ir. Brianna Pagan
Research team: Hydrology and Climate
I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate working on the DRY–2–DRY project at the Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management. The overarching theme of my research
Research topics: hydroclimatology, climate change adaptation, water resources, hydrologic extremes, data assimilation
CONTACT
Address: Coupure links 653 - Room A2.010
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Phone: +32 9 264 61 40
E-mail: Brianna.Pagan@UGent.be
TRAJECTORY
- 2017 - Present: Doctoral research scientist – Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Ghent University
- 2015 – 2017: Pre-doctoral researcher – University of California Los Angeles
- 2016 – 2017: Urban Water Use Efficiency Fellow – California Data Collaborative
- 2015 – 2016: Visiting scientist – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Climate Change Science Institute
- 2014 – 2015: MSc. in Civil Engineering – Loyola Marymount University
- 2013 – 2015: Water Conservation – Long Beach Water Department
- 2011 – 2013: BSc. in Environmental Science & Policy – California State University Long Beach
ONGOING PROJECTS
- DRY–2–DRY (ERC) – Do droughts self-propagate and self-intensify? (2017–2022)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Xiao, M., Koppa, A., Mekonnen, Z., Pagán, B.R., Zhan, S., Cao, Q., Aierken, A., Lee, H. and Lettenmaier, D.P. How much groundwater did California's Central Valley lose during the 2012-2016 drought? Geophys. Res. Lett. 44, 4872-4879, 2017.
- Wanders, N., Hel, X.G., Wang, K.J., Bachas, A., Huang H., Koppa, A., Mekonnen, Z.T., Pagán, B.R., Peng, L.Q., Vergopolan, N., Xiao, M., Zhan, S., Lettenmaier, D.P., and Wood, E.F. Forecasting the hydroclimate signature of the 2015-16 El Nino event on the western U.S., Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18, 177–186, 2017.
- Pagán, B.R., Ashfaq, M., Rastogi, D., Kao, S-C., Naz, B., Mei, R., and Pal, J.S. Extreme hydrological changes in the southwestern US drive reductions in water supply to southern California by mid century, Environ. Res. Lett., 11 094026, 2016.
- Schubel, J., Lentz. J.A., Qader, F., Kishaba, A., Bader, D., Perkins, L., Yam, E., Kaneda, A., Brown, L., Pagán, B.R., Pal, J.S., Gao, C., Reichenberger, J., Kendall, D.R., Ashfaq, M., Rastogi, D., Kao, S-C., Naz, B., and Otto, D. City of Long Beach Climate Resiliency Assessment Report. Prepared by the Aquarium of the Pacific, for the City of Long Beach, California: 88 p., 2015.