Janice Brahney, Ph.D.

Field: Water Resources
Areas of Focus: Freshwater Ecosystems, Great Salt Lake, Water Quality, Watershed Hydrology

Expertise

• Transport nutrients
• Freshwater ecosystems
• Watershed hydrology
• Water quality
• Great Salt Lake

Bio

Dr. Janice Brahney is an associate professor at Utah State University's Watershed Sciences department. She received her doctorate degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in Environmental Biogeochemistry. She holds a master's degree in Earth Science and a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, both from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada. Her research sits at the nexus of several critical zone disciplines and includes three primary themes:

1. The atmosphere as a vector for material transport to aquatic ecosystems
2. Climate change effects in mountain environments
3. The cause, effect, and mitigation of water quality impairment

She has received over $2 million in research grants from a range of federal, state, and international agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Utah State Division of Water Quality, Canadian Provincial Parks, the US Forest Service, and US Geological Survey. Much of Dr. Brahney’s work has produced results with far-reaching implications for policy, land-use regulation, and ecosystem monitoring. Her work has been cited in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and has received considerable attention from the media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Scientific American, and NPR. Dr. Brahney is currently an associate editor for Freshwater Science.