Watershed Hydrologist


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Molly Cain
Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Science
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
Ward Watershed Hydrology and Engineering Group
email: cainmr@iu.edu
twitter: @MollyRCain
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News and Updates

February 2022
  • Officially a Knauss Fellowship alumnus as my year with the NOAA Research's Congressional Affairs team comes to an end. Over the past year I helped to plan and staff NOAA scientists and leadership at ~100 congressional briefings; drafted, reviewed, and edited legislation pertinent to NOAA's labs and programs; worked with subject matter experts to draft numerous written responses to inquiries from congressional offices; and tracked and reported about congressional activities and legislation to NOAA leadership and scientists. I've learned so much about the legislative process, how science is used to inform policy, and how policy and congressional activities, in turn, affect scientific research. I couldn't have asked for a better team to work with!
October 2020
  • I had fun reflecting ecohydrology-related questions as an AGU Ecohydro "leaf." Check out the blog post.
July 2020
  • Selected as a finalist for the 2021 Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship. I'm excited to spend a year working for a federal agency in DC bridging science and policy!
August 2019
  • Officially a PhD candidate!
May 2019
  • From the agricultural Midwestern U.S. to rice paddies in Madagascar. Studying the hydrologic function of managed landscapes.Thanks to IU Global for supporting this with a Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant. Had a great time with researchers at the CentreValBio Research Station. Turns out lemurs are pretty cool too!
June 2018
  • Had an awesome 2 weeks learning about food security at the Borlaug Summer Institute at Purdue.
December 2017
  • Successful presentation at American Geophysical Union Meeting 2017 in New Orleans.