).
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Awards:
2022 - Macelwane Medal - American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2021 - Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award - American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2021 - CAREER Award – National Science Foundation (NSF)
2020 - Hellman Fellowship - Hellman Family Foundation [Link]
2018 - Kohout Early Career Award – Geological Society of America, Hydrogeology Division
2016 - Distinguished Academic Early Career Award – Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations [Link]
2016 - Young Scientist Award – Canadian Geophysical Union [Link]
2016 - New Scholar Research Award – University of Calgary, Faculty of Arts [Link]
2014 - Visiting Research Fellowship – University of Saskatchewan
2013 - Horton Hydrology Research Grant – American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2013 - Graduate Student Research Grant – Geological Society of America (GSA)
2012 - Pathfinder Fellowship – Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of the Hydrological Sciences [Link]
2011 - Caswell Silver Fellowship – University of New Mexico, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
2011 - Dean of Science Award (for outstanding MSc thesis) – University of Waterloo
2009 - Undergraduate Student Research Award – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
2022 - Macelwane Medal - American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2021 - Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award - American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2021 - CAREER Award – National Science Foundation (NSF)
2020 - Hellman Fellowship - Hellman Family Foundation [Link]
2018 - Kohout Early Career Award – Geological Society of America, Hydrogeology Division
2016 - Distinguished Academic Early Career Award – Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations [Link]
2016 - Young Scientist Award – Canadian Geophysical Union [Link]
2016 - New Scholar Research Award – University of Calgary, Faculty of Arts [Link]
2014 - Visiting Research Fellowship – University of Saskatchewan
2013 - Horton Hydrology Research Grant – American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2013 - Graduate Student Research Grant – Geological Society of America (GSA)
2012 - Pathfinder Fellowship – Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of the Hydrological Sciences [Link]
2011 - Caswell Silver Fellowship – University of New Mexico, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
2011 - Dean of Science Award (for outstanding MSc thesis) – University of Waterloo
2009 - Undergraduate Student Research Award – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Oral presentations:
47) Apr-2023 [invited] - California Institute of Technology
47) Oct-2022 [invited] - University of Arizona
47) Feb-2022 [invited] - University of Texas at Austin
46) Sep-2020 [invited] - San Diego State University
45) Dec-2019 [invited] - American Geophysical Fall Meeting
44) Dec-2019 [invited] - Sedgwick Reserve (University of California - Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System)
43) Oct-2019 [invited] - ETH Zurich
42) Oct-2019 [invited] - Symposium at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
41) Sep-2019 [invited] - University of Southern California
40) Oct-2019 [invited] - University of California - Santa Cruz
39) May-2019 [invited] - University of Melbourne, Department of Infrastructure Engineering
38) Nov-2018 [invited] - University of Georgia, Department of Geology (Athens, GA) [Link]
37) Oct-2017 [invited] - 2017 Geological Society of America Meeting (Seattle, WA)
36) Oct-2017 [invited] - Washington State University Civil and Environmental Engineering (Pullman, WA)
35) Oct-2017 [invited] - New Mexico State University Plant and Environmental Sciences (Las Cruces, NM)
34) Oct-2017 [invited] - University of New Mexico Water Resources Program (Albuquerque, NM)
33) Oct-2017 [invited] - California Institute of Technology, Resnick Sustainability Institute Young Investigators Symposium (Pasadena, CA) [Link]
32) Sep-2017 [invited] - University of Michigan Earth and Environmental Sciences, Smith Lecture Series (Ann Arbor, MI)
31) Feb-2017 [invited] - Canadian Water Network Webinar entitled "Raindrops to Rivers" [Video of presentation]
30) Dec-2016 [invited] - American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, entitled "Western USA groundwater drilling"
29) Nov-2016 - American Water Resources Association, entitled "Global fresh waters flowing fast and slow"
