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Graph showing injury rates of different forms of mobility
Fang: Factors behind micromobility injury events

Potential safety issues have been one area of concern in policy debates over micromobility transportation. Existing research has mostly explored micromobility safety from a medical perspective.

Citizen Scientists taking measurements
Clark: Managing citizen scientists in ecological studies

Citizen science is an important approach for ecological studies that require county-scale or broader geographic coverage.

Graphs showing land uses and species predictors
Assessing the effect of soundscape composition on bird vocalization classification

Interest in ecoacoustics has resulted in an influx of acoustic data and novel methodologies to classify and relate landscape sound activity to biodiversity and ecosystem health.

Dr. Clark and colleagues in South Africa
Professor Clark conducts biodiveristy research in South Africa

Professor Matthew Clark is working on a new research project, funded by a NASA grant, in the Cape region of South Africa. This project, called BioSoundSCapes, uses bioacoustics to assess biodiversity.

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Professor Clark receives CAL FIRE funding for Wildfire Severity Modeling Research

Professor Matthew Clark has received new funding from CAL FIRE that will seek to assess where high severity wildfires will occur in California using satellite and other spatial data, such as winds.

Dr. Hernandez Ayala
Dr. Hernandez Ayala quoted in the Washington Post

Prof. Hernandez helped make the case that climate change fueled the historic 2020 hurricane season’s rainfall. Read the full article