University of Nevada, Reno

Ph.D. in Hydrologic Science, expected May 2025

• Academic advisor: Dr. Christine Albano

• Dissertation title: "Hydrologic Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers"

Dartmouth College

B.A. in Geography modified with Environmental Earth Science, 2018

• Senior honors thesis title "Water, Agriculture, and Climate Dynamics in Chile's Aconcagua Basin"

Webb, M., Albano, C., Harpold, A., Wagner, D., Wilson, A.M. (2024, in review). Wet Antecedent Soil Moisture Increases Atmospheric River Flood Magnitudes Non-Linearly. Journal of Hydrometeorology

Nolin, A., Sproles, E., Rupp, D., Crumley, R. L., Webb, M., Palomaki, R., & Mar, E. (2021). New snow metrics for a warming world. Hydrological Processes, 35(6), e14262. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14262

Webb, M., Winter, J., Spera, S., Chipman, J., & Osterberg, E. (2020). Water, agriculture, and climate dynamics in central Chile’s Aconcagua River Basin. Physical Geography, 0(0), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2020.1790719

Wallace, D., Ratti, V., Kodali, A., Winter, J. M., Ayres, M. P., Chipman, J. W., Aoki, C. F., Osterberg, E. C., Silvanic, C., Partridge, T. F., Webb, M. (2019). Effect of Rising Temperature on Lyme Disease: Ixodes scapularis Population Dynamics and Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission and Prevalence. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019, e9817930. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9817930

Webb, M., Bozkurt, D., Garreaud, R., & Albano, C. (2024). Quantifying the Hydrologic Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers in Chile. International Atmospheric Rivers Conference. 

Webb, M., Albano, C., Imgarten, M., & Fennema, S. (2023). ARkStorm 2.0 in the Truckee Watershed: Assessing Regional Flooding Impact and Vulnerability After an Atmospheric River Megastorm. AGU23. 

Albano, C., McCarthy, M., Webb, M., Jensen, E., McAfee, S., & Swain, D. (2023). ARkStorm 2.0 Impacts: Engaging diverse communities to improve resilience to extreme storms in Nevada and California. AGU23. 

Chukwuonye, G., Canham, H., McClure, C., Catalan, E., Webb, M., Brown, J., et al. (2023). Lessons Learned from a Collaborative Study of Compounding Climate Extremes Impacts on Aquatic Ecosystems in the Southwest United States. AGU23. 

Daniels, B., et al. (including Webb, M.). (2024). A “Parallel Evolution” of Flood Risk Management along the Rhine and the Sacramento Rivers (No. EGU24-13940). Presented at the EGU24, Copernicus Meetings. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13940

Roychowdhury, I., et al. (including Webb, M.) (2023). Event-Based Flood Risk Management: Recent Evolution in the Rhine and Sacramento River Basins. AGU23. 

Webb, M., Albano, C., Harpold, A. (2023). Determining sensitivity and thresholds of antecedent soil moisture amplifying flood response from atmospheric rivers. CUAHSI Biennial Meeting Abstracts. 

Webb, M., Albano, C., Harpold, A. & McEvoy, D. (2022). The role of antecedent conditions in the amplification of flooding from atmospheric rivers along the West Coast of the United States. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 

Webb, M., Albano, C., Harpold, A., Wagner, D. & McEvoy, D. (2022). Characterizing the roles of antecedent conditions as drivers of flood magnitudes from atmospheric rivers along the West Coast of the United States. International Conference on Atmospheric Rivers (IARC) Abstracts.

Webb, M., Nolin, A., Sproles, E., Rupp, D., Crumley R., & Palomaki, R. (2021). New Snow Metrics Show Variable Impacts of Changing Climate Across Snowpack Regimes. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 

Webb, M., Babis, B., Deland, S., & McGurk, G. (2017). Applications of NASA Earth Observation Imagery in Google Earth Engine to Estimate Glacier Trends and Water Availability in Chile’s Aconcagua Watershed. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 

Desert Research Institute George Burke Maxey Fellowship (2024)

Transect the Americas PATHWAYS Fellowship (2023-2024)

John J. Warwick and Laura Helsel Scholarship (2023)

Nevada NASA Space Grant Graduate Research Opportunity Fellowship (2023)

Desert Research Institute Division of Hydrologic Sciences Maki Student Award (2023)

CUAHSI Student Travel Scholarship (2023)

Nevada Water Resource Association Spring S.A.S.S Award (2023)

Desert Research Institute Student Travel Award (2022)

University of Nevada, Reno Graduate Student Association Travel Award (2021, 2022)

Southwest Climate Adaption Science Center’s Natural Resources Workforce Development Fellowship (2022-2023)

Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences Outstanding Service Award (2021)

University of Nevada, Reno Graduate Dean’s Fellowship (2020-2021)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2020-2025)