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Focus Area 1: Earth System Science

This is the science of the atmosphere, land, biota, and water from a geospatial perspective. By combining contemporary issues such as climate change, environmental extremes, and hazards, this focus area emphasizes the integrative nature of physical and environmental geography.  Earth systems scientists use biophysical understanding to identify and solve problems for management and policy. Sub-areas […]

Meet the Geographer: Mohammad Mehedy Hassan

Mohammad Mehedy Hassan Pronouns: he/him University of Florida Adviser: Dr. Jane Southworth Focus Area: GeoSpatial Analysis & Techniques Earth System Science Research Statement: I am a geospatial scientist with an interest in the use of remote sensing (RS) and geospatial techniques analyses to better understand the complex socioecological process of landscape transformation, vegetation-climate change interactions, […]

Meet the Geographer: Amobichukwu Amanambu

Amobichukwu Amanambu Pronouns: he/him University of Florida Adviser: Dr. Joann Mossa Focus Area: GeoSpatial Analysis & Techniques  Earth System Science  Research Statement: My interest in studying the Apalachicola watershed is to assess how physical and anthropogenic factors affect the drying (drought) and wetting (floods) of the river given the legal battle between Alabama, Georgia and […]

Meet the Geographer: Meirah Williamson

Meirah Williamson Pronouns: she/her University of Florida Adviser: Dr. Esther Mullens Focus Area: GeoSpatial Analysis & Techniques Earth System Science Global Environmental and Social Change Research Statement: My research interests broadly lie at the intersection of extreme weather and society. My current research with Dr. Esther Mullens examines Excessive Rainfall Outlooks (EROs), which are probabilistic […]

Meet the Geographer: Holli Capps

  Holli Nicole Capps Pronouns: she/her/ella University of Florida Adviser: Dr. Peter Waylen Focus Area: Earth System Science Research Statement: My research interests include climate science and hydro-climatology broadly, and specifically rainfall and streamflow variability, and extreme precipitation. I am interested in looking at daily to annual scales as well as inter and intra-variability. I […]

Dr. Jane Southworth – Department Chair

Dr. Jane Southworth Department Chair and Professor Co-Chair, AI Across the Curriculum Research Lab: NASA Lab jsouthwo@ufl.edu (352) 294-7512 OrcID: 0000-0002-7246-7879 Curriculum Vita Educational Background PhD in Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2000 M.S. in Geography, Specialization in Meteorology & Climatology, 1996 B.S. in Geography, Leicester University, 1992 Focus Areas Focus Area 1: Earth System Science Focus Area […]

Dr. Michael Binford

Dr. Michael W. Binford Emeritus Professor he/him mbinford@ufl.edu (352) 294-7500 Personal website Curriculum Vita Focus Areas Focus Area 1: Earth System Science Focus Area 5: Catastrophes, Conservation, and Conflict Focus Area 6: Sustainability & Global Environmental Change Areas of Specialization Macrosystems Biogeography Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental Systems Land-Water Interactions Landscape […]