I am currently a Ph.D student at the University of Colorado Boulder and a research assistant in the field of hydrology. My research primarily focuses on the impact that climate change is having on water resources, specifically in alpine regions that hold a vital natural reservoir of water: snow.


Nels Bjarke completed his B.S. in Earth and Planetary Science in 2014 and M.S. of Earth and Planetary Science in 2019. Nels's previous research focused on climate variability and the impact of warming regional temperatures in the southwestern US on the relationship between snow-pack and subsequent runoff season streamflow. Currently, Nels is pursuing his Ph.D. in the Civil Engineering department at CU Boulder. His research at CU Boulder is focused on catchment-scale hydrologic modeling at the Niwot Ridge LTER site. Specifically, Nels is interested in investigating the efficacy of temporal and spatial meteorological infilling techniques for application in the DHSVM hydrologic model.