Hydrologic Science, Center for
Professors Katul and Medina Co-Directors, Professors Baker (earth and ocean sciences), Haff (earth and ocean sciences), Katul (environment), Oren (environment), Schlesinger (biology and environment), and Trangenstein (mathematics); Associate Professors Boadu (civil engineering), Kabala (civil engineering), Peirce (civil engineering), Richter (environment); Assistant Professor Vasudevan (environment).
The Center for Hydrologic Science is an active group of faculty engaged in a broad suite of hydrology research. Faculty and their associated students and postdoctoral researchers are from three schools at Duke: Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and the Environment. The interdisciplinary nature of the center reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field of hydrology and most faculty hold joint professorships in at least two of the three schools. The center is designed to provide a cohesive program for research and graduate level education in hydrology. Research specialties of the faculty include contaminant hydrology, crustal fluids, environmental geophysics, hydrogeology, mathematical models of multiphase transport, waste treatment, and watershed hydrology. The broad range of faculty expertise in hydrology allows graduate students to obtain well-balanced training in the classroom. The Center for Hydrologic Science represents Duke University as a Member of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI).
The center offers fellowships for graduate study in hydrology and organizes a lecture series that attracts speakers of international stature. Monthly brown bag colloquia are organized for student and faculty presentations from Duke, as well as from nearby University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. For students engaged in PhD research, the center offers a certificate in hydrology that is granted in addition to the PhD in their host department. Further information on the Center for Hydrologic Science and its certificate program may be obtained via mail (Center for Hydrologic Science, Box 90287, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0287), e-mail (Miguel.Medina@duke.edu).
