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Biography

Dr. Zoi Dokou is Assistant Professor at the Civil Engineering Department, California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Dokou received her B.Eng. degree in Environmental Engineering from the Technical University of Crete, Greece and her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Vermont, USA.

Dr. Dokou has published 32 peer-reviewed journal articles, 1 book chapter and 51 conference presentations in the fields of hydrogeology, contaminant hydrology, food and water security and water resources management. She is associate editor for the Journal of Hydrology and reviewer for numerous journals in the area of hydrology.

In her research Dr. Dokou combines field measurements, laboratory experiments and numerical modeling to understand and predict the behavior of groundwater and its interconnection with surface water, focusing on both water quantity and water quality. Specific areas of his expertise include groundwater flow modeling under unsaturated and saturated conditions, managed aquifer recharge (MAR), groundwater-surface water interactions, integration of geophysical methods and remote sensing in groundwater modeling, saltwater intrusion in aquifer systems, optimization methods in water resources and seasonal forecasting to improve food and water security in emerging regions.