Nicole Durfee

Nicole Durfee is a Ph.D. Student in Water Resources Science at Oregon State University, affiliated with the Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences. She specializes in ecohydrology, focusing on rangeland ecosystems and watershed-riparian systems.

• Key projects: Drewsey Watershed Project (Juniper), Camp Creek Paired Watershed Study (Central Oregon), Carbon Sequestration in Rangeland/Pasture Ecosystems, Land Use-Environment Relationships in the Willamette Basin, Rangeland Watershed-Riparian Systems (Eastern Oregon), Water and Community Resilience (Northern New Mexico), and Ecohydrologic Processes in Chihuahuan Desert Rangelands (Northern Mexico).

She received the OBC-Research Fellowship and contributes to systems-based approaches in agricultural and semi-arid environments.