Dr. Hal Voepel

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Hal Voepel is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, specializing in hydrological sediment processes, watershed and river systems, and contaminant transport. His research broadly encompasses hydrology and sediment constituent transport processes with an emphasis on human population impacts, migration, and socioeconomics. Hal has a background in engineering and statistics, with expertise in both stochastic and deterministic model development. His career includes extensive research in atmospheric, hydrologic, geographic, and engineering sciences. Hal has taught undergraduate courses in mathematics and statistics at Northern Arizona University and has lectured on Small Watershed Hydrology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has been involved in various educational activities, including supervising undergraduate tutorials and developing workshops on system dynamics modeling for engineering students. Hal's academic credentials include a BSE in Environmental Engineering and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Northern Arizona University, an MS in Statistics with Distinction, and a PhD in Hydrology from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Research Fellow

— Present

University of Southampton • Southampton, England

Working with the WorldPop modeling group to develop Bayesian statistical models of human mobility and population estimates.

Air Quality Data Analyst

— Present

Desert Research Institute • Reno, Nevada

Performed statistical analysis and developed models for multiple projects with governmental agencies.

Graduate Research Assistant

— Present

Desert Research Institute • Reno, Nevada

Worked on a variety of hydrologic projects including groundwater contaminant transport and sediment transport.