
Member Since 2004
Adrian Adam Harpold
Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
Member, Hydrology Witherspoon Lecture Committee
Professional Experience
University of Nevada, Reno
Associate Professor
2015 - Present
Education
Cornell University
Doctorate
2010
Honors & Awards
Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award
Received December 2021
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Water Resources Research
Received December 2019
Publications

Restoring Historic Forest Disturbance Frequency Would Partially Mitigate Droughts in the Central Sie...
Forest thinning and prescribed fire are expected to improve the climate resilience and water security of forests in the western U.S., but few studi...
April 05, 2025

Leveraging Groundwater Dynamics to Improve Predictions of Su...
August 02, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Gordon Gulch (CO, USA): A Phenomenal Testbed for Advancing Critical Zone Science
CATCHMENT AND CRITICAL ZONE SCIENCE: UNDERSTANDING ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH MONITORING, ANALYSIS, AND EXPERIMENTATION III POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Nicole Hornslein, Holly R. Barnard, Katherine B. L...
The Gordon Gulch watershed within Boulder County, Colorado, USA is an active part of the Critical Zone Network. Data collection in Gordon Gulch was in...
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Plant Community Distribution and Slope Position Drive Differences in Deep Root Zone Moisture Uptake the First Three Years After Severe Wildfire
WILDFIRE IMPACTS ON WATERSHED HYDROLOGY, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND BIODIVERSITY II POSTER
global environmental change | 13 december 2024
John A. Whiting, Dana A. Lapides, Maya Montalvo, B...
Across Californias Sierra Nevada, more frequent and intense droughts have resulted in widespread wildfires over the past decade. Since deep moisture s...
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Integrating Dark Fiber and Nodal Sensors for Enhanced Earthquake Hazard Mapping and Early Warning in Reno, Nevada
SEISMIC IMAGING AND MONITORING IN ENVIRONMENTAL, URBAN, AND ENERGY CONTEXTS III ELIGHTNING
near surface geophysics | 12 december 2024
sara sayyadi, Elnaz Seylabi, John N. Louie, Christ...
The Central Truckee Meadows, including the Reno-area basin, is characterized by its position between major fault zones, with the Sierra Nevada fault z...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2027
Member
Hydrology Witherspoon Lecture Committee
2019 - 2025
Member
Hydrology-Ecohydrology Technical Committee
2017 - 2018
Member
Hydrology-Ecohydrology Technical Committee
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