Before I started working with the Great Lakes, I worked as a civil engineer in southern California doing hydrologic studies. In a nutshell, I'm interested in why the lake levels go up and down, what the outlooks are for future lake levels, and how we can use this knowledge to create better policies for the Great Lakes. Policies are important because they lay the groundwork for complicated issues, such as interbasin transfer of water and how the water can be better used.
Hydrology is the study of the water cycle.