MARION W. (Mimi) JENKINS
Assistant Professional Research Engineer

Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616

Off Tel : 1-530-754-6427

Email: mwjenkins@ucdavis.edu

 

EDUCATION

PhD (1999) & MS (1991)
Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis. Major in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. Minor in Economics.

BS (1984) Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.
Undergraduate engineering coursework (1976-80) Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH POSITIONS

Assistant Professional Research Engineer, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis. Present position, appointed Jul.’02.
Research areas: household-level sanitation and water supply service options in developing countries, with an emphasis on consumer demand and behavior change evaluation and market-based development approaches; application and development of engineering systems analysis tools and integrated water resources and environmental planning and management approaches for addressing water supply reliability, climate change adaptations, conjunctive use operations, and environmental resource management and developing country public health problems, at local (Kenya) and large scale (California).
Honorary Lecturer, Disease Control & Vector Biology Unit, Dept. of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK. Present position, appointed Nov.’04.
Lecturer (Visiting), The Hygiene Centre, Disease Control & Vector Biology Unit, Dept. of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, LSHTM, UK. Feb.’03-Jun.’04.
Research Areas: sanitation marketing and behavior change promotion in developing countries, consumer motivation, determinants/drivers of sanitation adoption behavior and new demand; application of qualitative and quantitative consumer research methods to household sanitation change behavior.
Postgraduate Research Engineer, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis.’90-91,’95-96,’99-02.
Projects: economic-engineering optimization modeling of California’s water supply and demand system; integrated planning and management of urban water demand and supply system yield under hydrologic and institutional uncertainty; physically based watershed-scale hydrologic modeling for climate change.
National Science Foundation Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis.’94-98.
Project: analysis and modeling of village-level and household latrine adoption behavior and diffusion, through use of in-depth qualitative and quantitative measurement and modeling of preference, intention and choice to install a latrine in rural Benin, and application of GIS mapping, spatial analysis, multivariate regression, and discrete choice modeling methods to identify marketing strategies for increasing rural sanitation uptake.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Service & Consulting - Environmental Sanitation in Developing Countries
USAID Hygiene Improvement Project, ARD Inc, Burlington, VT. Fall ’07. Senior expert and team leader for technical assistance mission and written report evaluating opportunities for sanitation marketing approaches to accelerate rural access to basic sanitation in Uganda.
UNDP, New York,‘06. Led development and writing of commissioned background paper on sanitation development for the UN Human Development Report 2006.
WaterAid, Malawi/UK,’04-05.Advised development of multi-country sanitation research framework & tools.
Water and Sanitation Program-Africa, The World Bank, Nairobi, Kenya.’03 &’04. Organized program and compiled outcomes of the joint WSP-LSHTM Sanitation Marketing Strategic Workshop, Jun.’03; Contributed to development of WSP Field Note “The Case for Sanitation Marketing”, Jun.’04.
Water Engineering Development Centre (WEDC), University of Loughborough, UK,’02-04. Designed and led market research, field tools development, and strategy for a small town sanitation marketing program strategy in Ghana and Tanzania for the DFID-funded Knowledge and Research Project No. R7819 on Social Marketing for Urban Sanitation in Africa.
WaterAid, Madagascar,‘01. Evaluated performance of hygiene and sanitation promotions projects using PHAST and Happy Healthy Hygienic approaches in rural Madagascar.
UNICEF, New York, NY,’00. Provided sections for overview chapter on guidelines, project case studies, and resources to plan and implement sanitation promotion programs in low-income urban areas for a joint UNICEF/UN Habitat urban sanitation handbook.
Consultant – Environmental Infrastructure Planning and Systems Analysis
CH2M Hill, Sacramento, CA,’99. Developed a predictive model of sewer pipeline deterioration and failure for planning preventative maintenance and budgeting of a large municipal sewer system.
Water & Environmental Sanitation Project Officer, UNICEF, Cotonou, Benin,’92-94. Responsible for setting up and leading the National Guinea Worm (Dracunculiasis) Eradication Program and developing environmental sanitation and hygiene promotion strategies and projects in rural areas at community and household level.
Intern, Ford Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jun.-Aug.’91.
Evaluated opportunities for farmer-management of deep tube-well irrigation systems for Grameen Bank.
Hydraulic Engineer, Hydrologic Engineering Center, US Army Corps of Engineers, Davis, CA,’91-92.
Developed and tested reservoir modeling enhancements to the Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) system modeling algorithms in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute-Boston Office.
Water/Wells Technician (US Peace Corps Volunteer), Lake Chad Agricultural Development and Farmer Training Project, Ngouri, Chad, Oct.’88-Sept.’89. Adapted the sludger method for hand drilling and installing tube wells for small-scale irrigated agriculture; trained farmers and extension agents; monitored soil and water salinity.
Public Health Engineer (US Peace Corps Volunteer), Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program, Ministry of Public Health, Kivu, DR Congo, Mar.’86-Sept.’88. Planned, designed, and built community water supply (gravity piped and spring capping) and sanitation (VIP latrine) systems, accompanying by hygiene education throughout two rural health districts.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Training, PhD Thesis Committees: I.Ferreira/UCD’07, D.Rosenberg/UCD’08, C.McCubbin/LSHTM’08, S.K.Tiwari/UCD’08, B. Scott/LSHTM*; PhD Research Guidance: J.Medellin/UCD’07, J.Harou/UCD’07, S.Tanaka/UCD’07, T.Zhu/UCD’05, G.F.Marques/UCD’05, W.Moturi/Egerton U.*, D.Rheinheimer/UCD*; MS Chair: T.Krupnik/UCD’06; MS Thesis Committees: E.Boswell/LSHTM’04, B.D’Souza/LSHTM’05, P.Evans/LSHTM’05, J.Kiragu/Egerton U.’06, R.Hersh-Burdick/UCD’08; MS Research Guidance: S.Sharmin/AIT’08, H.N. Tuong Van/AIT’08, S.Null/UCD’04, S.Tanaka/UCD’03, M.Pulido-Velázquez/UCD’03, R.Ritzema/UCD’03, M.Leu/UCD’02, B.Newlin/UCD’01. * underway.

