Dr. Eylon Shamir

Dr. Eylon Shamir is HRC’s Senior Research Scientist. In this role, he leads the center’s scientists in Research to Operation (R2O) tasks; the development of new hydrological, meteorological, and climatological operational tools; and research on pertinent scientific questions. He joined HRC in October 2003. He specializes in various hydrometeorological topics, such as the development of land-surface models for flood and flash flood warnings, water resource applications and management, snowpack assessment, and landslide warnings. He also specializes in working with hydrometeorological data from meteorological radars, working with remotely sensed satellite data, and conducting paleoclimate studies using tree-ring datasets. Another realm of expertise of his is the development of stochastic weather generators used for decision making and risk assessment. In recent years, he has been leading climate change impact assessment studies for water resource management and mining operations. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Plant Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1995, he moved to Tucson Arizona and got his Masters in Soil Water and Environmental Sciences. Following his graduation, he joined the Department of Flood Control in Pima County as a Hydrologist working on the flash flood warning system. Subsequently, he went back to the University of Arizona to pursue a doctoral degree in Hydrology and Water Resources.