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About our Presenters:
- Dr. Jia Hu, Associate Professor and Associate Director in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at University of Arizona and Affiliate Faculty at the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research. She is also the Host Institution Director for the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center at University of Arizona.
- Dr. Jonathan Mabry, is a research associate at the University of Arizona Desert Laboratory. Some of his research areas include foraging adaptations, transitions to agriculture and village life, indigenous water management systems, and traditional foodways of the U.S./Mexico borderlands. He currently serves as liaison to UNESCO for Tucson Creative City of Gastronomy and is director of the non-profit organization managing the designation.
- Dr. Laura M. Norman, is a Supervisory Research Physical Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey, where she has worked since 1998. Her research combines remotely-sensed imagery and other geospatial data in complex hydrological, hydraulic, and LULC models to predict the source, fate, and transport of non-point source pollutants, consider potential growth scenarios, and document impacts of change.