Dr. Justin C. Thompson
Justin’s key expertise is water resource management and planning; a nexus of hydrology, policy, and economics. His dissertation research focused on relating groundwater management in Texas to hydro-economic impacts to pumping. Justin brings a multifaceted perspective to his research. He was an international project finance professional prior to his graduate studies and is proficient in Mandarin Chinese. He has also served as a manager to a Texas wastewater utility, worked as a paralegal, and volunteered with a non-profit bringing ground/rainwater solutions to underserved communities in East Africa.
Researcher ID
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID): 0000-0001-5644-790X
Web of Science Researcher ID: GYR-0591-2022
Research Interests
Water resource management and planning
Hydrogeology and groundwater engineering
Numerical modeling and optimization
Education
Ph.D. in Geosciences | University of Texas at Austin | 2021
M.S. in Energy and Earth Resources | University of Texas at Austin | 2018
M.A. in Global Policy Studies | University of Texas at Austin | 2018
B.B.A. in International Business | Texas Tech University | 2007
Professional History
Research Associate | Bureau of Economic Geology – University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | 2023 – Present
Postdoctoral Fellow | Bureau of Economic Geology – University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | 2022 – 2023
Graduate Research Assistant | Bureau of Economic Geology – University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | 2018 – 2021
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Thompson J.C. and Young M.H. A hydro-economic approach for quantifying well performance thresholds and groundwater yields. In peer review
Thompson J.C., Kreitler C.W. and Young, M.H. 2020. Exploring groundwater recoverability in Texas: maximum economically recoverable storage. Texas Water Journal, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v11i1.7113
Commentaries
Thompson J.C., Kreitler C.W. and Young M.H. 2021. Reply to comment received from Robert E. Mace, published in the Texas Water Journal (2021) 12(1):202-205, regarding “Exploring groundwater recoverability in Texas: maximum economically recoverable storage,” published in the Texas Water Journal (2020) 11(1):152-171. Texas Water Journal, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v12i1.7140
Reports
Schmandt J., Stolp C., Baggerman J., Blumberg S., Carter K., Dennis A.J., Havens L., Murphy L., Oaks N., Thomas L., Thompson J.C., Ward J. and Thomas S. 2018. Sustainable river management on the US/Mexico border: recommendations for the Paso del Norte, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Policy Research Project Report, No. 202. https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/70319
Models and Datasets
Thompson J.C. 2022. Well Performance Model (WPM). Texas Data Repository, Jupyter Notebook and related data. https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/Z4QT6Q
Thompson J.C. 2021. GRM: Socioeconomic Impacts of Changes in Storage. Texas Data Repository, Jupyter Notebook and related data. https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/5MUV08
Thompson J.C. 2021. Groundwater Recoverability Model (GRM). Texas Data Repository, Jupyter Notebook and related data. https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/XXQPFS
Thompson J.C. 2021. Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage. Texas Data Repository, MATLAB script.https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/ANUO7K
Conference Posters
Thompson J.C. and Young M.H. When wells fail: developing a hydro-economic framework for quantifying performance thresholds on the basis of depth-to-water with applications to the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in Texas. AGU Fall Meeting, water and society: water resources management and policy in a changing world session, December 15, 2022.
Thompson J.C., Young M.H. and Sun A.Y. Data imputation, scaling, and homogenization (DISH): drought-employment nexus. AGU Fall Meeting, utility of Earth and socioenvironmental observations, forecasts, and models to improve drought resilience through data-informed decision-making session, December 15, 2020. https://agu2020fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=E7-C7-CC-F8-22-EC-02-B2-4B-2D-D6-A0-2A-BE-11-61
Abstracts
Thompson J.C., Young M.H. and Kreitler C.W. 2021. Exploring groundwater recoverability in Texas. GeoGulf Transactions. http://www.geogulf.org/Dt7se9/Transactions/2021/pdfs/2021_3A_Thompson1_Et_Al.pdf
Newspapers and Magazines
Thompson J.C. 2022. How much water will we need in the future? Williamson County Business Review, April. https://issuu.com/fidelispublish/docs/wbr_22_04_web_a500401c72faac
Presentations
Invited Talks
Groundwater recoverability: new tools in managing groundwater sustainability. Presented to: University of California, Davis Water Resources Engineering seminar series, Davis, CA. November 8, 2022. https://youtu.be/zxjllIUvn50
Exploring the policy, geoscience, and socioeconomics of groundwater recoverability in Texas. Presented to: Bureau of Economic Geology – University of Texas at Austin Tech Talk seminar series, Austin, TX. March 14, 2022.
Exploring groundwater recoverability. Presented to: Texas Water Development Board Brown Bag seminar series, Austin, TX. February 11, 2022. https://youtu.be/g8DJADfw1XE
Groundwater availability. Presented to: Texas Water Conservation Association Annual Convention, Fort Worth, TX. March 10, 2022.
Exploring groundwater recoverability in Texas. Presented to: American Ground Water Trust Annual Texas Groundwater Conference, Austin, TX. June 30, 2021.
Exploring groundwater recoverability in Texas. Presented to: Texas Water Journal webinar series, online. February 11, 2021. https://twj-ojs-tdl.tdl.org/twj/index.php/twj/exploring-groundwater-recoverability
Maximum economically recoverable storage. Presented to: Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts Annual Summit, San Antonio, TX. August 28, 2018. https://youtu.be/vMhFSPH-3-o
Contributed Talks
Exploring groundwater recoverability in Texas. Presented to: 71st Annual Gulf Coast Geoscience (GeoGulf) Convention, Austin, TX. October 28, 2021.
Exploring groundwater recoverability in Texas. Presented to: Water Climate and Environment Seminar, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. April 23, 2021. https://youtu.be/EUK8tgGeXWE
Data imputation, scaling, and homogenization (DISH): drought and employment nexus. Presented to: AGU Fall Meeting, Utility of Earth and Socioenvironmental Observations, Forecasts, and Models to Improve Drought Resilience Through Data-Informed Decision-Making e-lightening session, online. December 15, 2020.
