Dr. Tyler A Fricker

Dr. Tyler Fricker, an Assistant Professor, researches the environmental impacts of natural hazards on society and the connection between weather and climate. Much of his work bridges the gap between climate science and climate-society interaction. His most recent research projects have taken a place-based approach to understanding human vulnerability to tornadoes in the Deep South. Prior to joining UWF, Fricker spent five years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisiana Monroe and one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. Fricker's work has a strong computational and quantitative methods emphasis with research directed toward the development and application of geographic information systems (GIS), integrated and hierarchical statistical models, and Bayesian techniques. He has published recent findings in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, The Professional Geographer, Geophysical Research Letters, the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Natural Hazards, as well as other national and international outlets. His work has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, and Vox, cited in the Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and discussed on the History Channel's UnXplained.