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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is just a reminder for our research group meeting today at 3:30.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Safeeq Khan, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Associate Professor of Hydrology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><a href="https://engineering.ucmerced.edu/soe-bylaw-units/civil-environmental-engineering-cee">Civil & Environmental Engineering, University
of California, Merced</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085">Hydrological Processes</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/">http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Phone:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> <a href="tel:(209)%20386-3623" target="_blank">209-386-3623</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Email:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:msafeeq@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">msafeeq@ucmerced.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Safeeq Khan
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 18, 2025 10:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> fewslab@lists.ucmerced.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Spring Research Group Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We welcomed two new FEWS members, Nigar and Marcelino <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Weichao’s paper published in Ecological Modeling: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380025003187">
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380025003187</a> & UCM press release:
<a href="https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/forest-carbon-store-it-or-burn-it-actually-both-best">
https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/forest-carbon-store-it-or-burn-it-actually-both-best</a><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Stefano got his last, & final, dissertation chapter accepted in the journal of ecohydrology (<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19360592">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19360592</a>)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Berhanu got his MAR review paper accepted in the journal of Environmental Reviews (<a href="https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/er">https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/er</a>)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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We submitted two new proposals to USDA NIFA<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Abhishek leading the state’s Sierra Climate Report and getting it to near finish line. <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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A successful 4th State of the Tulare Basin Conference<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Safeeq Khan, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Associate Professor of Hydrology</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:12.0pt"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#0563C1"><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"><span style="color:#0563C1">Civil
& Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Associate Editor,
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085" target="_blank" title="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085"><span style="color:#0563C1">Hydrological Processes</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Website:
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank" title="http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Phone:
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="tel:(209)%20386-3623" target="_blank" title="tel:(209)%20386-3623"><span style="color:#0563C1">209-386-3623</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Email:
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:msafeeq@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:msafeeq@ucmerced.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">msafeeq@ucmerced.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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