GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Emily Hugo’s research focuses on developing methodology to extract bathymetry from optical satellite imagery in turbid nearshore environments. These methods can be used to increase spatial and temporal resolution of available bathymetry, especially along the Texas Gulf Coast, and to assess changes in nearshore bathymetry resulting from large storm events, like Hurricane Harvey. She hopes this research will improve understanding of coastal resilience and be used to aid communities that call our coasts home.
Previously, Emily completed her undergraduate degree at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. There, she researched the impact of river planform on the distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls along the Housatonic River in Pittsfield, MA using various geospatial analysis techniques.
INTERESTS
Geomorphology, coastal processes, surface processes, coastal resilience, environmental justice
CO-SUPERVISORS
David Mohrig
Ginny Catania
ACADEMICS
B.A., Geosciences, Williams College