Professor Jay Lund is Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis, and Vice Director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. His research applies systems analysis, economics, optimization, and management methods to complex water resources and environmental systems. He has led the development and application of large-scale models for water supply, flood management, environmental management, and climate adaptation, with work spanning California and other major river systems in the United States and internationally. His research has addressed integrated water resources management, urban water supply, groundwater and surface-water management, water markets and transfers, drought, floods, and environmental water needs.
Professor Lund is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and has served on numerous water policy and scientific advisory bodies, including the California Water Plan Advisory Committee, and has served as President of the Universities Council on Water Resources and Chair of the Delta Independent Science Board. He received the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water in 2020.