Dr. Guillermo Mendoza Named National Research Council Research Associateship Fellow

ALEXANDRIA, VA – October 16, 2009. Dr. Guillermo Mendoza has been awarded a National Research Council Research Associateship. He joins IWR to work with Eugene Stakhiv and Hal Cardwell to support the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) and Shared Vision Planning.

Previous to IWR, Dr. Mendoza worked as a modeler for New York City Department of Environmental Protection, led the water resources efficiency component as a long-term contractor for a USAID-Honduras project, and led and developed the water component for an ecosystem service valuation tool for the Natural Capital Project at Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment. Dr. Mendoza completed his Ph.D. in 2002 at Cornell University.

More About IWR Visiting Scholars

Through the National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Program, IWR sponsors postdoctoral and senior research awards to conduct relevant research for one to two years at one of IWR's locations. Fellowships are given for the purpose of conducting research (chosen by the doctoral level scientists and engineers) to apply their special knowledge and research talents to areas that are of interest to them and to the host laboratories and centers.

Learn more:

• National Research Council Research Associateship Program
• ICIWaRM
• Shared Vision Planning