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Celina Balderas Guzman |
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Scott Elder
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I am interested in how the impulse to commemorate can play out within the disciplines of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. Particularly when addressing some movement on a vast scale, I am curious how collective memory is crystalized into institutional goals and structures, and also how this scenario might catalyze design decisions at a metropolitan scale. |
Daniella Hirschfeld
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I am interested in transformations of complex social and ecological systems in the context of climate change. My research generally involves geospatial analysis and climate change adaptation. My current research project focuses on: 1) the identification of harbingers of change; 2) the modeling of niche projects at the regional scale; and 3) analyzing regional strategies that could be used to trigger development path shifts. |
Yang Ju |
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Geospatial analysis, nighttime light remote sensing, vulnerability to environmental disasters. |
Nate Kauffman |
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Sarah Lindbergh |
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My work focuses on weather-related disaster risk reduction and climate change. I have experience with flooding, landslide and more recently with wildfire hazards. I am currently researching critical infrastructure network vulnerability with emphasis on the transportation energy system in California. Crisis management, stakeholder engagement, geospatial analysis, and network science are the main tools I have been working on to tackle these problems. |
Jennifer Natali
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I study the interactions of water, sediment, plants and climate in montane meadow ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada in California. In my research, I hope to inform restoration and planning by revealing underlying processes and mechanisms operating across regional, watershed, and meadow scales. Specializations: geomorphology, hydrology, plant ecology, remote sensing and terrain analysis. |
Kanokwalee Suteethorn
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I am interested in ecological, social, and economic values of urban environments and how humans perceive these values in these rapidly changing societies. My current research focused on cultural values of urban forests. I focused particularly on temple gardens and religious belief and their relationship with culture and nature in local contexts. I explored the way in which religious rituals, spiritual beliefs, and other community involvement activities turn intangible values of trees into the sacredness of places and how the temple landscapes affected urban forests citywide. |
Anneliese Sytsma |
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Sophie Taddeo
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In my work, I strive to address challenges pertaining to wetland restoration through the lens of landscape ecology. My chief focus is directed toward finding how long-term resiliency and diversity of restored ecosystems can be better integrated within broader urban and agricultural landscapes. |
J. Vicente Tinoco Ochoa
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I work on rivers. After reaching an understanding and practical level of environmental fluid mechanics for designing water infrastructures, I realized about a need for understanding environmental sediment fluxes, aquatic ecology connectivity, and their interactions with infrastructure. Therefore, I study sediment connectivity and water infrasturcture at the watershed scale. My goal is to contribute with innovations for using water from rivers, while decreasing environmental impacts. |
Janet Torres
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Janet’s primary research interests are climate change adaptation, multi-level governance, and sustainable development. She believes research in these topics requires an integrative and transdisciplinary strategy and uses a mixed methods approach to her own research, integrating physical geography, policy analysis, and ethnography within a relevant historical context. Her current research is on the development trajectory of the Republic of Cuba and the role of culture in improving the adaptive capacity of communities. |
Sooyeon Yi |
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