The Impact of Land Use/Land Cover on Water Resources

Land use/cover and climate changes have a great impact on the hydrological processes. To spread more light on the significance of this phenomenon, the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering is organising a research talk and workshop on March 27, 2023, discussing “How Interactions Between Climate and Land Use/ Land Cover Changes Can Affect Water Resources”. Distinguished academician Prof. Alan Ernest Fryar, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Kentucky, USA will deliver the session.

Join the talk to gain insight into the influence of land use/land cover on water resources!

About the Speaker

Prof. Alan Ernest Fryar is a Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Kentucky, USA. He has received his PhD in Geology from the University of Alberta in 1992.

Research Expertise:

• Field, experimental, and modelling studies of groundwater flow, mass transport, and reactions in the subsurface
• Groundwater/stream interactions
• Mass transport in karst watersheds
• Chemical evolution during groundwater recharge and flow; natural attenuation of contaminants
• Water resources in developing countries
• History of hydrogeology

Selected Professional Affiliations:

• Fellow of the Geological Society of America
• American Geophysical Union, USA
• Association of Women Geoscientists
• The International Association of Geochemistry
• The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

Selected Research Projects Grants:

Identifying recharge signals in spring flow on the Shillong Plateau, Meghalaga, India, Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship (Jan 2023- May 2023)

Early detection and quantitative risk assessment of microbial contamination in karst basins (A.E. Fryar, PI; R.T. Dapkus and D.M. Byrne, co-PIs): Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, $10,001, Sep. 2021–Aug. 2022.

IRES Track I: A multi-faceted approach for understanding hydrologic controls on transmission losses in dryland environments (A.M. Milewski [University of Georgia] and A.E. Fryar, PIs; R. El Kadiri [Middle Tennessee State University], C. Garing [University of Georgia], and C.D. Hanley, co-PIs): National Science Foundation, $299,908 (UK share $90,952), Sep. 2020–Oct. 2023.