Huning Research Group
Dr. Laurie Huning is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management. She obtained her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, with a focus in Hydrology and Water Resources, from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2017. After graduating, Dr. Huning was a National Science Foundation (NSF) Earth Science postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. She joined the CSULB faculty in 2020. Her research broadly examines topics in the areas of hydrology, water resources, climate, extreme events, and impacts.
Dr. Laurie Huning’s research aims to better characterize hydrometeorological and hydrologic processes as they evolve with a dynamic atmosphere and interact with natural and human systems. She uses remote sensing and in-situ observations along with physically- and statistically-based methods and models to investigate the impacts of extreme events on water resources. She also uses such techniques to examine their complex feedbacks on the climate and various parts of the hydrologic cycle. Working across a variety of spatial and temporal scales, Dr. Huning seeks to improve hydrologic estimation and water resources management, as well as mitigate the effects of environmental hazards and cascading impacts. Her research addresses community-level to global water resources problems by combining her expertise in hydrometeorology, remote sensing, climatology, modeling, and data analysis together.
