publications
7. (submitted) Serrano, D.^, Huggins, X.^, Gleeson, T., Zipper, S., Jehn, F., Rohde, M., Abell, R., Vigerstol, K., Hartmann, A. (2022). Overlooked risks and opportunities for global protected areas revealed by mapping groundwatersheds. (preprint forthcoming)
^ shared first-authorship
6. (submitted) Curran, D., Gleeson, T., Huggins, X. (2022). Applying a science-forward approach to groundwater regulatory design. [link to preprint]
5. (submitted) Huggins, X. Gleeson, T., Castilla-Rho, J.C., Holley, C., Re, V., Famiglietti, J.S. (2022). Groundwater in complex adaptive social-ecological systems. In review at Groundwater. [link to preprint]
4. (submitted) Mohan, C., Gleeson, T., Famiglietti, J., Virkki, V., Kummu, M., Porkka, M., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Huggins, X., Gerten, D., Jahnig, S. (2022) Poor correlation between large-scale environmental flow violations and freshwater biodiversity: implications for water resource management and the water planetary boundary. In review at HESS. [link to preprint]
3. Huggins, X, Gleeson, T., Kummu, M., Zipper, S.C., Wada, Y., Troy, T.J., and Famiglietti, J. (2022). "Hotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss". Nature Communications 13, 439. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28029-w
[PDF] [Data] [Code] [Popular Science coverage][POLIS Blue Dialogue webinar]
2. Diggle, R., D. Tait, D. Maher, X. Huggins, and I. Santos. (2019). "The role of porewater exchange as a driver of CO2 flux to the atmosphere in a temperate estuary (Squamish, Canada)". Environmental Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8291-3link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-019-8291-3
[PDF]
1. Huggins, X., T. Gleeson, H. Eckstrand, and B. Kerr. (2018). "Streamflow Depletion Modeling: Methods for an Adaptable and Conjunctive Water Management Decision Support Tool". Journal of the American Water Resources Association. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12659
[PDF]
^ shared first-authorship
6. (submitted) Curran, D., Gleeson, T., Huggins, X. (2022). Applying a science-forward approach to groundwater regulatory design. [link to preprint]
5. (submitted) Huggins, X. Gleeson, T., Castilla-Rho, J.C., Holley, C., Re, V., Famiglietti, J.S. (2022). Groundwater in complex adaptive social-ecological systems. In review at Groundwater. [link to preprint]
4. (submitted) Mohan, C., Gleeson, T., Famiglietti, J., Virkki, V., Kummu, M., Porkka, M., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Huggins, X., Gerten, D., Jahnig, S. (2022) Poor correlation between large-scale environmental flow violations and freshwater biodiversity: implications for water resource management and the water planetary boundary. In review at HESS. [link to preprint]
3. Huggins, X, Gleeson, T., Kummu, M., Zipper, S.C., Wada, Y., Troy, T.J., and Famiglietti, J. (2022). "Hotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss". Nature Communications 13, 439. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28029-w
[PDF] [Data] [Code] [Popular Science coverage][POLIS Blue Dialogue webinar]
2. Diggle, R., D. Tait, D. Maher, X. Huggins, and I. Santos. (2019). "The role of porewater exchange as a driver of CO2 flux to the atmosphere in a temperate estuary (Squamish, Canada)". Environmental Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8291-3link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-019-8291-3
[PDF]
1. Huggins, X., T. Gleeson, H. Eckstrand, and B. Kerr. (2018). "Streamflow Depletion Modeling: Methods for an Adaptable and Conjunctive Water Management Decision Support Tool". Journal of the American Water Resources Association. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12659
[PDF]
book/report chapters
Gleeson, T., Huggins, X, Connor, R., Arrojo-Agudo, P., and Vazquez Sune, E. (2022). "Groundwater and Ecosystems" Chapter 6 in the UNESCO World Water Development Report 2022. [Link to chapter]
conference presentations
7. Xu, L, Famiglietti, J., Ferris, D., Huggins, X., Mohan, C., Sadri, S., Sanyal, P., and Wong, J. (2022). From coarse resolution to realistic resolution: GRACE as a science communication and policy-making tool for sustainable groundwater management. Oral presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly.
6. Huggins, X, Gleeson, T., Kummu, M., Zipper, S.C., Wada, Y., Troy, T.J., and Famiglietti, J. (2022). Vulnerable basins for global prioritization: Hotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss. Solicited oral presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly.
5. Huggins, X., Gleeson, T., Famiglietti, J. (2021). An open-access interdisciplinary database to facilitate data science on cross-cutting global groundwater sustainability challenges. Oral presentation at the Delft International Conference on Sociohydrology.
4. Gleeson, T., Huggins, X., Froese, T. (2021). Teaching human- and sustainability-centred design: A civil engineering design spine supported by sustainability muscles and a heart of anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion. Oral presentation (pre-recorded) for Let’s Talk about Teaching.
