Alabama Water Institute

Alabama Water Institute

Brock Parker

Episodes 30
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Oct 2019
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
Consistency
81%
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About This Podcast

The University of Alabama and the Alabama Water Institute (AWI) are leading local, national and global efforts to advance water research, technology and innovative solutions. We are dedicated to building a more resilient and water-secure world by driving groundbreaking research, educating the next generation of leaders and delivering innovations that benefit communities and ecosystems worldwide.

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Recent Episodes

Ep. 30: How AI Is Reshaping the Future of Water Forecasting with Dr. Chaopeng Shen

May 23, 2026 28m Transcript

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are rapidly changing the future of water forecasting, and Dr. Chaopeng Shen is helping lead that transformation. On this episode of the AWI Podcast, the…

Ep. 29: Building the Next Generation of Water Scientists with Dr. Juli Scamardo

Apr 22, 2026 28m Transcript

Early-career water scientists are stepping into a field that is both complex and critical, and finding the right support can make all the difference. Dr. Juli Scamardo, an assistant professor at Utah…

Ep. 28: Communicating Water Data for Real-World Impact with Dr. Jill Brown

Mar 30, 2026 28m Transcript

Dr. Jill Brown has built her career around a simple idea: data only matters if people can understand it, trust it and use it to make decisions. An environmental communication researcher and data…

Ep. 27: How Floodplains Shape Flood Risk with Dr. Rebecca Diehl

Dec 12, 2025 30m Transcript

Dr. Rebecca Diehl of the University of Vermont joins the podcast to discuss how rivers and floodplains really work, and why that matters for flood risk and resilience. A CIROH collaborator, she…

Ep. 26: Dr. Ibrahim Demir on Forecasting Tomorrow's Floods with AI

Oct 27, 2025 36m Transcript

Dr. Ibrahim Demir, the Michael A. Fitts Presidential Chair in Environmental Informatics and Artificial Intelligence, and professor of river-coastal science and engineering at Tulane University,…

Ep. 25: Turning Water Forecasts into Action with Dr. Martyn Clark

Sep 30, 2025 28m

Dr. Martyn Clark, professor of hydrology at the University of Calgary, joins the AWI Podcast to discuss hydrologic modeling and predicting where water will flow. Clark is a global leader in building…

Ep. 24: Forecasting the Future: Rob Hartman on Advancing Hydrologic Predictions

Aug 13, 2025 28m

The Alabama Water Institute and CIROH recently hosted the 20th anniversary of HEPEX — a global collaboration to improve hydrologic forecasting and its use in real-world decisions. Rob Hartman, a…

Ep. 23: HEPEX with Dr. Ilias Pechlivanidis

Apr 03, 2025 23m

HEPEX (Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction EXperiment) is a global community of researchers and practitioners in hydrological ensemble prediction. It brings together people contributing and working on…

Ep. 22: Megadroughts with Dr. Toby Ault from Cornell University

Dec 14, 2023 1h 12m

Dr. Toby Ault is an assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences and the director of graduate studies for atmospheric sciences at Cornell University. Ault joins us for this episode to…

Ep. 21: Dr. Kate Brauman of the Global Water Security Center

Jun 16, 2023 28m

Dr. Kate Brauman is the associate director for communications and analysis for The University of Alabama's Global Water Security Center. Brauman is a globally recognized thought leader in water…

Ep. 20: Dr. Steven Burian, AWI Director of Science and CIROH Executive Director

Apr 12, 2022 48m

Dr. Steven Burian is AWI's director of science, the executive director of NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH), and a professor of civil, construction and…

Ep. 19: Global Water Security Center Director Mike Gremillion

Feb 02, 2022 32m

Mike Gremillion is the director of the Global Water Security Center at The University of Alabama. In this episode, he discusses the foundation of the GWSC and how it will make a lasting impact on…

Ep. 18: Dr. Cory Armstrong on Effective Severe Weather Communications

Feb 26, 2021 37m

Dr. Cory Armstrong is the former chair for the Department of Journalism and Creative Media in The University of Alabama's College of Communication and Information Sciences. Her areas of research…

Ep. 17: Dr. Carla Atkinson on Freshwater Mussels and Intermittent Streams

Dec 11, 2020 58m

Dr. Carla Atkinson from The University of Alabama's Department of Biological Sciences discusses the importance of freshwater mussels, intermittent streams and her recent awards and grants to continue…

Ep. 16: Alabama Wastewater Project and Grant with Dr. Mark Elliott

Nov 09, 2020 51m

Dr. Mark Elliott discusses a new grant from Columbia University to begin researching more affordable and healthier wastewater solutions in Alabama's Black Belt region. The project is a collaborative…

Ep. 15: Dr. Mojdeh Rasoulzadeh from UA's Department of Mathematics

Sep 25, 2020 40m

Dr. Mojdeh Rasoulzadeh joined us for our H.U.B. Talk series. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at The University of Alabama. Her research involves flow and transport…

Ep. 14: Dr. Glenn Tootle from UA's College of Engineering

Sep 03, 2020 1h 7m

Dr. Glenn Tootle from The University of Alabama's College of Engineering discusses his recent Fulbright Scholar Grant and researching paleohydrology at home and abroad as a civil engineer.

Ep. 13: Dr. David Weston from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Aug 05, 2020 41m

Dr. David Weston, senior staff scientist from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, spoke at the AWI Symposium in December 2019. The topic for his presentation focuses on implications on a plant-microbiome…

Ep. 12: Dr. Mustafa Morsy on How Plants Respond to Environmental Stress

May 08, 2020 44m

Dr. Mustafa Morsy, professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at The University of West Alabama, talks about understanding how plants deal with environmental stress, as well…

Ep. 11: Dr. Timothy Logan, Director of the Houston Lightning Mapping Array Network

Apr 23, 2020 54m

Dr. Timothy Logan, director of the Houston Lightning Mapping Array Network at Texas A&M University, discusses tracking and predicting lightning and how to effectively use that data for weather…

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