Who Are We ?


Stagge Hydrology Lab

Principal Investigator

Jim Stagge

Assistant Professor

stagge.11@osu.edu

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Jim is a hydrologist and registered civil engineer with a research focus on hydrologic extremes and water resources management to decrease drought vulnerability. He is most interested in modeling drought risk across long time scales by generating long synthetic time series or by linking centuries of pre-Industrial reconstructions with modern observations and climate change projections.

Jim loves traveling and hiking with his wife and two dogs. 48 states and 36 U.S. national parks and counting.

Meet our Team

Kyungmin Sung

Kyungmin Sung

Postdoctoral Researcher

sung.229@osu.edu

Kyungmin is a hydrologist focusing on large data analysis and modeling to understand the large-scale hydrological system. She has been interested in studying impacts of human activities on the hydrological system. At OSU, she plans to pursue her study in analyzing extreme drought events in spatial and temporal scale, associated with human intervention.

She enjoys dancing, working out and spending time in nature.


Irenee Munyejuru

Doctoral Student

munyejuru.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Irenee is a hydrologic modeler interested in uncovering the impacts of land use and land cover change from that of other potential forcings. His work aims to analyze land cover trends and attribute their respective impacts at the watershed scale. He is also interested in the long-term impacts of climate extremes on water resources in both historical and future periods.

Also, Irenee enjoys listening to classic music. He is learning to play tennis and aspires to playing guitar.

Irenee Munyejuru

Connor O'Keefe

Connor O'Keefe

Master's Student

okeefe.100@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Connor is a hydrologist and engineer-in-training with a research focus on hydrometeorological processes and flood risk analysis. He is specifically interested in quantifying trends in streamflow behavior to see if they are consistent with climate change. At OSU, he hopes to continue his education in climate extremes and its impacts on human and environmental health.

Connor enjoys reading, hiking, and exploring new places.


Former Members

Md Atif Ibne Haidar

Master's Student

2021-2023

  • Topic: Comparative Frequency Analysis of Reconstructed and Modelled Precipitation Signal Components of Past Climate in North America
  • Currently: Practicing Civil Engineer

Benjamin Phillips

Undergraduate Researcher

2022-2023

  • Topic: Using teleconnections to predict El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects on precipitation in the Midwest
  • Currently: MS student - The Ohio State University

Max Torbenson

Postdoctoral Researcher

2019-2021

  • Topic: Reconstruction of sub-annual paleoclimate and hydrology using tree-ring proxies
  • Currently: Postdoc - Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
  • http://torbenson.strikingly.com/

Trace Eberhardt

Undergraduate Researcher

2019-2021

  • Topic: Prediction of agricultural losses and drought impacts by meteorological drought
  • Currently: Ohio Dept. of Transportation

Lipi Agrawal

Undergraduate Researcher

2020

  • Topic: Predicting the likelihood of a drought based on historical impact and precipitation data
  • Currently: Systems Engineer - M.C. Dean, Inc.

Kangxuan Ye

Undergraduate Researcher

2020

  • Topic: Augmented reality tool for visualizing hydraulic simulations

Elizabeth Neudeck

Undergraduate Researcher

2019

  • Topic: Erosion and hydraulic trends in Cleveland Metroparks reference streams
  • Currently: USGS Water Science Center

Julie Ahrnsen

Undergraduate Researcher

2019

  • Topic: Paleoreconstruction of naturalized Bear Lake inflow from tree rings for water management risk

Come join our lab!

  Undergraduate research

We have space for interested undergraduate students. Our work predominantly involves hydrologic modeling and statistics/coding. While experience in these areas is always great, it is definitely not expected. Come learn with us.

Potential topics include:

  • reconstructing historic flows using tree-rings
  • statistical analysis of drought events
  • flow modeling for low flows and streambank erosion
  • scouring archives for historical drought and flow records

CEGE students may receive technical elective credit. Students from other departments are welcome, but should contact for details.

Interested students should email Dr. Stagge at: stagge.11@osu.edu.