The CLIMBS project unites and leverage the expertise of over 50 multi-disciplinary researchers from 8 universities and colleges across the state, including the University of Kentucky (UK), University of Louisville (UofL), Western Kentucky University (WKU), Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), Morehead State University (MoSU), Murray State University (MSU), Northern Kentucky University (NKU), and Thomas More University (TMU).
Below is a searchable table where you can learn more about our researchers across the commonwealth.
For reference, here are the seven research projects of CLIMBS, including Education, Outreach, & Diversity (EOD).
If you see inaccurate or missing information here, please email kevin.puckett@uky.edu to ensure accuracy.
- Project 1: Enhance Weather Understanding
Atmospheric variability, trends, and forcing weather mechanisms across time - Project 2: Paleo-Perspectives
Kentucky’s hydroclimate and geohazard history: new insights from muds, trees, and models - Project 3: Safeguard Kentucky’s Water Supply
Novel computations to improve water quantity and quality as climate evolves - Project 4: Mitigate Flood Impacts
Understanding past & present to predict, prepare, and respond to flooding
- Project 5: Mitigate Landslide Impacts
Through physical modeling and engineering, develop hillslope response behavior - Project 6: Quantify Community Resilience
Builds models of interdependencies and behavior of infrastructures in Eastern Kentucky - Project 7: Integrate Artificial Intelligence
For adaptative emergency management, risk assessment, and disaster detection - EOD: All Projects – Education, Outreach, & Diversity in STEM
Institution | Institution | First Name | Last Name | Role | Project(s) | Description / Bio Link |
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UK | Rodney | Andrews | PI | Bio | ||
UK | Czar | Crofcheck | Co-PI | EOD | Bio | |
UK | Sebastian | Bryson | Co-PI | 5, 6 | Bio | |
UK | Michael | McGlue | Co-PI | 2 | Bio | |
UK | Edward | Woolery | Co-PI | 2, 3 | Bio | |
UofL | Mark | French | Faculty | 4 | Bio | |
UofL | Omid | Ghasemi-Fare | Faculty | 4 | Bio | |
UofL | Olfa | Nasraoui | Faculty | 7 | Bio | |
UofL | Jason | Naylor | Faculty | 1 | Bio | |
UofL | Zhihui | Sun | Faculty | 4 | Bio | |
UofL | William | Gunter | Faculty | 1 | Bio | |
UofL | Tyler | Mahoney | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
UofL | Maegen | Rochner | Faculty | 2 | Bio | |
UofL | Tom | Rockaway | Faculty | 4 | Bio | |
WKU | Jerald | Brotzge | Faculty | 1, 7 | Bio | |
WKU | Joshua | Durkee | Faculty | 1, 7 | Bio | |
WKU | Xingang | Fan | Faculty | 1, 7 | Bio | |
WKU | David | Oliver | Faculty | 7 | Bio | |
WKU | Jason | Polk | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
WKU | Greg | Goodrich | Faculty | 1 | Bio | |
WKU | Zachary | Suriano | Faculty | 1, 7 | Bio | |
Morehead St. | Amy | Collick | Faculty | 2 | Bio | |
Morehead St. | MD | Kibria | Faculty | 2 | Bio | |
Morehead St. | Jen | O'Keefe | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
EKU | Estifanos | Haile | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
Murray St. | Haluk | Cetin | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
NKU | Kristy | Hopfensperger | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
Thomas More | Christopher | Lorentz | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
UK | Sarah | Johnson | Faculty | 5 | Bio | |
UK | Ben | Blandford | Faculty | 6 | Bio | |
UK | Seth | Carpenter | Faculty | 3 | Bio | |
UK | Mei | Chen | Faculty | 6 | Bio | |
UK | Matthew | Crawford | Faculty | 5 | Bio | |
UK | Jason | Dortch | Faculty | 2 | Bio | |
UK | Andrea | Erhardt | Faculty | 2, 3, EOD | Bio | |
UK | Crystal | Felima | Faculty | 6 | Bio | |
UK | Jimmy | Fox | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
UK | Abdullah-Al-Zubaer | Imran | Faculty | 7 | Bio | |
UK | Dave | Moecher | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
UK | Meredith | Swallom | Faculty | 2 | Bio | |
UK | Ryan | Thigpen | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
UK | Zhenming | Wang | Faculty | 3 | Bio | |
UK | Xu | Zhang | Faculty | 6 | Bio | |
UK | Junfeng | Zhu | Faculty | 3 | Bio | |
UK | Summer | Brown | Faculty | EOD | Bio | |
UK | Sarah | Arpin | Faculty | 2 | Bio | |
UK | Courtney | McCarthy | Admin | |||
UK | Jeff | Mossey | Admin | |||
UK | Kevin | Puckett | Admin | |||