People

Our research team includes Drs. Greg Carbone, Kirstin Dow, Kirk Karwan, Daniel Tufford, and Ms. Hope Mizzell.

Dr. Greg Carbone is a climatologist with research interests on the impacts of climate variability and change on agriculture and water resources. He is in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. His recent work has explored methods of tailoring seasonal forecasts for use in water resource management, including drought forecasting.

Dr. Kirstin Dow is also in the Geography Department at the University of South Carolina. She is a social environmental geographer whose research centers on understanding vulnerability and risk to environmental hazards. Dow has investigated the response of water suppliers to the Climate Prediction Center's long-lead forecasts. This work has developed a strong basis for building deeper understanding of the role of climate information and the process of introducing innovations into the decision strategies of community water systems.

The research interests of Dr. Daniel Tufford, of the Department of Biological Sciences at USC, include watershed ecology, hydrology, water quality, and resource management issues associated with rivers, reservoir, and wetlands. His work ranges from field studies to simulation modeling to participation in stakeholder driven management planning processes.

As State Climatologist for South Carolina, Ms. Hope Mizzell brings ten years of full-time experience working with the water resource community as well as advanced research training.

Jinyoung Rhee is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. Her research interests include the effect of spatial and temporal resolution on drought monitoring, the use of remotely sensed data for drought detection, and the impact of climate change on water resources.

Kirsten Lackstrom is pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography at the University of South Carolina. Her research interests include environmental decision-making processes and institutional change, and water resources policy and management issues.

Richard Murphy is pursuing a M.A. in Geography at the University of South Carolina. His research interests center on the role of visualization in environmental decision making and stakeholder understanding of uncertainty in data representations.