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Our next research group meeting is going to be on Thursday January 8,2026. Reflecting on the year, our group has accomplished a lot. Here are a few highlights:</div>
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<div dir="ltr" role="presentation"> We welcomed two new FEWS members, Nigar and Marcelino </div>
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<div role="presentation">Weichao’s paper published in Ecological Modeling: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380025003187" data-outlook-id="bd6d51c3-6383-4d91-aaf4-6961a0199b09">
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380025003187</a> & UCM press release:
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https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/forest-carbon-store-it-or-burn-it-actually-both-best</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr" role="presentation">Stefano got his last, & final, dissertation chapter accepted in the journal of ecohydrology (<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19360592" data-outlook-id="2ed487a7-5193-46e0-a8d0-8661a109b909">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19360592</a>)</div>
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<div dir="ltr" role="presentation">Berhanu got his MAR review paper accepted in the journal of Environmental Reviews (<a href="https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/er" data-outlook-id="c8bb51bf-118c-4163-96b8-0627c0df82ff">https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/er</a>)</div>
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<div dir="ltr" role="presentation">We submitted two new proposals to USDA NIFA</div>
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<div dir="ltr" role="presentation">Abhishek leading the state’s Sierra Climate Report and getting it to near finish line. </div>
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<div dir="ltr" role="presentation">A successful 4th State of the Tulare Basin Conference</div>
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Obviously, we also have scope for improvements. I will discuss those with you all individually in the new year. Take some time off and refuel. Please note that the campus will be closed from Wednesday, Dec. 24, through Thursday, Jan. 1, and reopen for business
Friday, Jan. 2, 2025. You will be able to get in the building, but most campus services will be closed.</div>
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Regards,</div>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>Safeeq Khan, PhD</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Associate Professor of Hydrology</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://engineering.ucmerced.edu/departments/civil-environmental-engineering-cee" target="_blank" title="https://engineering.ucmerced.edu/soe-bylaw-units/civil-environmental-engineering-cee" data-outlook-id="779888bd-7d92-436d-93c8-83707410a1b2" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Civil
& Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Associate Editor,
</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085" target="_blank" title="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085" data-outlook-id="8e0bda7c-96f8-4025-b49c-162e867f5f75" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Hydrological
Processes</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Website:
</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank" title="http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/" data-outlook-id="36bb95a5-56ed-4f9f-8d73-ebfda78a35b5" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Phone: </span>
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<span style="font-family: Century, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Email: </span>
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