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Craig E. Colten, professor
225/578-5942, ccolten@lsu.edu
Colten, Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Professor of Geography, studies
the historical aspects of hazards, including hurricanes. He has investigated
the threat of hurricanes to historic districts and environmental justice
issues related to coastal hazards. He has an interest in the long-term
human dimension of preparation for and response to hurricanes. Articles:
MSN NBC
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Roy Dokka, professor - Articles: Amercian
Daily, Houston
Chronicle, New
York Times, PHX
News, Post
Gazette, Tech
Central Station, & The
State
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Elizabeth C. English, associate professor-research,
civil and environmental engineering
225/578-6019, english@hurricane.lsu.edu
With a background in both architecture and civil engineering, English
works with the LSU Hurricane Center specializing in wind effects on
tall buildings, particularly the interference effects caused by building
adjacencies. Her recent research involves wind-tunnel studies of the
aerodynamics of wind-borne debris. Articles: CNN
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G. Paul Kemp, associate professor, research/special
programs
225/578-2734, gpkemp@lsu.edu
Kemp is director of the Natural Systems Modeling Laboratory and principal
investigator for flood modeling within the CSPHIH. Kemp researches the
interface between hydrodynamics modeling (developed for engineering
purposes) and ecological forecasting. He is currently using a two-dimensional,
finite-element hydrodynamics model to predict ecosystem trajectories
in three Louisiana estuaries for which Mississippi River diversions
have been proposed. His work focuses on long-term issues of water quality
and sedimentation. Articles: KARE
11, Kentucky.com, Oregonian,
The Palm Beach Post,
Seattle Times, Star
Tribune, Brisbane
News, USA Today,
& The
Advocate
Nedra Korevec, research associate, LWRRI
225/578-6027, nkorev1@lsu.edu
Korevec is webmaster for the LWRRI websites: www.lwrri.lsu.edu
& www.lawater.lsu.edu.
Site includes images that can be downloaded by the media. Articles:
Nature
& Speigel.de
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Marc Levitan, associate professor, civil
and environmental engineering
225/578-4445, levitan@hurricane.lsu.edu
Levitan is the Charles P. Siess Jr. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering,
Director of the LSU Hurricane Center, and president of the American
Association for Wind Engineering. He studies the effects of hurricane-force
winds on structures, conducting wind-tunnel experiments to determine
what types of buildings make the best hurricane shelters and to develop
and improve construction techniques. Levitan chairs the committee developing
a national standard for the design and construction of storm shelters.
He also examines the ability of chemical plants to withstand hurricanes.
Articles: The Chicago
Tribune, The
Houston Chronicle,& USA
Today
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Hassan Mashriqui, assistant professor-research,
LSU Hurricane Center
225/578-9386, cemash@lsu.edu
Mashriqui is a licensed professional engineer and civil/water resources
engineer. He is currently developing coastal hydrologic/hydraulic modeling
capabilities for the LSU CSPHIH utilizing storm surge forecasting. His
research interests include coastal and inland flooding due to hurricanes;
hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling; wetland restoration; river
management; GIS and LIDAR technology-based environmental modeling. He
is actively involved with the Natural Systems Modeling Group and Laboratory
at the LSU School of the Coast and Environment in support of numerous
coastal restoration research efforts. Articles: The
Palm Beach Post
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John Pardue, professor, civil and environmental
engineering,
225/578-8661, jpardue@lsu.edu
Pardue is the Elizabeth Howell Stewart Endowed Professor of Civil Engineering
and Director of the Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute. His
research interests include the detection of levee flaws; the fate and
transport of chemical contaminants during hurricanes; passively treating
groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents in treatment wetlands;
environmental impacts; and investigating the uptake of desorption-resistant
organic contaminants by wetland plants. Articles: All
Headline News, Cleveland.com,
JS Online,
KSBW, The
New York Times, Pine
Dispatch, Spiegel.de,
Sunday
Harold, KLAS
TV, WANE TV, &
WDSU
John Pine, professor
225/578-1075, jpine@lsu.edu
Pine is the interim chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology
and director of the Disaster Science and Management Program at LSU.
He studies the potential impact of natural and man-made hazards including
the vulnerability of social, economic, and environmental resources.
