Science for the Public: Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations
March 11, 2025 Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA (zoom)

Jay Famiglietti, Ph.D., Global Futures Professor, School of Sustainability;
Director of Science, Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, Arizona State University

Dr. Famiglietti is an internationally recognized expert on hydrology, the Earth’s water system. In this program, he describes the crisis of diminishing freshwater resulting from climate change and agricultural practices. The situation will affect populations and food production globally. Dr. Famiglietti explains how the freshwater crisis has evolved, and the urgent need for governmental policies to address the problem. Public understanding of the issue is essential.

Jay Famiglietti is a Global Futures Professor in ASU's School of Sustainability, where he serves as the Director of Science for the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative. He also holds affiliated faculty appointments in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, and in the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems. He is a former Chair of the Board of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), a former Editor-in-Chief of Geophysical Research Letters, and he has been a Visiting Professor at in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and UCLA. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and of the Geological Society of America, a recipient of AGU's Peter S. Eagleson Hydrologic Sciences Award, and a Distinguished Alumni of Tufts University.