Hydrological Sciences

Nandita Basu

Nandita Basu is a Professor and a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Water Sustainability at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Nandita served as Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Hydrology from 2020 - 2025. Nandita’s research combines big data, modeling, and stakeholder engagement to design nature-based solutions that link agricultural resilience with water quality, climate mitigation, and planetary health.

Women in Hydrology – The Story of a Special Issue

Sally Thompson, Genevieve Ali, Xue Feng, Rebecca Muenich and Nandita Basu September 11, 2025

It was 2021, and we were not feeling good. COVID-19 was in full force. Personally we were experiencing lockdown conditions, disruptions to our work, schooling and childcare arrangements. Our social media feeds were lighting up with stories about how women scientists were disproportionately exposed to the negative career impacts of the pandemic. The US was reeling from the aftermath of George F ...[Read More]