Research Team Bios
Erik Porse
Research Engineer
![Erik Porse](/images/headimages/erik-porse-lrg.jpg)
- PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2014
- MPP, Science and Technology Public Policy, George Mason University, 2005
- BS, Engineering (Acoustical Engineering and Music), 2002
Research Engineer, Office of Water Programs, California State University, Sacramento, 2017-Present
- Urban water management and planning
- Water resource systems analysis
- Simulation and optimization modeling
- Stormwater planning and policy
Postdoctoral Researcher/Associate Research Director, California Center for Sustainable communities, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability,, 2014-2017
- Integrated modeling of urban water systems
- Groundwater policy and planning
- Stormwater capture
- Systems analysis and data integration
- Online, open-source mapping and visualization tools
- Student advising and mentoring
- Sustainability systems science
- Groundwater policy and planning
- Community-scale advanced energy systems planning
- Policy and institutional analysis
- Network science
Professional Interests: Integrated urban water management, models for decision-making, environmental system management, stormwater systems planning, integrating science and social science in modeling, large-scale data analysis and integration, visualization and mapping, GIS, network analysis, science communication