The HWRM group focuses on understanding the complex interactions between coupled socio-environmental systems and their response to climate change to enhance the resilience and sustainability of these systems. Due to population growth, associated human demands, and accelerated pace of climate change and its impacts, these systems face increased challenges of prolonged and persistent drought events, and increased air temperature that affect water availability and agricultural production. These challenges are expected to worsen in the near future. The group’s objectives are to improve water resources management; assess Food-Energy-Water (FEW) systems; detect and evaluate land use land cover change and rangeland productivity; model crop growth and yield; assess drought impacts and socioeconomic response; use artificial intelligence in dryland ecosystems assessment; and develop tools to enhance training and education in interdisciplinary STEM research. The group strives to develop and utilize innovative research tools and methods to characterize these systems and highlights the need for interdisciplinary approaches and stakeholders’ engagement.
We are looking for a highly motivated researcher is to work on a recently funded NSF E-RISE project to develop and apply CLM over the western US with a focus on New Mexico ecosystems. The position is available for 2 years and extendable based on performance. The postdoc will work on upscaling tower flux data to watershed scale for a better understanding of the feedback between forests in dryland ecosystems based on the combined effects of environmental change and management impacts. The focus will be on improving dryland ecosystem representation in CLM and evaluating impacts on watershed scale structure and function. To join our research group please contact Dr. Hatim Geli at hgeli@nmsu.edu.
July 2025: Dr. Geli along with an NMSU team recieved an NSF award to support forest research. The project title is "E-RISE RII: Forest Research for New Mexico Water and Carbon Management" or FOR-NM. FOR-NM 2025
April 2022: Dr. Geli was among an NMSU team to receive NSF funding in April 2022 through the National Traineeship program (NRT) to develop an interdisciplinary training in AI and Arid Land Agriculture. Dr. Geli is a co-PI and services as program curriculum development. NMSU NSF NRT 2022
2020 - Present: The HWRM group participates in the Center of Excellence for Food and Agricultural Systems in four research areas that include Adaptation to Climate Variability, Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, Food Security, and Produced and Brackish Water Utilization
2019 - 2021: The HWRM group has participated in developing three whitepapers to support NMSU LEADS 25. The whitepapers covered topics related to Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, Carbon Sequestration for Climate Change Solutions in Arid and Semi-arid Regions, and Produced and Brackish Water Utilization
May 2019: Dr. Geli was among an NMSU delegate during a visit to China Agricultural University in May 2019 to support recruitment and research development efforts. ACES Global Initiatives - CAU
April 2019: Dr. Geli was invited to give a talk to the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum on satellites and water (April 2019). Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum talk
June 2017: Dr. Geli was invited as a speaker to New Mexico Evapotranspiration Conference 2017. NM ET Conference 2017
Hatim Geli
Knox Hall Room 202
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Office: 324 Knox Hall
Phone: +1 (575) 646 1640
Fax: +1 (575) 646 5441
Email: hgeli@nmsu.edu
URL: https://hydrologylab.nmsu.edu
