Urban Ecology Symposium Session Two

The Urban Climate Adaptation Virtual Symposium, a showcase of climate adaptation strategies and partnerships in urban and suburban ecosystems with an emphasis on environmental justice needs and collaborations, was held on April 4, 2024. 

The presenters for this session are:

Dr. Georgina Sanchez, a Research Scholar and Faculty Fellow with the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University. Georgina’s interdisciplinary approach to research bridges land and climate change science, hydrology, and geospatial analytics to address complex sustainability challenges.

Amanda Carlson, a post-doctoral researcher at the USGS Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center in Lakewood, Colorado. She is a landscape ecologist interested in understanding natural disturbances and interactions between the built and natural environment.

Kathryn Powlen, a Geographer with the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center. She is a social scientist who studies human-environment interactions often aimed at understanding drivers of land use decisions, water insecurity, and vulnerability to hazards.

Dr. Anne Jefferson, the Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Chair of Watershed Science and Planning in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Jefferson is also the Director of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program and the Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center, Vermont director of the Northeastern States Research Cooperative, and the chair of the Board of Directors for the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.

Meredith Martin, an assistant professor in the Forestry & Environmental Resources Department at NC State University. She has a PhD and a Masters of Forest Science degree from the Yale School of the Environment. Prior to joining NC State, she was a postdoctoral researcher with The Nature Conservancy focused on tropical restoration.

Stacia Ryder, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Utah State University. She received her PhD in Sociology in 2019 from Colorado State University and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of Exeter from 2019-2023.