Earth Sciences
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Award Year
2018
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
No Monument Location
Integrated hydrological sciences to prepare society for local and global change
The interaction of freshwater systems with biogeochemical cycling, climate, and vegetation has a profound effect on local to global water resources and security. Ng employs computational models that connect underground water-system dynamics with environmental factors and she develops novel statistical approaches to merge models with observations, generating societally-relevant predictions. Ng investigates sulfur cycling in wetlands, social-biophysical perspectives on wild rice aquatic habitats, sources and consequences of arsenic contamination, and eco-hydrological modeling.