Current courses
ES 200 · Environmental Systems
A comprehensive overview of environmental systems and the interactions between physical, biological, and social components. The course develops systems thinking for environmental challenges, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability science.
ESS 110 · Hydrology & Climate
Fundamentals of the hydrological cycle and the global climate system: surface-water hydrology, hydrometeorology, evaporation and precipitation, statistical and probabilistic methods, unit hydrographs, and flood routing.
ESS 273 · Subsurface Hydrology
Physics of water flow and solute transport in the saturated and unsaturated subsurface, from Darcy's law and the Richards equation to contaminant transport and vadose-zone processes.
Mentoring & advising
Our group welcomes curious students from many backgrounds. Graduate students typically join through the Environmental Systems graduate group. Prospective students and postdocs are encouraged to reach out at taghezzehei@ucmerced.edu — see our research areas and publications to find shared interests.