Claire Welty

Dr. Claire Welty is Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She holds a PhD from MIT, MS from George Washington University, and BS from University of Virginia.

Her research develops end-to-end systems of field-deployed sensors and coupled mathematical models to quantify urban hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles from neighborhood to regional scales. This work supports sustainable urban water management through improved prediction of flow paths, fluxes, and stores of water and chemicals.

Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on urban watershed dynamics, integrating field measurements with advanced modeling approaches. Recent work explores spatial heterogeneity in stream chemistry, groundwater storage dynamics, and urban heat island effects on waterways.