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Celina Balderas Guzman |
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Tessa Beach
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My research involves geospatial simulation and analysis of regional energy supply transitions and their potential environmental consequences. My current research focuses on 1) how regional energy planning and policy can evolve to facilitate improved analysis of the ability of decentralized renewable energy generation to meet society’s carbon emission reduction goals; and 2) the effect of primary energy source and energy supply infrastructure transitions on locations and patterns of urban development. |
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 prevention and climate change. I have experince 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, inquiry systems, spatial 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. |
Marcus Owens
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I am interested in Design Research, Human Animal Studies, Urbanism, Art and the Public Domain, Ethnography, Science & Technology Studies (Biology & Ecology). Professional experience includes consulting with Buro Happold and design field work for Sustainable Exuma. 2011 fellow of the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst in affiliation with the Universität der Künste Berlin. |
Alexis Schaffler
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My interests lie in urban sustainability, multi-functional infrastructure and green economies with a particular focus on developing country cities. |
Wilasinee Suksawang |
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My research interest is focused on exploring people’s perception and interpretation towards ecological aesthetics in order to establish the innovative urban planning strategies that are applicable for maintaining both of ecological and aesthetic functions of landscapes and the cities. |
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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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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