Instructor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis,’05,’06 & ‘07. Freshman Engineering Seminar: “Appropriate Technology for Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Communities: Point-of-Use Water Treatment Methods” & “On-site Sanitation Systems”

Lecturer, LSHTM, UK,’03 &’04. Designing Disease Control Programmes Course, Diploma in Tropical Nursing Course, Tropical Environmental Health Course.
Instructor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis, Fall 2000. Water resources planning and management graduate course (ECI 267)

Workshop Trainer, UNICEF WES Project Officers’ Regional Meeting on Sanitation Promotion, UNICEF West Africa Region, Enugu, Nigeria, Sept.30-Oct.4’96.

Teaching Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis, Winter & Fall’90.
Peace Corps Trainer, Water & Sanitation Program, Peace Corps Training Center, Bukavu, DR Congo, Sept.-Oct.’87.

Student Instructor, Solid Waste Management & Recycling, College of Conservation & Natural Resources, UC Berkeley, Winter’82.

PUBLICATIONS (* invited)
Household Sanitation and Water Supply in Developing Countries
Peer-reviewed :

  1. Jenkins, M. W. and S. Cairncross (in press) “Modeling latrine diffusion in Benin: Towards a community typology of demand for sanitation in developing countries.” J. Water and Health. Accepted April 21 2009.
  2. Jenkins, M.W. and B. Scott (2007) “Behavioral Indicators of Household Decision-Making and Sanitation Demand and Potential Gains from Social Marketing in Ghana.” Social Science and Medicine. 64 (12), 2427-2442.
  3. *Jenkins, M.W. and S. Sugden (2006) Rethinking Sanitation - Lessons and Innovation for Sustainability and Success in the New Millennium. Commissioned paper for the Human Development Report 2006. United Nations Development Programme HDR Office, New York, NY. Nov. 2006. 37 pp. http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2006/papers/jenkins%20and%20sugden.pdf
  4. Jenkins, M.W., and V. Curtis (2005) “Achieving the ‘good life’: Why some people want latrines in rural Benin.” Social Science and Medicine, 61, 2446-2459.
  5. *Jenkins, M.W. (2004) “Who Buys Latrines, Where and Why?” Sanitation and Hygiene Series Field Note. Water and Sanitation Program – Africa. The World Bank, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2004. 11 pp. http://www.wsp.org/UserFiles/file/af_latrines.pdf
  6. *Obika, A., M.W. Jenkins, G. Howard, and V. Curtis (2003) “Can Social Marketing Increase Demand and Uptake of Sanitation?” Insights, March 2003 Issue No. 45, id21 Development Research, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. http://www.id21.org/urban/insights45art3.html


