Jeff Dozier, Professor – Snow Hydrology, Earth System Science, Remote Sensing
On a steep face at high altitude in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains in 1974, Jeff Dozier found himself in an “unacceptable” situation: He and his companions were unsure whether the snow might avalanche. That was the catalyst for his interest in snow hydrology. Since then, Dozier, who served for six years as the founding dean of the Bren School and was instrumental in the “greening” of Bren Hall, has authored pioneering interdisciplinary studies on the hydrology, hydrochemistry, and remote sensing of mountainous drainage basins, and on the integration of environmental science and computer science. He served as senior project scientist in the early days of NASA’s Earth Observing System, which integrates satellite images of Earth, data systems, and science to increase understanding of the planet as an integrated system. Dozier currently investigates how climate change affects the mountain snowpack and the management of water from snowmelt.
