Contact:	Michael Campana, (505) 277-5249 Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
April 5, 2002 UNM PROFESSOR SELECTED AS GALLAGHER VISITING SCIENTIST Dr. Michael Campana, director of the Water Resources Program and professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico, has been selected as the 2002 Gallagher Visiting Scientist by the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Calgary in Canada. Campana will present a public lecture on Monday, April 8 on “A Unified Hydrological, Legal, and Economic Approach to Water Reallocation.” Additionally, Campana will conduct a short course workshop on Tuesday-Wednesday, April 9-10 involving techniques and case studies. The workshop is titled “Water Resources Development and Related Issues in Developing Nations: A Workshop Emphasizing an Appropriate Technology Approach.” Finally, during the week-long visit, he will present an isotope research seminar on Thursday, April 11 on the “Integration of Ground Water Modeling and Environmental Isotope Hydrogeology: An Idea Whose Time Has Come.” “It’s obviously an honor to be selected,” said Campana. “It’s almost like a courtesy. The award was made on the basis of someone with a broad understanding of earth sciences as it relates to water. They were looking for a certain kind of person to talk to the department. I’m honored they think enough of me to have me come up there. It’s also a chance to meet new people at a good school like the University of Calgary and see what they are doing.” Campana has been at UNM since 1989 and has been the director of the Water Resources Program since 1997. His research interests include the use of environmental stable and radiogenic isotopes in hydrology and hydrogeology, surface water and ground water interactions and catchment hydrology, regional hydrogeology and water resources in developing countries. # # #

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