{"id":138,"date":"2021-03-31T15:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T22:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsm.ucmerced.edu\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2024-09-16T15:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T22:42:17","slug":"josue-medellin-azuara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsm.ucmerced.edu\/zh\/people\/josue-medellin-azuara\/","title":{"rendered":"Josue Medellin-Azuara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#00112b&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; 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background_position__hover_enabled=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat__hover=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_repeat__hover_enabled=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend__hover=&#8221;normal&#8221; background_blend__hover_enabled=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause__hover=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; background_video_pause_outside_viewport__hover=&#8221;on&#8221; background_video_pause_outside_viewport__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops__hover=&#8221;#2b87da 0%|#29c4a9 100%&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Dr. Josu\u00e9 Medell\u00edn-Azuara<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.2em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Roboto|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;48px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; 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He is also an <a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/people\/josu%C3%A9-medell%C3%ADn-azuara\">Associate Director of the UC Agricultural Issues Center<\/a>, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppic.org\/person\/josue-medellin-azuara\/\">Adjunct Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California<\/a>. His areas of expertise include the development of large-scale hydro-economic models for water supply, the economics of agricultural, environmental and urban water uses, adaptation to climate change, integrated water management, and consumptive water use. He has a special interest in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and other areas of California. Josu\u00e9\u2019s expertise also includes economic impact studies with an emphasis on the agriculture-related sector. He has experience working for industry and as a consultant for government agencies, NGOs, industry, and academia including the Natural Heritage Institute, the Stockholm Environment Institute, The World Bank, the Catholic University of Chile and the University of Rio Grande do Sul. Josu\u00e9 has served as an official for the California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum since 2013. Josu\u00e9 has degrees in engineering, business and economics, and he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis with a dissertation on managing water in the Colorado River.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/wsm.ucmerced.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Medellien-Azuara_Josuee_170928-Reduced.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Medelli\u011bn-Azuara_Josue\u011b_170928-Reduced&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6Ijg1NyJ9fQ==@&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Contact Dr. Medellin-Azuara&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;button_url&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office<\/strong>: Sustainability Resource and Engineering 229<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucmerced.box.com\/s\/zf7rqhcaf4x5mpbi1e3zgr5s4ai7qtwu\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wsm.ucmerced.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CV_Medellin_Full_20240819.pdf\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-2175\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aic.ucdavis.edu\/people\/associate-directors\/josue-medellin-azuara\/\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=qi6F1-gAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span><span>Google Scholar<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1379-2257\" style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span><span>ORCID<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#afaeaa&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; 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