Selected Others:

  1. Tiwari, S.K., M.W. Jenkins, and Z.G. Kariuki (2008) “Intermittent slow sand filtration for preventing diarrhea among households using unimproved water sources: A randomized controlled trial of the BioSand Filter in Kenya.”(abs) Proceedings World Health Organization 2008 International Symposium on Household Water Management. June 2-5, 2008, Accra, Ghana. http://glcrsp.ucdavis.edu/media/sumawa/RCT_BSF_Kenya_Talk_Jun08.pdf
  2. Tiwari, S.K., M.W. Jenkins, and J. Darby (2008) “Point-of-Use Intermittent Slow Sand Filters for Developing Countries: Factors Affecting Bacterial, Virus, and Turbidity Removal.” Poster presentation. Proceedings World Health Organization 2008 International Symposium on Household Water Management. June 2-5, 2008, Accra, Ghana. http://glcrsp.ucdavis.edu/media/sumawa/Ghana_HHWT_2008_ISSF_Poster.pdf
  3. Jenkins, M.W. and G. Kpinsoton (2008) “Benin PHA National Rural Sanitation Component 2005-2007: Preliminary Assessment of Progress through December 2007” Technical Briefing Report, WSP Contract No. 7140303, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. June 15 2008. 18 pp.
  4. Tiwari, S.K. and M.W. Jenkins (2008) “Point-of-Use Treatment Options for Improving Household Water Quality Among Rural Populations in the River Njoro Watershed, Kenya.” Research Brief 08-02-SUMAWA. Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program, April 2008. 4 pp. http://glcrsp.ucdavis.edu/publications/SUMAWA/08-02-SUMAWA.pdf
  5. Outlaw, T., Jenkins, M.W., and Scott, B. (2007) Opportunities for Sanitation Marketing in Uganda. USAID HIP Project. Academy for Education and Development, Washington D.C. Nov. 2007. 53 pp. http://www.hip.watsan.net/redir/content/download/1838/9119/file/Opportunities%20for%20Sanitation%20Marketing%20in%20Uganda%202007%20final.pdf
  6. Obika, A., Jenkins, M., Budds, J., Curtis, V. and Howard, G. (2002) Social marketing for urban sanitation: Review of evidence and inception report. DFID KAR Contract No. R7819, WEDC, University of Loughborough, UK. http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/projects/proj_contents0/WEJX9%20-%20Social%20Marketing/www/outputs/Revised%20inception%20report%20(pdf).pdf
  7. Jenkins, M.W. (2001) WaterAid Madagascar - Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion. Final evaluation report prepared for WaterAid Madagascar, July 2001.
  8. Jenkins, M.W. (1999) Sanitation Promotion in Developing Countries: Why the Latrines in Benin are Few and Far Between. Phd Dissertation, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis. 433 pp.http://cee.engr.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lund/students/JenkinsDissertation.pdf
  9. *Jenkins, M.W. (1999) “Sanitation Consumers in Benin: Understanding the Market.” WATERFront, Issue 13, December 1999: p.22-26. UNICEF, New York, NY.
  10. Jenkins, M.W. (1999) “Using GIS to Understand Latrine Adoption Behavior and Promote Improved Sanitation in Developing Countries.” (abs.) Infectious Disease Review, Vol.1 (Suppl): Proceedings of the First International Health Geographics Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 16-18, 1998.
  11. Jenkins, M.W. (1997) Results from a Household Survey of Latrine Adoption Choice Behavior. Research completion report prepared for UNICEF Cotonou, Benin and Medical Care Development International, Wash., DC.
    Submitted or in preparation:
  12. Scott, B. and Jenkins, M.W. (in review) “Rural sanitation marketing the Beninese way: An African success story in the making” Submitted to Sanitation and Hygiene Series Field Note. Water and Sanitation Program–Africa. The World Bank, Nairobi, Kenya.
  13. Tiwari, S.K., M.W. Jenkins, and Z.G. Kariuki (in review) “Intermittent slow sand filtration for preventing diarrhea in children among households using unimproved water sources: A randomized controlled trial.” Submitted to Trop. Medicine and International Health.
  14. Tiwari, S.K., M.W. Jenkins, and J. Darby “Intermittent slow sand filters for household use in developing countries: Design and operating factors affecting bacteria, coliphage, and turbidity removal.” In preparation for Water Research.
  15. Tiwari, S.K., M.W. Jenkins, W. Saenyi, K. Langenbach, J. Darby “Household BioSand Filters for treating turbid surface water in Kenya: In country lab and field evaluation.” In preparation for Water Research or Environment, Science and Technology.
  16. Jenkins, M.W., B. Scott and S. Sugden “Moving beyond direct hardware subsidies for household sanitation in Africa: Getting more impact from public and donor investments to improve sanitation” In preparation for Sanitation and Hygiene Series, Water and Sanitation Program – Africa. The World Bank, Nairobi, Kenya.
  17. Scott, B. and M.W. Jenkins “Drinking water quality perceptions and preferences in rural Kenya” In preparation for J. Water and Health.Systems Analysis and Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management


