Aaron Strong

Aaron Strong grew up in Marion, Iowa and graduated from Linn-Mar High School and later Luther College.  He completed two master’s degrees and a PhD in economics at the University of Colorado – Boulder.  He has held positions at the University of Calgary, Arizona State University and the University of Wyoming.  Currently he is an assistant professor with joint appointments in the School of Urban and Regional Planning and the Public Policy center and also a faculty affiliate of IIHR – Hydroscience and Engineering and the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Iowa.

Dr. Strong’s research covers a wide variety of topics including water demand estimation; cost effectiveness of demand side management programs; ecological-economic modeling of rangelands; valuation of natural resources; and the relationship between economic growth and the environment.  Most recently, he is considering the effects of changes in surface water quality on the source of municipal drinking water; how changes in precipitation and land use/land cover changes affect the distribution of stream discharge; and understanding the recovery process from large scale natural and human induced disasters.

The title of Dr. Strong's presentation is:  "Interactions between Quality and Quantity."