Katherine (Kate) Nelson
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
University of Oklahoma, B.S. Environmental Engineering (2006)
Washington University in St. Louis, M.S. Environmental Engineering (2009)
Selected Grants, Fellowships & Leadership Awards
- Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Graduate Fellowship
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research Participation Program Graduate Research Fellowship (2015-2016)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellow in K-12 Education (2006-2008)
Research Topic and Areas of Interest
Social-environmental system resilience and sustainability, geospatial statistics and modeling, agent-based simulation, social vulnerability, adaptation
Why you picked Vanderbilt School of Engineering
I chose Vanderbilt because of the opportunities to participate in interdisciplinary work related to environmental management.