Peer-reviewed :

  1. Zhu, T., J.R. Lund, M.W. Jenkins, G.F. Marques, and R.S. Ritzema (2007) “Climate Change, Urbanization, and Optimal Long-term Floodplain Protection.” Water Resources Research. Vol. 43, W06421, doi:10.1029/2004WR003516, 2007.
  2. Krupnik, T., M.W. Jenkins, S. Mooney, and E.K. Bett (2006) “Net Present Value Analysis to Assess the Economic Consequences of Changing Farming Systems in the Upper Catchment of the River Njoro Watershed.” Tenth Biennial Scientific Conference & Agricultural Forum, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 12 – 17 November 2006, Nairobi, Kenya.
  3. Marques, G.F., J.R. Lund, M.R. Leu, and M.W. Jenkins, R.E. Howitt, et al. (2006) “Economically-Driven Simulation of Regional Water Systems: Friant-Kern, California.” J. Water Resources Planning and Management, 132(6):468-479.
  4. Tanaka, S.K., T. Zhu, J.R. Lund, R.E. Howitt, M.W. Jenkins, et al. (2006) “Climate Warming and Water Management Adaptation for California.” Climatic Change, 76(3-4), 361-387.
  5. Krupnik, T.J. and M.W. Jenkins (2006) "Linking Farmer, Forest and Watershed: Agricultural Systems and Natural Resources Management Along the Upper Njoro River, Kenya." (March 3, 2006) University of California International and Area Studies Digital Collection, Article #3. http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciaspubs/articles/3
  6. Zhu, T., M.W. Jenkins and J.R. Lund (2005) "Estimated Impacts of Climate Warming on California Water Availability under Twelve Future Climate Scenarios,” J. American Water Resources Association, 41(5), 1027-1038.
  7. Lelo, F.K., W. Chiuri, M.W. Jenkins (2005) “Managing the River Njoro Watershed, Kenya: Conflicting Laws, Policies and Community Priorities.” In African Water Laws: Plural Legislative Frameworks for Rural Water Management (Eds. B. van Koppen, J.A. Butterworth and I.J. Juma). Proceedings of a workshop held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26-28 January 2005. International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. www.nri.org/projects/waterlaw/AWLworkshop/LELO-FK.pdf
  8. Chiuri, L. W., F. K. Lelo, M.W. Jenkins and S.N. Miller (2005) “Development of a toolkit for participatory management of rural watersheds in Kenya.” Proceedings of the XX International Grasslands Congress, University College Dublin, Ireland, June 26–July 1, 2005.
  9. Pulido – Velázquez, M., Jenkins, M.W. and Lund, J.R. (2004) “Economic Values for Conjunctive Use and Water Banking in Southern California.” Water Resources Research, 40(3), W03401.
  10. Jenkins, M.W., J.R. Lund, R.E. Howitt, A.J. Draper, S.M. Msangi, S.K. Tanaka, R.S. Ritzema, and G.F. Marques (2004) “Optimization of California’s Water System: Results and Insights,” J. Water Resources Planning and Management, 130(4), 271-280.
  11. Jenkins, M.W., Lund, J.R., and Howitt, R.E. (2003) “Economic Losses for Urban Water Scarcity in California.” J. American Water Works Association, 95(2), 58-70.
  12. Draper, A. J., Jenkins, M.W., Kirby, K., Lund, J.R., and Howitt, R.E. (2003) “Economic-Engineering Optimization for California Water Management.” J. Water Resources Planning and Management. 129(3), 155-164.
  13. Jenkins, M. W., Lund, J. R., and Howitt, R. E. (2002) “Impacts of Population Growth and Climate Change on California’s Future Water Supplies.” in C. M. Burt and S. S. Anderson (eds.), Energy, Climate, Environment and Water, Proceedings 2002 USCID/EWRI Conference. U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, Denver, CO.
  14. Newlin, B.D., Jenkins, M.W., Lund, J.R., and Howitt, R.E. (2002) “Southern California Water Markets: Potential and Limitations.” J. Water Resources Planning and Management, 128 (1), 21-32.
  15. Lund, J.R., A.J. Draper, M.W. Jenkins, K.W. Kirby, et al. (2001) “Economic-Engineering Analysis of Californian Water Management” in M.A. Marino and S.P. Simonovic (eds.), Integrated Water Resources Management. IAHS Publication No. 272, December, Wallingford, UK.
