Affiliate Faculty, Florida Climate Institute
Affiliate Faculty, UF Water Institute
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ORCID: 0000-0002-5771-4640
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 Publications
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(opens in new tab). 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?(opens in new tab). Natural Hazards, 1-14.
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(opens in new tab). Ocean & Coastal Management, 212, 105813.
Engström, J., Praskievicz, S., Bearden, B., & Moradkhani, H. (2021) Drought in the Southeast U.S. as observed by the GRACE satellites(opens in new tab). Water Policy.
Deb, P., Moradkhani, H., Abbaszadeh, P., Kiem, A. S., Engström, J., Keellings, D., & Sharma, A. (2020). Causes of the widespread 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season(opens in new tab). Earth’s Future, 8(11), e2020EF001671.
Engström, J., Jafarzadegan, K., & Moradkhani, H. (2020). Drought Vulnerability in the United States: An Integrated Assessment(opens in new tab). Water, 12(7), 2033.
Keellings, D. & Engström, J. (2019). The Future of Drought in the Southeastern U.S.: Projections from Downscaled CMIP5 Models(opens in new tab). Water. 11(2), 259.
Engström, J. & Keellings, D. (2018). Drought in the Southeastern U.S.: An Assessment of downscaled CMIP5 models(opens in new tab). Climate Research. 74 (3), 251-262.
Engström, J. (2018). Hydropower in the Southeast U.S.: Balancing Lakeview and Production Optimization(opens in new tab). The Southeastern Geographer. 58(4), 379-393.
Keellings, D., Bunting, E. & Engström, J. (2018). Spatiotemporal Changes in the Size and Shape of Heat Waves Over North America(opens in new tab). Climatic Change. 147 (1-2), 165-178.
Engström, J., & Waylen, P. (2018). Drivers of long-term precipitation and runoff variability in the southeastern USA(opens in new tab). Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 131 (3-4), 133-1146.
Educational Background
- PhD 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
Currently accepting graduate student applications. Please reach out by email.