Jonathan Herman

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Professor

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
3131 Ghausi

Dr. Herman’s research addresses water resources planning and management under uncertainty with conflicting objectives. His lab group studies a range of problems including forecast-based reservoir operations, long-term adaptation to climate change, and the dynamics of human and environmental systems affecting water demand and land use. This work aims to advance model-based decision support for integrated water resources systems.

Honors and Awards
  • NSF CAREER, 2021
  • Early Career Research Excellence Award, iEMSs, 2020
  • ENRE Best Publication in Natural Resources, INFORMS, 2019
  • UC Davis Hellman Fellow, 2019
  • Editor’s Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Water Resources Research, 2017, 2018, 2020
  • Quentin Martin Best Practice-Oriented Paper, ASCE-EWRI, 2016
  • 2016 ASCE Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
  • Bernard Meyers Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 2014
  • 2014 Outstanding Reviewer, Environmental Modelling and Software.
Publications
  • Adaptation Triggers and Indicator Interpretability for Dynamic Reoptimization of Reservoir Control Policies Under Climate Change
    Journal Article | Sunkara, S., Herman, J., Giuliani, M. Water Resources Research, 62, 10.1029/2025wr040531
  • Balancing drinking water security and conservation: A spatial multi-objective optimization framework for regional groundwater management under global change
    Journal Article | Neverre, N., Herman, J., Schorpp, L., Lanini, S., Pulido-Velazquez, M., Caballero, Y. Journal of Hydrology, 668, 134950. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.134950
  • Comparing the Robustness of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operating Policies under Forecast Uncertainty and Hydrologic Extremes
    Journal Article | Taylor, W., Brodeur, Z., Steinschneider, S., Herman, J. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 152, 04026005. 10.1061/jwrmd5.wreng-7250
  • Global Parameter Sensitivity in Forecast‐Informed Reservoir Operations Using Model Predictive Control
    Journal Article | Chen, A., Herman, J., Brodeur, Z., Steinschneider, S., Whitin, B. Water Resources Research, 62, 10.1029/2025wr041515
  • Global sensitivity of laboratory-scale groundwater reactive transport simulations for sorption and degradation: Breakthrough dynamics across Péclet–Damköhler regimes
    Journal Article | Taylor, W., Herman, J., Morales, V. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 283, 105043. 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.105043
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Water Resources Engineering