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Teaching and Research Interests Population Geography Aging Geographic Education Cultural Geography and the South Population and Environment Interactions Read More

Research Group Website Teaching Interests Oceanography, Marine Geochemistry and Geology, Stable and Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry, Planetary Habitability Education 2009 – 2015, University of Minnesota PhD Geochemistry. Specialty: Oceanic Hydrothermal Systems 2004 – 2009, University of Minnesota BSc Dual Major in Geology and Geophysics Profile I am a Research Assistant Professor within the Department of Geography […]

Teaching and Research Interests GIS & Spatial Analysis and Modeling Agent-based Models and Spatiotemporal Simulation Cyberinfrastructure and High-performance Computing Complex Adaptive Spatial Systems Landscape Ecology Land Use and Land Cover Change Read More

Teaching and Research Interests Sustainable Urbanization Transportation and Mobility Systems Geographic Information Science (GIS-T) Spatial Modeling Regional Science International Comparative Urbanization Read More

Deborah S.K. Thomas, PhD is the Associate Vice Chancellor of Research and Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In this role, she oversees operations and special initiatives for research and innovation across the university. Her research focuses on disasters and environmental health with more than 25 years of experience in the […]

Teaching and Research Interests Hydrogeology Trace elements Environmental tracers and isotopes Energy Resources Water Quality Read More

Michelle E. Zuñiga, AICP (she/her/ella) holds a PhD in Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy from the University of California, Irvine. Since 2012, Michelle has focused her research on Latinx communities particularly, low-income, immigrant communities and how they experience and respond to environmental injustice and threats of displacement. Michelle explores their perspectives and experiences in […]