{"id":11,"date":"2020-11-25T04:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T04:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/herman\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:46:50","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/herman\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Herman  |  UC Davis Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49bcd8b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49bcd8b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41738cdf\" data-id=\"41738cdf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd37c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bd37c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Jon Herman<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/herman.ucdavis.edu\/\">Water Planning &amp; Operations Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Water resources planning and management under uncertainty<\/li>\n<li>Multi-objective&nbsp;optimization and decision support<\/li>\n<li>System dynamics&nbsp;and sensitivity analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2015<\/li>\n<li>M.S. Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2012<\/li>\n<li>B.E. Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Awards<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>UC Davis College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching, 2025, 2026<\/li>\n<li>NSF CAREER, 2021<\/li>\n<li>Early Career Research Excellence Award, iEMSs, 2020<\/li>\n<li>ENRE Best Publication in Natural Resources, <em>INFORMS<\/em>, 2019<\/li>\n<li>UC Davis Hellman Fellow, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Editor&#8217;s Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, <em>Water Resources Research<\/em>, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021<\/li>\n<li>Quentin Martin Best Practice-Oriented Paper,&nbsp;<em>ASCE-EWRI<\/em>, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Publications <a href=\"http:\/\/herman.ucdavis.edu\/papers\">[Link]<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Professional Activities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">Associate Editor,<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">Water Resources Research<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px\">Associate Editor,&nbsp;<em>ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning &amp; Management<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Reviewer for&nbsp;Water Resources Research,&nbsp;Environmental Modelling&nbsp;&amp; Software,&nbsp;Journal of Water Resources Planning &amp; Management,&nbsp;Hydrology &amp; Earth System Sciences<\/li>\n<li>American Geophysical Union, 2010\u2013Present<\/li>\n<li>American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013\u2013Present<\/li>\n<li>International Environmental Modelling &amp; Software Society, 2014\u2013Present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Teaching<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>ECI 115: Computer Methods in Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering<\/li><li>ECI 193: Senior Design<\/li>\n<li>ECI 273: Water Resources Systems Engineering<\/li>\n<li>ECI 263: Evolutionary Algorithms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a06dc9f\" data-id=\"4a06dc9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61aa54de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61aa54de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/herman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/DSC_2434.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-790\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/herman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/DSC_2434.jpg 440w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/herman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/DSC_2434-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fce058f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fce058f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jon Herman<\/strong><br \/>Professor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a262a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a262a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cee.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/\">Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/a><br \/>University of California, Davis<\/p><p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:jdherman@ucdavis.edu\">jdherman@ucdavis.edu<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/herman.ucdavis.edu\/\">Water Planning &amp; Operations Lab<\/a><br \/>Github: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jdherman\">@jdherman<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Herman Water Planning &amp; Operations Lab Research Interests Water resources planning and management under uncertainty Multi-objective&nbsp;optimization and decision support System dynamics&nbsp;and sensitivity analysis Education Ph.D. Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2015 M.S. Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2012 B.E. 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