He has worked in the EMRL (formerly ECGL) since 1987 as a student, research manager, and now faculty member. He received his Ph.D. from BYU in 1994 and joined the faculty in 1996. He has authored 55 publications and involved students in mentoring projects around the world; including Jordan, Egypt, China, and Chile. His research area is in hydrologic modeling and characterization of watersheds using digital terrain models.