Karletta Chief

Appointments and Affiliations

Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Research Interests

The goal of her research is to improve our understanding, tools, and predictions of watershed hydrology, unsaturated flow in arid environments, and how natural and human disturbances affect soil hydrology through the use of physically based methods. As an extension specialist, she works to bring relevant science to Native American communities in a culturally sensitive manner by providing hydrology expertise, transferring knowledge, assessing information needs, and developing applied science projects.

Publications 

Degrees

• BS Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
• PhD Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
• Post Doctoral Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV, USA