Kendra Kaiser
Kendra Kaiser
Director, Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, Assistant Research Faculty
Idaho Water Center, Boise
University of Idaho Boise
Idaho Water Center
322 E Front St. Suite 440E
Boise, ID 83702
Ph.D., Duke University, 2017
B.S., Montana State University, 2011
- Water resources management
- Streamflow forecasting
- Applied hydrology
- D.R. Hedden-Nicely, K.E. Kaiser (2024), Water Governance in an Era of Climate Change: A Model to Assess the Shifting Irrigation Demand and Its Effect on Water Management in the Western United States. Water, Vol.16(14), p 1963 https://doi.org/10.3390/w16141963.
- Kaiser, K.E., K. Blasch, S. Schmitz* (2023). Integration of distributed streamflow measurement metadata for improved water resource decision-making. Water, 15(4), 679; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040679.
- Hammond, M. Shanafield, M. Zimmer, K.E. Kaiser, S.E. Godsey, M.C. Mims, S.C. Zipper, R.M. Burrows, S.K. Kampf, W. Dodds, C.N. Jones, C.A. Krabbenhoft, K.S. Boersma, T., Datry, J.D. Olden, G.H. Allen, A.N. Price*, K. Costigan, R. Hale, A.S. Ward, and D.C. Allen (2021) Spatial patterns and drivers of nonperennial flow regimes in the contiguous United States. Geophysical Research Letters. 48:2 doi: 10.1029/2020GL090794.
- Kaiser, K.E., Hillis, A.V., Flores, A.N., (2020) Identifying Emergent Agent Types and Effective Practices for Portability, Scalability, and Intercomparison in Water Resource Agent-Based Models, Environmental Modelling & Software. 127 doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104671.
- Jaeger, K.L., R. Sando, R.R. McShane, J.B. Dunham, D.P. Hockman-Wert, K.E. Kaiser, K. Hafen*, J.C. Risley, K.W. Blasch. (2019). Probability of Streamflow Permanence Model (PROSPER): A spatially continuous model of annual streamflow permanence throughout the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Hydrology X. doi: 10.1016/j.hydroa.2018.100005.
I’m an avid river runner and love exploring Idaho’s diverse landscapes.