Saber E. Brasher, PhD

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Welcome! I'm Saber, a University of Delaware PhD holder (in Climatology), a prior tenure-track Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University (now Affiliate Faculty), and currently an Associate Scientist with the National Snow and Ice Data Center working on scientific technical writing and science communications.

Aside from these "professional" things, I also hold a lot of other identities: wife, daughter, dog-mom, photographer, trail runner, rock climber, bird watcher, backpacker, critter lover, teacher, mentor, book and video game lover, Dungeons and Dragons nerd... the list could go on. As I step into a new chapter of both my professional and personal life, I am excited to embrace more facets of what makes me "me," and with time, this website will likely grow to reflect that.

Although I have moved on from "traditional" academia, I still love a good research project and am leading/have worked with some amazing students.

The website is currently a work in progress in terms of being updated (as of: January 19, 2025), but feel free to look around to get a sample of my interests listed above. If you are interested in learning more about me, and why I chose to transition my career, you can read more about it here.

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Jan 19, 2025	I have left my tenure-track job to carve out a new career for myself in science.
Jan 19, 2024	The lab is hiring (again!). A new project with USGS has been recommended for funding which creates another opening in the lab. Please see the position ad here: RA Position #2, Fall ‘24. We are looking for a MS or PhD level research asisstant. Email (saber.brasher@okstate.edu) with any questions; review of applications will begin immediately.
Nov 15, 2023	The lab is hiring! Please see the position ad here: MS RA Position, Fall ‘24. We are looking for a MS level research asisstant to work on the recently funded NSF project. Email (saber.brasher@okstate.edu) with any questions.
Sep 22, 2023	New paper published! The title is “An analysis of the National Water Model for a mid-Atlantic suburban watershed”, published in Physical Geography. The paper’s main premise is to better understand how a new, nation-wide streamflow measuring tool performs for a densely populated, mixed-use watershed in the mid-Atlantic under varying environmental/atmospheric conditions. You can find it online here.
Sep 01, 2023	Abby is returning to the lab for a second year! Her research has been funded by the AURCA Program at OSU. She will be continuing work on climate and water availability in Oklahoma that she started last year, you can learn more about her here. Very happy to have you back, Abby!