3. Huggins, X., Gleeson, T., Kummu, M., Zipper, S.C., Troy, T.J., Wada, Y., Famiglietti, J. (2020). Sustainability hotspots of changing global freshwater availability. Invited lighting talk at the American Geophysical Union 2020 Fall Meeting. Online.
2. Huggins, X., Gleeson, T., Zipper, S.C., Troy, T.J., Wada, Y., Famiglietti, J.S. (2019). Human dimensions of changing global freshwater availability. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting. San Franciso, USA.
1. Huggins, X. Gleeson, T., Eckstrand, H., Kerr, B. (2018). Streamflow Depletion Modeling: Methods for an Adaptable and Conjunctive Water Management Decision Support Tool. Oral presentation at the Canadian Water Resources Association Annual Conference. Victoria, BC.
6. Huggins, X, Gleeson, T., Kummu, M., Zipper, S.C., Wada, Y., Troy, T.J., and Famiglietti, J. (2022). Vulnerable basins for global prioritization: Hotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss. Solicited oral presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly.
5. Huggins, X., Gleeson, T., Famiglietti, J. (2021). An open-access interdisciplinary database to facilitate data science on cross-cutting global groundwater sustainability challenges. Oral presentation at the Delft International Conference on Sociohydrology.
4. Gleeson, T., Huggins, X., Froese, T. (2021). Teaching human- and sustainability-centred design: A civil engineering design spine supported by sustainability muscles and a heart of anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion. Oral presentation (pre-recorded) for Let’s Talk about Teaching.
3. Huggins, X., Gleeson, T., Kummu, M., Zipper, S.C., Troy, T.J., Wada, Y., Famiglietti, J. (2020). Sustainability hotspots of changing global freshwater availability. Invited lighting talk at the American Geophysical Union 2020 Fall Meeting. Online.
2. Huggins, X., Gleeson, T., Zipper, S.C., Troy, T.J., Wada, Y., Famiglietti, J.S. (2019). Human dimensions of changing global freshwater availability. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting. San Franciso, USA.
1. Huggins, X. Gleeson, T., Eckstrand, H., Kerr, B. (2018). Streamflow Depletion Modeling: Methods for an Adaptable and Conjunctive Water Management Decision Support Tool. Oral presentation at the Canadian Water Resources Association Annual Conference. Victoria, BC.
invited talks/guest lectures
Groundwater-connected systems as complex adaptive social-ecological systems. Delivered as part of IIASA's Water Security Research Group's World Water Day Meeting. March 2022.
The global vulnerability of humans and ecosystems to insufficient freshwater availability. Delivered as part of the Creating a Blue Dialogue Webinar Series: Third Annual Water Research Roundup, hosted by the POLIS Water Sustainability Project. March 2022. [Event description here]
Engineering for sustainability in a complex world: The role of engineering in addressing grand sustainability challenges and exploring this question through the lens of the global water crisis. Delivered to University of Victoria's CIVE 400 (Cross-disciplinary Capstone Design Project, Civil Engineering). February 2022.
What kind of a science is groundwater sustainability science? Delivered to University of Victoria's CIVE 445 (Groundwater Hydrology, Civil Engineering). March 2021.
The global vulnerability of humans and ecosystems to insufficient freshwater availability. Delivered as part of the Creating a Blue Dialogue Webinar Series: Third Annual Water Research Roundup, hosted by the POLIS Water Sustainability Project. March 2022. [Event description here]
Engineering for sustainability in a complex world: The role of engineering in addressing grand sustainability challenges and exploring this question through the lens of the global water crisis. Delivered to University of Victoria's CIVE 400 (Cross-disciplinary Capstone Design Project, Civil Engineering). February 2022.
What kind of a science is groundwater sustainability science? Delivered to University of Victoria's CIVE 445 (Groundwater Hydrology, Civil Engineering). March 2021.
awards + funding
2022 University of Victoria President’s Research Scholarship ($5,000)
2021 Howard E. Petch Research Scholarship ($5,000)
2021 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Doctoral Scholarship - CGS D3 ($105,000)
2021 University of Victoria President’s Research Scholarship ($5,000)
2020 University of Victoria Graduate Student Award ($3,500)
2019 AGU Fall Meeting Outstanding Student Presentation Award (US$200)
2018 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - Masters - CGS M ($17,500)
2018 University of Victoria President’s Research Scholarship ($4,000)
2018 Professor Ross W. Irwin Scholarship in Water Resources ($1,000)
2018 Raymond Theodore Guther Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)
2021 Howard E. Petch Research Scholarship ($5,000)
2021 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Doctoral Scholarship - CGS D3 ($105,000)
2021 University of Victoria President’s Research Scholarship ($5,000)
2020 University of Victoria Graduate Student Award ($3,500)
2019 AGU Fall Meeting Outstanding Student Presentation Award (US$200)
2018 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - Masters - CGS M ($17,500)
2018 University of Victoria President’s Research Scholarship ($4,000)
2018 Professor Ross W. Irwin Scholarship in Water Resources ($1,000)
2018 Raymond Theodore Guther Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)