  16. Jenkins, M.W. and Lund, J.R. (2000) “Integrating Yield and Shortage Management under Multiple Uncertainties.” J. Water Resources Planning and Management, 126 (5), 288-297.
    Selected Others :
  17. Ferreira, I.C.L., M.W. Jenkins, and J.R. Lund (2008) “Unit Penalty Setting for Linear Programming Based Priority Simulation Models” Proceedings 2008 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, May 12-16, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii. EWRI of ASCE, Arlington, VA.
  18. Jenkins, M.W. (2008) “Gross Fecal Pollution of a Rural Watershed in Kenya: Research Identifying Cattle as a Major Source in the River Njoro Watershed” Research Brief 08-01-SUMAWA. Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program, University of California, Davis. April 2008. 4 pp. http://glcrsp.ucdavis.edu/publications/SUMAWA/08-01-SUMAWA.pdf
  19. Jenkins, M.W., T. Zhu, and Jay R. Lund (2007) “Preliminary Flood Penalty Damage Function Development for Water System Optimization and Simulation Modeling in California” Research contract completion report. California Energy Commission, Sacramento CA. May, 2007.
  20. Baldyga, T.J., S.N. Miller, W.A. Shivoga, F. Lelo, M.W. Jenkins, et al. (2007) “Development of a Participatory Spatial Decision Support System for East African Rural Planning.” Proceedings AfricaGIS 2007 conference, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, September 17-21, 2007.
  21. D.E. Rheinheimer, J.R. Lund, M.W. Jenkins, and K. Madani (2007) “Concepts and Options for Mitigation of Hydropower Dams in the Sierra Nevada: A preliminary review” Project completion report submitted to the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, California. August, 2007. 27 pp.
  22. Jenkins, M.W., G.F. Marques, F.K. Lelo, and S.N. Miller (2005). “WEAP as a Participatory Tool for Shared Vision Planning in the River Njoro Watershed.” In EWRI 2005: Impacts of Global Climate Change, May 15-19, 2005, Anchorage, Alaska. ASCE, Arlington, VA. doi: 10.1061/40792(173)510.
  23. Jenkins, M.W., F.K. Lelo, L. W. Chiuri, W. A. Shivoga, and S.N. Miller (2004) “Community perceptions and priorities for managing water and environmental resources in the River Njoro Watershed in Kenya.” In Critical Transitions in Water and Environmental Resource Management. Proceedings of World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2004. June 27-July 1, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT. EWRI of ASCE, Reston, VA. doi: 10.1061/40737(2004)140.
  24. Pulido-Valazquez, M., G.F. Marques, M.W. Jenkins, and J.R. Lund (2003) “Conjunctive Use of Ground and Surface Waters: Classical Approaches and California’s Examples.” XI World Water Congress, October 5-9, 2003 Madrid, Spain. IWRA.
  25. Jenkins, M. W., Draper, A. J., Lund, J. R. and Howitt, R.E. (2000) “Calibration and Testing for Large Integrated Water Management Models,” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Decision Making in Urban and Civil Engineering, Lyon, France, Nov. 20-22, 2000, pp. 285- 296.
  26. Jenkins, M.W. (1992) Yolo County, California’s Water Supply System: Conjunctive Use Without Management. Masters Report. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA. http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/dcn/projects/conjunctiveuse/
    Submitted or in preparation:
  27. Jenkins, M.W., S.K. Tiwari, M. Lorente, C.M. Gichaba, S. Wuertz (In review) “Fecal source tracking in Kenya using validated host-specific qPCR assays for Bacteroidales developed in the United States and Europe.” Submitted to Water Research
  28. Jenkins, M.W., C. Maina-Gichaba, and S.N. Miller “Fecal pollution of surface waters in a mixed urban-rural watershed in Kenya: Causes and impacts on public health.” In preparation for J. of Water and Health.

