Dr. Johanna Engström
Assistant Professor
Affiliate Faculty, Florida Climate Institute
Affiliate Faculty, UF Water Institute
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Focus Areas
- Earth System Science(opens in new tab)
- Places, Networks, & Flows(opens in new tab)
- Sustainability & Global Environmental Change(opens in new tab)
Research Statement
Among the most severe current and future challenges to humanity is the ability to support a growing human population with water, food, and energy in a sustainable way. Using a mixed methods approach my research is based in large-scale hydroclimatology with applications for society. Of particular interest to me are climate services, the science of how climate data can be used to make informed decisions about everything from long term water management to renewable energy production.
Recent Courses
GEO 3280/6938: Principles of Geographic Hydrology
GEO2200: Dynamic Planet Earth
GEO2530: The Future of Energy (Quest 2)
Recent Publications
Silverman, E., & Engström, J. (2025). Drought Vulnerability in South America. Water, 17(15), 2332.
Mullens, E., & Engström, J. (2025). Drought to Flood to Drought: A Review of Definitions of Precipitation Whiplash Events, What Causes Them and Their Impacts Over the Continental United States. International Journal of Climatology, e8850.
Mariotti, E., & Engström, J. (2025). Transforming abandoned mines into solar farms: a pathway to renewable energy development and sustainable land use. Environmental Research: Energy 2, 015013.
Engström, J. (2024). Energy vs. the Environment: A case study of the Allatoona Dam. Southeastern Geographer, 64(1), 1-3.
Engström, J., Abbaszadeh, P., Keellings, D., Deb, P., & Moradkhani, H. (2022). Wildfires in the Arctic and tropical biomes: what is the relative role of climate?. Natural Hazards, 114(2), 1901-1914.
Barzehkar, M., Parnell, K. E., Soomere, T., Dragovich, D., & Engström, J. (2021). Decision support tools, systems and indices for sustainable coastal planning and management: A review. Ocean & Coastal Management, 212, 105813.
Engström, J., Praskievicz, S., Bearden, B., & Moradkhani, H. (2021). Decreasing water resources in Southeastern US as observed by the GRACE satellites. Water Policy, 23(4), 1017-1029.
Educational Background
- Ph.D. in Geography, University of Florida, 2017
- M.S. in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis, Lund University, Sweden, 2011
- B.S. in Physical Geography, Lund University, Sweden, 2009
Current Graduate Students
Recent Graduate Students
Erin Mariotti (M.S. 2024)