28) Sep-2016 [invited] - 2016 Geological Society of America Meeting, entitled "Young and old water in global rivers and groundwater wells"
27) Jun-2016 [invited] - American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference: Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology, entitled "Continental-scale isotope hydrology"
26) May-2016 - Canadian Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, entitled "Global fresh water ages"
25) Apr-2016 [invited, keynote] - Canadian Water Resources Association Alberta Chapter Meeting, entitled "Flowing fast and slow"
24) Jan-2016 [invited] - Rutgers University Earth and Planetary Sciences, entitled "Global isotope hydrology"
23) Dec-2015 - American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, entitled "Young and old water in global rivers and aquifers"
22) Dec-2015 [invited] - American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, entitled "Global transpiration, recharge and runoff tracked with stable isotopes"
21) Nov-2015 [invited] - Stanford University Geological Sciences, entitled "Global isotope hydrology"
20) May-2015 - International Atomic Energy Agency conference, entitled "Groundwater renewal rates, seasonal recharge dynamics and paleoclimate records"
19) May-2015 [invited] - University College London Geography, entitled "Global groundwater isotope compositions"
18) Jan-2015 [invited] - University of Calgary Hydrogeology Group, entitled "Groundwater and streamflow ages"
17) Jan-2015 [invited] - Canadian Water Network Workshop, entitled "Water Mentorship"
16) Dec-2014 - American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, entitled "Transpiration in the global water cycle"
15) Dec-2014 - American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, entitled "Watershed transit times across the USA"
14) Oct-2014 - University of New Mexico, PhD dissertation defense, entitled "Continental-scale isotope hydrology"
13) Jul-2014 - CUAHSI Biennial (graduate student short talks), entitled "The isotopic fingerprint of global groundwater resources"
12) Jan-2014 [invited] - Biosphere II (Arizona), entitled "Global plant breathing, ice age waters & renewable groundwater"
11) Jan-2014 [invited] - University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering, entitled "Global plant breathing, ice age waters & renewable groundwater"
10) Sep-2013 [invited] - Red Lakes Wildlife Refuge, entitled "Water use by plants"
9) Apr-2013 - University of New Mexico Shared Knowledge Conference, entitled "Global fresh water consumption by plants"
8) Jan-2013 - University of New Mexico colloquium, entitled "Vegetation dominates the terrestrial water cycle
7) Jun-2012 [invited] - UQAM Departement des sciences de la Terre, entitled "Decoupling evapotranspiration in the terrestrial water cycle"
6) Jun-2012 - Goldschmidt Conference, entitled "Saline groundwater discharges in the Athabasca oil sands region: a chemical mass balance"
5) Mar-2011 - International Atomic Energy Agency conference, entitled "Stable isotope mass balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes to constrain evaporative losses"
4) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate hydrogeology course guest lecture, entitled "Tracers in hydrogeology"
3) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate geochemistry course guest lecture, entitled "Introduction to stable isotopes in geochemistry"
2) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate hydrogeology course guest lecture, entitled "Athabasca oil sands regional hydrogeology: use of isotopic and geochemical tracers"
1) May-2009 - University of Victoria Geography Student Conference, entitled "Isotopes in hydrology"
47) Apr-2023 [invited] - California Institute of Technology
47) Oct-2022 [invited] - University of Arizona
47) Feb-2022 [invited] - University of Texas at Austin
46) Sep-2020 [invited] - San Diego State University
45) Dec-2019 [invited] - American Geophysical Fall Meeting
44) Dec-2019 [invited] - Sedgwick Reserve (University of California - Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System)
43) Oct-2019 [invited] - ETH Zurich
42) Oct-2019 [invited] - Symposium at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
41) Sep-2019 [invited] - University of Southern California
40) Oct-2019 [invited] - University of California - Santa Cruz
39) May-2019 [invited] - University of Melbourne, Department of Infrastructure Engineering
38) Nov-2018 [invited] - University of Georgia, Department of Geology (Athens, GA) [Link]
37) Oct-2017 [invited] - 2017 Geological Society of America Meeting (Seattle, WA)
