Annie Putman is a hydrologist with the Utah Water Science Center in Salt Lake City with specialization in in handling and processing large datasets, managing the storage of complex datasets, and water isotope systematics. In her current position she uses her programming and geospatial skill sets to answer questions about water quantity and quality as well as air quality across the Southwestern United States, and uses her technical writing skills to communicate the results of her projects to the scientific community and stakeholders. Her current research includes understanding spatial variability in the trace metal and biological constituents of dust in the Salt Lake Valley. For this project she uses the STILT back trajectory modeling framework to complement the geochemistry and toxicology measured in field samples. Her water projects include projecting future streamflow across the southwestern region using a suite of climate models under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emissions scenarios, and investigating the influence of climate change on salinity fluxes in the Colorado River. She holds a BS in Environmental Chemistry from Michigan Technological University, an MS in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College, and a PhD in Geology from the University of Utah. She has held positions at the EPA in Massachusetts, and Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.