Mahesh Maskey

Applied WRF-Hydro to evaluate hydrologic response and infrastructure resilience across mixed-use landscapes in the Mississippi Delta. Developed reproducible Python and GIS workflows for processing and analyzing hydrologic, geospatial, and remote-sensing data.

Developed and adapted surface-water and groundwater modeling workflows to quantify water and energy fluxes and support regional water-management analysis. Established and led computational workflows on USDA SCINet HPC using SLURM to automate and manage large ensembles of hydrologic simulations.

Improved pre- and post-processing workflows for CALVIN, California's statewide hydroeconomic model, to support large-scale water-management analysis. Developed modeling frameworks for hydropower operations, managed aquifer recharge, and Food-Energy-Water systems in multi-institutional NOAA- and NSF-supported research.

Processed ground-based and remotely sensed observations to estimate evapotranspiration and evaluate agricultural water use. Developed machine-learning models for field-scale strawberry yield forecasting using weather, soil, and management data.

Performed hydrologic assessments using HEC-HMS for grading, drainage, erosion-control, and development projects. Applied HEC-RAS to culvert and bridge-crossing hydraulic models supporting flood-risk evaluation, erosion control, and infrastructure design.

Evaluated evapotranspiration, irrigation scheduling, and plant-water status using field and flux data for California agricultural systems. Developed tools for Eddy Covariance and Surface Renewal data visualization and reviewed climate impacts, adaptation strategies, and SWEEP proposals for California agriculture.

Supported hydrologic mapping and flood-risk research at the Iowa Flood Center and evaluated watershed-scale streamflow modeling approaches.

Conducted watershed, flow, and water-availability analyses for hydropower feasibility studies and prepared technical hydrology reports. Planned and designed stormwater drainage and sewerage systems and contributed to engineering and economic analyses of water infrastructure.

Ph.D. in Hydrologic Sciences from the University of California, Davis, completed in Fall 2017.

M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Iowa, completed in 2011.

Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification from California, Certificate No. 129163, obtained in 2007.

M.S. in Hydroinformatics from UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands, completed in 2004.

B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, completed in 1997.