David Sampson

Senior Global Futures Scientist,

Global Futures Scientists and Scholars

[email protected]

800 S Cady Mall Tempe, AZ 85287
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Long Bio

Academic Professional/ Senior Sustainability Scientist. David A Sampson is the lead WaterSim model developer for the Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC). Although he has a background as a plant physiological ecologist and systems modeler, David has been developing the WaterSim platform as an adaptive research tool. WaterSim focuses on municipal water supply and demand and, specifically, the water quality and balance of the lower Colorado River basin with an emphasis on the Phoenix metropolitan area. He has recently finished the development of WaterSim 6.0, a water demand model that includes city infrastructure elements, such as commercial and residential indoor and outdoor water use, potential reclaimed water supplies, and groundwater banking. This newest version of WaterSim includes rainwater harvesting, gray water use, and storm water capture.

Education

Ph.D. Forestry: Systems Modeling, Colorado State University, Cum Laude, 1992.

M.S. Forestry: Systems Ecology, Northern Arizona University, Magna Cum Laude, 1988.

B.S. Forest Science: Ecology, Michigan Technological University, 1982.

A.S. General Studies: Biology, Washtenaw Comm. College, Summa Cum Laude, 1978.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Activity

White,Dave Douglas*, Abbott,Joshua K, Aggarwal,Rimjhim M, Anderies,John M, Bliss,Nadya T, Eakin,Hallie C, Gober,Patricia, Hanemann,William Michael Micha, Hanemann,William Michael Micha, Johnston,Erik W, Larson,Kelli Leigh, Larson,Kelli Leigh, Maciejewski,Ross, Mack,Elizabeth Anne, Miller,Clark Anson, Pfeiffer,Deirdre A, Quay,Raymond G, Redman,Charles L, Redman,Charles L, Sabo,John L, Sampson,David Arthur, Schoon,Michael L, Turner II,Billie Lee, Turner II,Billie Lee, Vivoni,Enrique, Vivoni,Enrique, Wang,Zhihua, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann, Westerhoff,Paul, Wiek,Arnim, Wutich,Amber Yoder, York,Abigail. DMUU: DCDC III: Transformational Solutions for Urban Water Sustainability Transit. NSF-SBE(9/1/2015 - 8/31/2019).
Gober,Patricia*, Gober,Patricia*, Sampson,David Arthur. Implications of simultaneous extreme heat and drought events for electricity generation and consumption and water shortage in the desert southwest. BipartisanPolicy(8/1/2009 - 12/31/2010).