RESEARCH PROJECTS and GRANTS
 Past funding : ($ 431,819)

 

  1. Problem Model Assessment and Initial Capacity Building for the Rehabilitation of the River Njoro Watershed, Kenya. PI: S.N. Miller (Univ. of Wyoming) Co-PIs: M.W. Jenkins, W. Shivoga (Egerton Univ.) Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program Grant, USAID. Sept. 2002 – Sept. 2003. Total award amount: $207,000. UC Davis sub-contract award: $ 42,160.
  2. Multidisciplinary Research for Sustainable Management of Rural Watersheds: River Njoro, Kenya. PI: S.N. Miller (Univ. of Wyoming) Co-PI: M.W. Jenkins, W. Shivoga (Egerton Univ.) Proposal accepted by the USAID Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program Grant. Oct. 2003 – Sept. 2006. Global award amount: $ 940,413. UC Davis sub-contract amount: $ 261,878.
  3. Database system development assistance for CalSim II. PI: M.W. Jenkins. California Department of Water Resources. Jul. 2005 – Jun. 2006. Award amount: $ 25,000.
  4. Automation of Priority Weights for CALSIM II. PI: M.W. Jenkins California Department of Water Resources. Jul. 2005 – Sept. 2007. Award amount: $ 49,999.
  5. Development and Trial of Point-of-Use Treatment Systems to Improve Drinking Water Quality in High Risk Communities, River Njoro Watershed, Kenya. PI: M.W. Jenkins, Student Co-PI: S.K. Tiwari. Jim Ellis Mentorship Program for Graduate Students, Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program. Apr. – Sept. 2006. Award Amount: $ 2,980.
  6. Water and Sanitation-Related Conditions and Disease Burdens in the River Njoro Watershed. PI: M.W. Jenkins. Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program Grant, USAID. Oct. 2006 – May 2008. Total award amount: $ 34,973.
  7. Uganda Sanitation Marketing Scoping Study: Hygiene Improvement Project. PI: M.W. Jenkins, Associates in Rural Development. Award amount: $ 14,829.
    Current funding: ($ 423,162)
  8. Sanitation Demand and Market Development Research. PI: M.W. Jenkins Hygiene Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Jun. 2004 – Dec. 2008. Award amount: $ 191,605.
  9. Uncertainty Analysis and Reduction Framework for CALSIM II. PI: M.W. Jenkins Co-PI: J.R. Lund. California Department of Water Resources. Jul. 2005 – Jun. 2008. Award amount: $ 80,000.
  10. Development and Marketing of Household Filters for Drinking Water Improvement in the Njoro Watershed Area, Kenya. PI: M.W. Jenkins, USAID Women in Development Agriculture Program grant, administered by Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program. Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2008. Award amount: $ 79,257.
  11. Hygiene, Sanitation and Water: Unfinished Business. PI: Val Curtis (LSHTM) Co-Investigators: T. Clasen, M. W. Jenkins, S. Sugden, B. Scott. et al. Unilever Corporation, UK. Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2008. Global award request in excess of: $ 600,000 per year, of which UC Davis sub-contract award included in #8.
  12. Sanitation Marketing Analytical Services for Investment and Policy Support Knowledge Development. PI: Val Curtis (LSHTM) Co-Investigators: S. Sugden, M.W. Jenkins, S. Cairncross, B. Scott. Water and Sanitation Program – Africa. The World Bank. Aug. 2006 – Jun. 2008. Global award in excess of $ 600,000. UC Davis sub-contract award included in #8.
  13. Multidisciplinary Research for Sustainable Management of Rural Watersheds: the River Njoro, Kenya. PI: S.N. Miller (Univ. of Wyoming) Co-PI: M.W. Jenkins Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program Grant, USAID. Oct. 2006 – Dec. 2008. Renewal global award amount: $ 566,650. UC Davis sub-contract amount: $ 72,300.


