Mike Perez, Brasfield & Gorrie associate professor at Auburn University, and one of the 2025 SWS Emerging Leaders, discusses his career — including the more than 30 research papers he has worked on. He also discusses how he came to be into the water industry, his goals, his involvement as the faculty advisor for Auburn’s Student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and more.
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Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Stormwater Solutions, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Stormwater Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected].
