Melinda Daniels has received two national leadership posts
Melinda Daniels, the Stroud Water Research Center’s newest associate research scientist, is garnering leadership posts.
The Stroud Water Research Center’s newest associate research scientist, Melinda Daniels, has been appointed by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to serve on the Environmental Advisory Board to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a Stroud news release said.
Daniels, whose term begins in December, has also secured a lead position working under a grant from the National Science Foundation, allowing her to investigate water sustainability in the Smoky Hill basin in the U.S. Central Great Plains. The goal of the project is to predict the potential impact of climate change and other activities on water resources, develop a policy optimization strategy, and orchestrate community outreach, the release said.
“Melinda’s work complements and adds a new dimension to the research already under way at Stroud Water Research Center,” said Bernard Sweeney, the center’s director. “With her bright mind, unique ideas, and creative approach to freshwater science, she’s an excellent addition to our team of scientists.”
Formerly a professor at Kansas State University, Daniels brings to the center a wealth of expertise in how landscape-wide physical changes affect river systems. Daniels heads the new Fluvial Geomorphology Group, occupying the laboratory previously overseen by Denis Newbold, research scientist emeritus, the release said.
For more on Melinda Daniels, visit http://www.stroudcenter.org/newsletters/2013/issue2/melindadaniels.shtm.
