Defended thesis and graduated (5/2024) ~~~ Brief Bio:聽While establishing a career as a Water Resources Engineer at ,聽Elizabeth Simon joined CU Boulder in Fall 2022 and聽the Oceans & Climate Lab in Spring 2023 as a graduate聽student pursuing a Master's in Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering聽with a specialization in Hydrology, Water Resources & Environmental Fluid Mechanics. Following her B.S聽in Civil Engineering from ,聽Elizabeth worked in water resources engineering in California. Elizabeth has also聽participated in projects in Thailand and Puerto Rico. Her interests include聽the intersection of water, climate change resiliency, and policy.
Elizabeth will be developing a high-resolution聽model of the circulation within the , with applications to聽climate change adaptation, conservation policy, and evolutionary biology. This project is directly motivated by the interdisciplinary needs of聽the聽Island Systems Integration Consortium Research Coordination Network (), a consortium of geologists, climatologists, and biologists, and will involve collaborations with the doctoral research of group member Mikell Warms.聽Funding for Elizabeth's participation in this research project in the Oceans & Climate Lab is provided by the聽Center for Social and Environmental Futures (), part of the聽Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences () at CU Boulder.聽In her spare time, Elizabeth enjoys outdoor activities and traveling.