Yolanda C. Lin

Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Ph.D., Cornell University

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Dr. Lin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of New Mexico, and recently was a research fellow in the Disaster Analytics for Society Lab at the Asian School of the Environment (ASE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. She is currently working on a framework to explore impacts from extreme and unexpected natural hazards, though broadly she is interested in disaster science, interdisciplinary research, and STEM education.

Interests:

Natural hazards and disasters, risk and resilience, spatial analysis, earthquake engineering, data visualization, uncertainty, systems thinking

Research:

Dr. Lin’s research projects include developing novel methods for conducting scenario-based risk assessments for single and multi-hazard risks, and creating new tools to facilitate effective risk communication to stakeholders.