RCA Faculty Partnerships

North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute Fellows

The NDWRRI is one of 54 institutes known collectedly as the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR). Founded in 1965 by authority of Congress, the NDWRRI is administrated through the United States Geological Survey.

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Trung Le

Interim NDWRRI Director
NDSU Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

(701) 231-6369 email
Trung Le

Zhulu Lin

NDWRRI Fellow
NDSU Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABEN)

(701) 231-7118 email
Dr. Zhulu Lin

Dane Mataic

NDWRRI Fellow
NDSU Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

(701) 231-9588 email
Dane Mataic Director North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute

Research Fellows

These individuals serve as strategic connectors and thought leaders on NDSU’s four emerging research priority areas:

  • Materials Research and Development
  • Precision Agriculture/AgTech
  • Rural and Community Health and Biosciences
  • Humanities and Cultural Stewardship in North Dakota

Learn more about the emerging priority research areas

Materials Research and Development Fellows

Chad Ulven

University Distinguished Professor, mechanical engineering

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Chad Ulven, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Erik Hobbie

Professor of physics

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Ali Amiri

Associate Professor of Practice of mechanical engineering

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Dr. Ali Amiri

Precision Agriculture/AgTech Fellows

Ahmed Rabia

Research Assistant Professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering

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Dr. Ahmed Rabia

Joao Paulo Flores

Assistant Professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering

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Dr. Paulo Flores

Rural and Community Health and Biosciences Fellows

Mukund Sibi

University Distinguished Professor of chemistry

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Elizabeth Skoy

Professor of pharmacy practice

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Liz Skoy

Akshaya Bhagavathula

Associate Professor of public health

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Humanities and Cultural Stewardship in North Dakota Fellows

Meghan Duda

Associate Professor of art, photography, and design

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Magda Marchowska-Raza

Assistant Professor of Practice of management and marketing

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Jiale Xu

Assistant Professor of environmental engineering

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Research and Creative Activity

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