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Researchers & Adjunct Faculty

Researchers

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Malcom Araos Egan

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Climate adaptation, Urban studies, Participatory governance, and Qualitative methods

u6055329@utah.edu

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Mickey Campbell

Research Assistant Professor
PhD University of Utah, 2018

Remote sensing, geospatial data science, wildland firefighter safety, vegetation type, structure, function, and change mapping

mickey.campbell@ess.utah.edu

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Michelle Hu

Research Assistant Professor

j.michelle.hu@utah.edu

Evolution of seasonal snow, Remote sensing, Water resources, Applied modeling, Extreme events, Data visualization

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Vachel Kraklow

Postdoctoral Research Associate

vachel.carter@utah.edu

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Josh Maurer

Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD Columbia University, 2020

Mountain glaciers, past and present climate change, remote sensing of the cryosphere, natural hazards, data visualization

josh.maurer@utah.edu

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Emily Nicolosi

Research Assistant Professor
PhD University of Utah, 2019

Climate change mitigation, grassroots innovations for sustainability, geography of hate, Hate, Agression, Terrorism, and Extremism Research Lab.

emily.nicolosi@ess.utah.edu

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Magaly Ordoñez

Latinx Sexualities Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD University of Minnesota, 2024

Chicanx/Latinx Geographies, Queer and Trans* Feminist Studies, Cannabis Culture, Qualitative Methods, Heritage Studies and Public History 

magaly.ordonez@utah.edu

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Smriti Srivastava

Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD Indian Institute of Technology Indore, 2022

Glaciology, Hydrology, Remote Sensing and GIS, Climate Change

u6047122@umail.utah.edu

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Susana Velásquez-Franco

Postdoctoral Research Associate 

PhD University of Utah, 2024 

Biogeography, Macroecology, Climate Change and Paleoclimatology, Multiproxy Environmental Reconstruction, Land-use Planning

susana.velasquez@utah.edu

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Ning Xiong

Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD University of Utah, 2023


Economic / Urban / Health Geography, Spatial Inequality, Social Inequality, Intergenerational Mobility, Neighborhood Effects

ning.xiong@utah.edu

Adjunct Faculty

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Kenneth Lee Petersen

Adjunct Assistant Professor (PhD Washington State University, 1981) -- Palynology and environmental archaeology

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Keely Roth

Adjunct Assistant Professor (PhD University of California Santa Barbara, 2014) -- Remote sensing, geospatial data science

Last Updated: 2/20/26