Improving our ability to predict and respond to weather and water extremes to mitigate impacts on agriculture, ecosystems, and society.
Flooding - Extreme Events
Issue
Flooding, heatwaves, drought, wildfire, and related natural hazards are occurring with greater frequency and intensity, while economic and social impacts are mounting rapidly. This initiative aims to bridge agricultural, biophysical, and social science expertise to address an expanding set of impacts for production agriculture and forestry in Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic, and globally. Researchers in this initiative, together with decision-makers at the federal, state, and local levels and private-sector interests, including the insurance industry, will collectively devise actionable solutions to extreme events.
Conveners
Katherine Y. Zipp
Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
Christopher Scott
Professor of Ecosystem Science and Management
Goddard Chair - Forestry and Environmental Conservation
Associate Director of the Institute of Energy and Environment
Associated Members
- Bishwodeep Adhikari, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology
- Daniel Allen, Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecology
- Kristina Brant, Assistant Professor, Rural Sociology
- Daniel Brent, Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
- Shirley Clark, Acting Director, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology; Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology
- Jon Duncan, Director, Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center; Associate Professor, Hydrology
- Lisa Iulo, Director, Hamer Center for Community Design; Professor, Architecture
- Maurie Kelly, Director, Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
- Christine Kirchoff, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Law, Policy, and Engineering; Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Zhen Lei, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics
- Lauren McPhillips, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Renee Obringer, Assistant Professor, Energy and Mineral Engineering
- Heather Preisendanz, Director, Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science; Professor, Natural Resources Engineering
- Cibin Raj, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Danielle Rhea, Penn State Extension, Water Resources
- Lilliard Richardson, Director, School of Public Policy and Professor, Public Policy
- Peter Stempel, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
- Femeena Pandara Valappil, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Hong Wu, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Related Penn State Initiatives
- Institute of Energy and Environment: Water Sustainability
