Title

Professor, School of Engineering
Director, Sierra Nevada Research Institute

E-mail

rbales@ucmerced.edu

Office Phone

(209) 228-4348

Website

faculty.ucmerced.edu/rbales

Address

University of California, Merced
School of Engineering
5200 North Lake Rd.
Merced, CA 95343

Research Interests

• Hydrology
• Snow and ice
• Hydrochemistry
• Climate impacts on water resources
• Climate changes over polar ice sheets

Education

• Ph.D., 1985 — California Institute of Technology
• M.S., 1984 — California Institute of Technology
• M.S., 1975 — University of California, Berkeley
• B.S., 1974 — Purdue University