People

The C-TRĒS lab is led by Dr. Erika Wise. Interested in joining our group? See Student Opportunities.

Erika K. Wise, Professor & Associate Chair, Dept. of Geography & Environment

Director of the Graduate Certificate Program in Geographic Information Sciences (GISc)

PhD, University of Arizona, Geography & LTRR

ekwise@email.unc.edu       https://wise.web.unc.edu/        @wiseclimate.bsky.social 

ORCID iD iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-7476
PhD student Najila stands in the CTRES lab

Najila Alam Porno, PhD student, Dept. of Geography & Environment

nalam@unc.edu

Carl Jurkowski, PhD candidate, Dept. of Geography & Environment

carljurk@live.unc.edu

Kate Metcalf stands in the CTRES lab

Kate Metcalf, Undergraduate Research Assistant

kjmet@unc.edu

 

C-TRĒS alumni

Former Graduate Students:

Matthew Dannenberg, PhD, 2017. Now an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa.

Angélica Gómez, PhD 2021. Now an Assistant Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

Manny Hernandez, PhD 2022. Now a Catastrophe Analyst at Liberty Mutual.

Karly Schmidt-Simard, PhD 2022. Now an Assistant Professor at the College of DuPage in Chicago, IL.

Former Undergraduate Research Assistants:

Kelsey Ajo, Duncan Quevedo, Jocelyn Keung, Holly Kuestner, Claire Nelson, Taylor O’Brien, Zachary Pope, Yanira Rodriguez Mendez, Dana Trumpower, Aly Worthem, Melissa Wrzesien, Lillian Wu