Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelsey received her B.S. in Geology from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst and her Ph.D. in Earth Science from Rice University, where she worked with Dr. Sylvia Dee. Her Ph.D. research used climate model simulations and reanalysis data to examine last millennium changes in Mississippi River basin hydroclimate as a framework for understanding future anthropogenic impacts.

At UT Austin, she is a member of Project SHIELD (Science for Hazards, Impact Evaluation, and Long-Term aDaptation), contributing to the project’s wildfire research team. She collaborates with Dr. Danielle Touma, Dr. Geeta Persad, and Dr. Zong-Liang Yang to investigate how land use and land cover change influence hydroclimate extremes, including drought and extreme fire weather.

Interests

Hydroclimate extremes, floods, droughts, wildfires, fire weather, land-atmosphere
interactions, climate of the Common Era

Academics

Ph.D., Earth Science, Rice University, Houston TX
B.S., Geology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
A.A., Media Communication, Massasoit Community College, Brockton MA

Contact and Links

Email: kelsey.murphy@utexas.edu
Personal Website: kelseymurphy.site
LinkedIn