University Services at UT-Austin

• Served on the Climate Systems Science Search Committee, 2007–present
• Served on the Remote Sensing Faculty Search Committee, 2001–2002
• Served on the Hydrogeology Faculty Search Committee, 2005–2006
• Served on the Research Scientist Search Committee, 2006
• Served on the Research Scientist Hiring Strategy Committee, 2005
• Coordinated NOAA Program Manager Rick Lawford's visit to the Jackson School of Geosciences, the Environmental  Science Institute, and the Department of Geological Sciences, February 24–26, 2003
• Served on the Undergraduate Advising and Awards Committee, 2003–present
• Served on the Graduate Admission and Support Committee, 2004–present    
• Member, Climate Change Working Group, 2001-2002

National and International Services

• UT-Austin Representative, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), 2001-present
• Co-Chair of the NCAR Community Climate System Model (CCSM) Land Working Group (LandWG). 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2010.
• Conference Chair, “Climate Change Impacts on Texas Water” Conference, Austin, Texas, 28–30 April, 2008.
• Convener, “Interactions of the Groundwater-Land Surface-Atmosphere System: Observations, Theory and Modeling from Local to Global Scale”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2007 Fall Meeting.
• Session Chair, “International Workshop on Semi-arid Land Surface–Atmosphere Interaction”, Lanzhou, China, 9–11 August 2007.
• Organizer, “Land–Atmosphere Interactions”, 21^st Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society 87^th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 14–18 January 2007. 
• Convener, “Land Surface Processes: Observation, Theory and Modeling”, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 24–27 July, 2006, Beijing
• Convener, American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2002 Fall Meeting, "Snow and Ice in the Earth System I (oral) and II (posters)"
• Session Chair, “Land-Atmosphere Interaction”, 9th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth & Space 2004), League City, TX, March 7-10, 2004.
• Member of National Center for Atmospheric Research - Community Climate System Model - Land Surface Model Working Group, 1999-present
• Member, Steering Committee for Snow Model Intercomparison Project, International Commission on Snow and Ice, 1998-present
• Member of TEACOM Regional Climate Model Steering Committee
• Technical Committee member, International Conference & Young Scientist Workshop on Asia Monsoon Environmental System and Global Change (AMESG), Nanjing, China, 15-17 November, 2000
• Invited lecturer, Advanced Training Course on the Application of Regional Climate Model for Asia, Nov. 23-Dec. 2, 1998, Beijing, China
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Proposals Review Panel, 1994, 2002
• Contributor, GEWEX America Prediction Project Science Plan for 2001
• Contributor, GEWEX Continental International Project Science Plan, 1997-2000
• Reviewer, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 1999 (Third) and 1995 (Second) Scientific Assessment of Climate Change

Reviewer of grant proposals

• National Science Foundation Programs: Climate Dynamics, Hydrologic Sciences
• National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Land-surface Hydrology Program
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Office for Global Change

Reviewer of journals

• Journal of Climate, Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrometeorology
• Bulletin of American Meteorological Society
• Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), Geophysical Research Letters
• Ecological Applications, Global and Planetary Change
• International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Applied Meteorology
• Journal of Hydrology, Earth Interactions, Environmental Science & Technology
• Australian Meteorological Magazine, Climate Research