Carolina experts available for interviews ahead of Earth Day
Experts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are available for interviews on a variety of angles around Earth Day.
Experts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are available for interviews on a variety of angles around Earth Day. Researchers can discuss topics including:
- The impact of climate change on the environment
- How to protect the North Carolina coast from environmental hazards and extreme weather events
- Warming ocean effects on fish and fisheries
- Innovative solutions to plastic waste
- Social and economic impact of climate hazards including wildfires
- The role of chemical weathering on climate and the evolution of the planet
- Evaluating environmental policy performance
- Public health issues surrounding water quality following a severe weather event
Experts
To connect with an expert, email mediarelations@unc.edu.
Jim White
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Jim White is an internationally recognized expert on climate and sustainability issues. With some 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, he is a highly cited researcher who regularly gives public talks on climate change and sustainability. His research has focused on past behaviors of the Earth’s climate system, the evidence for rapid climate change in the past and the dynamics of the modern carbon cycle. Read more about his background here.
Xiao-Ming Liu
Xiao-Ming Liu can discuss how chemical weathering influences climate and the evolution of the planet. Her research examines the relationship between precipitation inputs (i.e., fog and rainfall), ecosystem water use, water storage and water availability to assess the fate of precipitation, evaluate ecosystem function and determine water availability for human consumption. Read more about her research background here. She has also provided insight in Live Science.
Miyuki Hino
Miyuki Hino is an assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and an adjunct assistant professor in the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research aims to measure the social and economic impacts of climate hazards and analyze the effectiveness of climate change adaptation strategies. Read more about her research background here. A few recent media clips: The Hill, The Washington Post and PBS North Carolina.
Rachel Noble
Rachel Noble has expertise in a variety of topics including public health issues surrounding water quality, including stormwater, drinking water and extreme conditions following a tropical storm or hurricane event. Her current work highlights using rapid tests to protect public health from waterborne diseases. She also does research in plastic pollution, shellfish aquaculture and estuarine ecosystems. Read more about her research background here. A few recent media clips: WUNC and WCTI.
Rick Luettich
Rick Luettich can provide insight into how to protect the coast from environmental hazards and extreme weather events. He’s known best by his colleagues for co-creating and developing ADCIRC, a computer model that can predict storm surge and flooding during extreme weather events. Read more about his research background here. A few recent media clips: NPR, WRAL and PBS North Carolina.
Janet Nye
Janet Nye can talk about how the warming ocean affects fish and fisheries. Nye uses mathematical and statistical methods to study fish populations and coastal ecosystems. Her current work is focused on how environmental variability and anthropogenic climate change including ocean acidification affect fish, populations, marine ecosystems and fisheries. Read more about her research background here. A few recent media clips: WRAL and PBS North Carolina.
Frank Leibfarth
Solutions to the plastic waste problem have been on the agenda for decades. Frank Leibfarth can provide insight on unconventional approaches using polymers to mitigate plastic waste issues. More about his research background here. A few recent media clips: NC Health News and Forbes.
Angel Hsu
Angel Hsu can discuss the intersection of science and policy and the use of data-driven approaches to understanding environmental sustainability, particularly in areas of climate change and energy, urbanization and air quality. Read more about her research background here. A few recent media clips: The New York Times, Bloomberg and Scientific America.