36) Oct-2017 [invited] - Washington State University Civil and Environmental Engineering (Pullman, WA)
35) Oct-2017 [invited] - New Mexico State University Plant and Environmental Sciences (Las Cruces, NM)
34) Oct-2017 [invited] - University of New Mexico Water Resources Program (Albuquerque, NM)
33) Oct-2017 [invited] - California Institute of Technology, Resnick Sustainability Institute Young Investigators Symposium (Pasadena, CA) [Link]
32) Sep-2017 [invited] - University of Michigan Earth and Environmental Sciences, Smith Lecture Series (Ann Arbor, MI)
31) Feb-2017 [invited] - Canadian Water Network Webinar entitled "Raindrops to Rivers" [Video of presentation]
30) Dec-2016 [invited] - American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, entitled "Western USA groundwater drilling"
29) Nov-2016 - American Water Resources Association, entitled "Global fresh waters flowing fast and slow"
28) Sep-2016 [invited] - 2016 Geological Society of America Meeting, entitled "Young and old water in global rivers and groundwater wells"
27) Jun-2016 [invited] - American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference: Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology, entitled "Continental-scale isotope hydrology"
26) May-2016 - Canadian Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, entitled "Global fresh water ages"
25) Apr-2016 [invited, keynote] - Canadian Water Resources Association Alberta Chapter Meeting, entitled "Flowing fast and slow"
24) Jan-2016 [invited] - Rutgers University Earth and Planetary Sciences, entitled "Global isotope hydrology"
23) Dec-2015 - American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, entitled "Young and old water in global rivers and aquifers"
22) Dec-2015 [invited] - American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, entitled "Global transpiration, recharge and runoff tracked with stable isotopes"
21) Nov-2015 [invited] - Stanford University Geological Sciences, entitled "Global isotope hydrology"
20) May-2015 - International Atomic Energy Agency conference, entitled "Groundwater renewal rates, seasonal recharge dynamics and paleoclimate records"
19) May-2015 [invited] - University College London Geography, entitled "Global groundwater isotope compositions"
18) Jan-2015 [invited] - University of Calgary Hydrogeology Group, entitled "Groundwater and streamflow ages"
17) Jan-2015 [invited] - Canadian Water Network Workshop, entitled "Water Mentorship"
16) Dec-2014 - American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, entitled "Transpiration in the global water cycle"
15) Dec-2014 - American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, entitled "Watershed transit times across the USA"
14) Oct-2014 - University of New Mexico, PhD dissertation defense, entitled "Continental-scale isotope hydrology"
13) Jul-2014 - CUAHSI Biennial (graduate student short talks), entitled "The isotopic fingerprint of global groundwater resources"
12) Jan-2014 [invited] - Biosphere II (Arizona), entitled "Global plant breathing, ice age waters & renewable groundwater"
11) Jan-2014 [invited] - University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering, entitled "Global plant breathing, ice age waters & renewable groundwater"
10) Sep-2013 [invited] - Red Lakes Wildlife Refuge, entitled "Water use by plants"
9) Apr-2013 - University of New Mexico Shared Knowledge Conference, entitled "Global fresh water consumption by plants"
8) Jan-2013 - University of New Mexico colloquium, entitled "Vegetation dominates the terrestrial water cycle
7) Jun-2012 [invited] - UQAM Departement des sciences de la Terre, entitled "Decoupling evapotranspiration in the terrestrial water cycle"
6) Jun-2012 - Goldschmidt Conference, entitled "Saline groundwater discharges in the Athabasca oil sands region: a chemical mass balance"
5) Mar-2011 - International Atomic Energy Agency conference, entitled "Stable isotope mass balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes to constrain evaporative losses"
4) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate hydrogeology course guest lecture, entitled "Tracers in hydrogeology"
3) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate geochemistry course guest lecture, entitled "Introduction to stable isotopes in geochemistry"
2) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate hydrogeology course guest lecture, entitled "Athabasca oil sands regional hydrogeology: use of isotopic and geochemical tracers"
1) May-2009 - University of Victoria Geography Student Conference, entitled "Isotopes in hydrology"