Alexander "Sam" Fernald

Title: Professor of Watershed Management and Director, Water Resources Research Institute
 Major Field of Interest: Water quality hydrology
 Email: afernald@nmsu.edu
 Office Phone: 575-646-1041
 Office Location:  Knox Hall 316
Director
 New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
 New Mexico State University (Stucky Hall)
 MSC 3167, P.O. Box 30001
 Las Cruces, NM 88003
 Ph: 575-646-4337, Fax: 575-646-6418
Education:
 B.A., International Relations, Stanford University, 1987
 M.E.M., Water Resources Management, Duke University,1993
 Ph.D., Watershed Science, Colorado State University, 1997
 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, US EPA, 1997-2000
Courses Taught: 
 RGSC 318 Watershed Management
 RGSC 518 Interdisciplinary Modeling 
 RGSC 518 Watershed Methods and Measurements 
 WS 319 Land Use and Water Quality 
 RGSC/HORT 302G Forestry and Society 
 RGSC 515 Range Science Graduate Seminar
Research interests:
 Socio-hydrology
 Surface water-groundwater interactions
 Integrated human and natural systems
 Runoff and water quality processes 
 Forest management effects on water yield and watershed health 
 Ecohydrology of rangelands 
 Regional water budgets
 Groundwater management institutions