Richard Anyah

Associate Professor

Professional Experience

• 8/2014 – Present Associate Professor , Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  
• 8/2008 – 8/2014 Assistant Professor , Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  
• 8/2007 – 7/2008 Research Associate , Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  
• 8/2007 – 7/2008 Visiting Scientist , Microscale and Mesoscale Modeling (MMM) Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR),Boulder, CO
  
• 9/2005 – 8/2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate , Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  
• 8/2001 – 8/2005 Graduate Research Assistan t, Climate System Dynamics and Modeling Laboratory, North Carolina State University,
  
• 9/2000 – 8/2001 Associate Research Scientist , WMO/IGAD Drought Monitoring Center for Eastern and Central Africa, Nairobi, KE
  
• 11/2000 – 5/2001 Lecturer , Kenya National Polytechnic, Nairobi, KE

Research Interests:

Coupled regional climate-hydrologic modeling and analysis Influence of groundwater reservoir and water table dynamics in regional climates (sub-Sahara Africa) Regional Hydroclimate Dynamics, Variability and Extremes: impacts on water resources, agriculture and food systems Regional climate change impacts and vulnerability assessments Climate-Human-Ecosystems interactions

Current or Recent Research Projects:

Integrating hydro-climate science into policy decision making for climate resilient infrastructure and livelihoods ( East Africa-HyCRISTAL Consortium) Role of coupled climate-hydrology-land use connections and influence on present and future hydroclimatic changes in sub-Saharan Africa Role of water table dynamics in modeling regional climate variability and changes: impacts on soil water retention and fluctuations, wetlands and potential influence on irrigation and infrastructure planning over sub-Saharan Africa and the Nile River Basin Climate Extremes, Climate variability and changes in the Northeastern United States Modeling climate variability and change of the Greater Horn of Africa UCAR Africa Initiative on NWP Demonstration to investigate impacts of weather extremes on meningitis outbreak