Articles: Christian
Science Monitor, Indy Star,
Middle East North
Africa . Financial Network, Monterey
Herald, & Times
Info Shop
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Gregory Stone, professor
225/578-6188, gagreg@lsu.edu
Stone is James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor and director of the
Coastal Studies Institute. He is also primarily responsible for the
inception of WAVCIS (Wave-Current Information System, wavcis.csi.lsu.edu),
a system of weather buoys in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana’s
coast, which provide wave information (sea state) prior to and during
storms. This information is analyzed and distributed to the National
Weather Service, the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness and the public. Stone also studies beach erosion following
hurricanes and coastal morphodynamics. Articles: Mercury
News & The
Sydney Morning Herald
Joseph Suhayda, retired associate professor,
josephsuhayda@yahoo.com
Past Director of LWRRI. Developed computer models that depict the vulnerability
of New Orleans during a hurricane. Several LSU researchers run computer-simulation
models of the damage that might occur to a particular city if a hurricane
makes landfall at that city. They have created a model of the disastrous
"New Orleans scenario." Articles: Baltimore
Sun, Bella
Ciao, Capital
Hill Blue, Chicago
Tribune, Chicago
Tribune2, CNN,
Free
Press International, Indian
Express, Juicee
News Daily, KTLA,
Metro News,
Miami
Herald, News
House News, News.com,
New
York Daily News, Olympian
Online, Peoples
Daily Online, Progressive,
Reuters
Alert Net, Site
News, Spiegel.de,
Star
Tribune, State
Paper, Times
Record News, & Wired
News
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Gene Turner, professor - Articles: Times
Picayune NOLA
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Ivor van Heerden, associate professor,
civil and environmental engineering
225/578-5974, ivor@hurricane.lsu.edu
In addition to his role as deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center,
van Heerden serves as director of the Center for the Study of Public
Health Impacts of Hurricanes (CSPHIH). He is currently the lead principal
investigator on a research team studying the public health impacts of
major hurricanes and flooding in New Orleans, where his primary research
focus is on storm-surge effects and natural hazards preparation and
response. Other continuing research areas include coastal and river
basin processes and sedimentation, delta building strategies, fault
processes and environmental restoration and management. Articles: The
Advocate, Alertnet.org,
Alertnet.org2,
All
Headline News, BBC
News, Blog
Driver, Bradenton,
Charlotte,
Chicago
Tribune, CNN,
CNN2,
Columbia
Tribune, Fox
News, Fox
News2, Fox
News 3, Free
Press International, Gazette
Times, Grand
Forks, Gulf
Times, Kansas
City, KATC,
KLFY,
Nature,
Ledger
Enquirer, Lima
Ohio, London
Free Press, Media
Matters, Mens
News Daily, Mercury
News, Mongabay,
MSN.com,
MSN.com2,
MSNBC,
MSNBC_Hardball,
Newsday,
Times Picayune
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Blog, New
York News Day, Observer
Gaurdian, Ocala
- Fl Star Banner, Oh
My News, Ottowa
Sun, PHX
News, Planet
Ark, Reuters,
Salt
Lake Tribune, Scotsman.com,
Seattle
Times, Sign
on SanDiego, SMH.com.au,
Spiegel.de,
Taipei
Times, The
Age, The
Age2, The
Australian, The
Courier Mail, The
Globe and Mail, Times
Picayune, USA
Today, USA
Today2, Virgin,
Washington
Post, Washington
Post2, WDSU,
CBC.ca,
CBC.ca2,
Guardian,
Heise.de,
News
Talk ZB, Stuff.co.nz,
The
Australian2, & Times
Online
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Nan Walker, professor
225/578-5331, nwalker@antares.esl.lsu.edu
Walker, Exxon-Mobil Professor in Marine Geology, is the director of
the LSU Earth Scan Laboratory, while Huh is the founder of the lab.
This laboratory is a system of high-tech radio receivers, powerful computers,
and advanced software and antennas which are used to receive, process
and display data broadcast by a constellation of earth-orbiting environmental
satellites. This information is particularly valuable in times of hurricane
threat and for emergency disaster decision support. Louisiana is presently
unequaled by any other state in this information-gathering technology,
thanks to ESL’s acquisition of an X-band, 4.4m auto-tracking antenna.
The environmental data provided on hurricanes includes locations, movement,
changes in intensity, shape, entrained thunderheads and changes in size
– all in real time, in a 15-30 minute cycle. Huh and Walker conduct
research on the effects of hurricanes, tropical storms, winter storms
and river diversions on coastal processes, coastal circulation, land
loss and land building. Article: Time
Brian Wolshon, associate professor
225/578-5247, brian@rsip.lsu.edu
Wolshon is a licensed professional engineer and a transportation engineer
conducting research on issues related to hurricane evacuations and major-event
traffic scenarios. His recent research projects have included the testing
and evaluation of intelligent transportation systems and traffic flow
analysis, with particular emphasis in application for hurricane evacuation.
As part of his activities in the area of evacuation, Wolshon recently
founded (and chairs) the Transportation Research Board Subcommittee
on Emergency Evacuation. Articles: C
TV, Enquirer,
Fox News,
Inside
Bay Area, Jamaica
Observer, Journal
Now, News
Standard, Oakland
Tribune, Star
News Online, Times
Online, & Wilmington
Star
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