Co-Pi, Institutional Lead
Northern Arizona University
School of Infomatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
Interests:
Food-energy-water systems, scenario planning, resilienceBio:
Richard Rushforth is an Assistant Research Professor at Northern Arizona University. He is a co-PI on the Holistic Water Solutions project, sponsored by USAID, a 2-year effort bringing clean water to vulnerable and refugee host communities in Jordan and Lebanon. He is also a research scientist on FEWsion project a 3-year, $3 million to creating a complete mesoscale dataset of the U.S. Food, Energy, and Water system that will show the evolution of the US FEW system and its vulnerability, resilience, and response to shocks and stresses.