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Due to Hurricane Helene, some of our station data partners are experiencing delays in providing data. As a result, CHIRPS for September 2024 will be delayed.

 

The Climate Hazards Center Community 

The UC Santa Barbara team conducts critical climate science research, which is shared with CHC field scientists who then communicate with key decision-makers, often serving as the vital link between climate crisis and timely humanitarian aid. The CHC also works with a number of Washington D.C.-based affiliates to synthesize climate early warning research with large-scale humanitarian efforts.  

Our UCSB Team

  • Postdoc Researcher
  • Research Director
  • Research Assistant
  • Principal Investigator
  • (805) 893-4355
  • Ellison Hall
  • 4715
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Application Programmer
  • Graduate Student Researcher
  • Undergraduate Student Researcher

Climate Hazards Center Field Scientists

Field Scientists serve as the arm of the CHC, communicating up-to-date scientific information directly to the affected regions and their stakeholders. CHC Field Scientists also help to share observations from the field, which provides invaluable insight and highlights the multi-layered structure of the Center. 

CHC Principal Investigator Greg Husak and Field Scientist Tamuka Magadzire

Field Scientists & Affiliates

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  • Researcher
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  • Assistant Field Scientist
  • Researcher
  • Field Scientist
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CHC Alumni and Previous Partners

  • Technical Writer & Editor

Juliet joined the Climate Hazards Center in 2018 as a technical writer & editor. Juliet engages with all CHC content, from social media to blog posts to academic manuscripts to website writing. She also manages CHC's social media presence and outreach endeavors. 

She graduated summa cum laude from UCSB with a degree in English literature and a minor in Professional Writing & Editing. She was the recipient of the Dean's Undergraduate Education Award for academic excellence and community building, the William and Marjorie Frost Memorial Award for academic excellence and outstanding research, and the College of Creative Studies Best Critical Essay Award. She helped pioneer the creative writing specialization under Professor Cherríe Moraga and presented her research in the digital humanities at the Popular Culture Association Conference in 2018 under Professor Jeremy Douglass, and in association with a 1.1 million dollar grant from the Mellon Foundation. 

While Juliet specializes in technical writing, she also authors creative and academic work. She is an MFA Candidate at Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA), where she studies creative writing and specializes in narrative non-fiction. She is the recent recipient of the Center for Arts+ Social Justice Thesis Fellowship at VCFA. Juliet is also the Publicity Co-Chair for UCSB's Professional Women's Association.

  • Graduate Student Researcher
  • Graduate Student Researcher
  • Postdoc Researcher
  • Graduate Student Researcher
  • Postdoc Researcher
Donghoon joined the CHC in September 2020 as a postdoc researcher, where he focuses on applying EO products and machine learning to predict agricultural statistics in food-insecure countries in support of FEWS NET. 
 
While Donghoon’s Ph.D. research at UW-Madison included global-scale studies, he has also worked on research projects focused on flood-induced public health vulnerability and risk assessment in specific locations around the world with Red Cross Climate Centre, as well as various national disaster management agencies. 
 
Donghoon likes to travel to the actual location of his research focus in order to grasp the reality of the problems he seeks to solve and interact with key personnel. He has already visited Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and Peru and is looking forward to safely traveling in the future.
 
  • Graduate Student Researcher
  • Affiliated Researcher