Proposals :

  1. Better Global Health through Better Hygiene, Sanitation and Water. PI: Val Curtis Co-Investigators: T. Clasen, S. Cairncross, M.W. Jenkins, et al. Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2011 Renewal proposal submitted to Unilever Corporation, UK. Renewal global award request in excess of: $ 900,000 per year, of which UC Davis sub-contract request in excess of $ 35,000 per year.
  2. Market-based Approaches to Scaling Water Supply, Drinking Water Treatment, Drinking Water Storage, Sanitation and Hygiene Technologies in the Mekong Region. PI: Mark Sobsey, UNC-Chapel Hill. UC Davis sub-contract Co-Investigator: M W. Jenkins. Oct.2008 – Sept. 2010. GDA Proposal submitted to USAID Southeast Asia Region Mission office. Global request of $ 2.5 million. UC Davis sub-contract request: $ 144,999.

REVIEWER

  • J. of Water Resources Planning and Management
  • Social Science and Medicine
  • Tropical Medicine and International Health
  • Transactions Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Environment and Development Economics
  • Water Resources Research
  • J. of Water and Health

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

  • University of California, Davis – Profs. Jay Lund, Stefan Wuertz, and Jeannie Darby
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK – Reader Val Curtis, Prof. Sandy Cairncross, Research Fellows Beth Scott and Steven Sugden
  • University of Wyoming – Asst. Prof. Scott Miller
  • Boise State University, Montana – Assoc. Prof. Sian Mooney
    (Formerly U. Wyoming)
  • SERD Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand – Assoc. Prof. Oleg Shipin
  • Egerton University, Kenya – Sen. Lecturers Charles Maina-Gichaba and Wycliffe Saenyi, Profs. Francis Lelo and Wanjiku Chiuri
  • Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya, Nakuru District – Drs. G. Z. Kariuki & G.G. Ngatiri

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Engineers Without Borders, USA
  • Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, WHO, Geneva
  • International Agriculture Development Group, UC Davis
  • International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage, WHO, Geneva (pending)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS

  • Water and Sanitation Program – Africa Region, The World Bank
  • Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation, London, UK
  • International Health Foundation, UK
  • WaterAid, UK/Malawi/Madagascar
  • Sahaya International Foundation, Davis, California
  • BushProof, UK/Madagascar
  • US National Academies, African Science Academies Development Initiative
  • US Agency for International Development, Global Health Group, Hygiene Improvement Project