LOUISIANA: $5.8M NSF-funded project tackles impacts of Gulf climate extremes
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Dr. Emad Habib is leading a new $5.8 million research project to address increasing flood risks and disproportionate impacts of climate extremes along the U.S. Gulf region. The research is funded by the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or EPSCoR.
UL Lafayette's interdisciplinary team of researchers includes Dr. Liz Skilton, Department of History, Geography and Philosophy; Dr. Brian Schubert and Dr. Bingqing Li, School of Geosciences; Dr. Robert Miller and Dr. Mohamed Elsaadani, Department of Civil Engineering; Dr. Anna Osland and Dr. Stephen Barnes, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center; and Dr. Heather Stone, College of Education & Human Development.