COUNCIL & SCHOLARS

THE WATER COUNCIL

In 2014-15, the Illinois Water Scholars formed a Water Council to help coordinate the group and steer communication efforts. Current Council members. In 2018, the Council was reconvened. Current members:

JIM BEST (CHAIRMAN)

Professor, Geology; Geography & GIS

BRIAN ALLAN

Associate Professor, Entomology

MARCELO GARCIA

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering;
Director, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory

BENJAMIN GRAMIG

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Consumer Economics

RYAN JACKSON

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey

PRASANTA KALITA

Professor, Soil & Water Resources Engineering

LAURA KEEFER

Illinois State Hydrologist, Illinois State Water Survey

MADHU KHANNA

Professor, Agricultural & Consumer Economics;
Director, iSEE

YU-FENG FOREST LIN

Director, Illinois Water Resources Center;
Hydrologist, Illinois State Geological Survey

ANDREW PHILLIPS

Geologist, Illinois State Geological Survey

ILLINOIS WATER SCHOLARS BY AREA OF EXCELLENCE

As a premier research institution, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign features brilliant minds across its campus — from engineering, agriculture, physical sciences, social sciences, arts, and more — to dedicated researchers working in water fields at the various scientific surveys and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC, a Division of the Prairie Research Institute).

In short, Illinois is an ideal partner for working on the grand water challenges, and we have scholars already in place to get the job done.

You can check out the full listing of Water Scholars below — each with icons denoting their areas of research strength. Or to view scholars in a particular area, click on the icons in the key below.