After he completed his PhD at the UW, he worked at the University of Arizona and in the private sectror, before returning to the UW in 2011. His research group builds tools to simulate and investigate the terrestrial hydrological cycle and uses these tools for a wide range of hydrologic research projects. He and his group investigate the effects of climate change on the hydrologic cycle, perform near real-time monitoring and forecasting studies for drought and streamflow, simulate the interactions between the various components of the climate system in coupled regional climate models, develop and analyze large datasets, and along the way write a lot of code that they are happy to share with others.