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Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as member of Cherokee Nation, Melissa moved to Durango for college. During her time as an undergrad, she fell in love with Fort Lewis College and the Four Corners region. After several years working at Chesapeake Energy, she attended graduate school with the very specific goal of “becoming a Fort Lewis College professor”. Now that Melissa has her dream job (!), she uses it as an avenue to pursue her passions of undergraduate teaching and communicating science to the public. Melissa specializes in groundwater research but likes to dip her toes in many disciplines of hydrologic research. The research she is most passionate about aims to help non-profits, government agencies, and private landowners make science-informed management decisions.
Co-Director, Village Aid Project at FLC.
Clutter, M., Ferré, T.P., & Fandel, C., (2022). The Basics of Groundwater. Nova Science Publishing. Book.
Clutter, M., & DeJonge, K. (2022). Optimizing soil moisture sensor depth for irrigation management using universal multiple linear regression. Journal of the ASABE, 0.
Clutter, M., Ferré, T. P., Zhang, Z. F., & Gupta, H. (2019). Robust predictive design of field measurements for evapotranspiration barriers using universal multiple linear regression. Water Resources Research, doi: 10.1029/2019WR026194.
Clutter, M., and Ferré, T.P., (2019). Designing Robust, Cost-Effective Field Measurement Sets using Universal Multiple Linear Regression. Soil Science Society of America Journal. doi:10.2136/sssaj2018.09.0340 . Clutter, M., and Ferré, T.P., (2018). Examining the potentials and limitations of using temperature tracing to infer water flux through unsaturated soils. Vadose Zone J. 17:170181. doi: 10.2136/vzj2017.10.0181.