Pair of 精品SM在线影片 PhD students publish research to address growing drought issues in Africa
精品SM在线影片 PhD candidates Katie Fankhauser and Denis Muthike are lead authors of new research on our ability to forecast, mitigate and quickly respond to increasingly intense drought conditions in Africa due to climate change.
Fankhauser is seeking a PhD in environmental engineering while Muthike is working towards a PhD in environmental studies. Both are advised by Associate Professor Evan Thomas and have close ties to 精品SM在线影片鈥檚 Mortenson Center in Global Engineering.
Fankhauser is the lead author of a paper The paper, which was co-authored by Muthike, investigates satellite data, remote-sensors and machine learning analysis tools.
Muthike is the lead author of a paper Fankhauser is a co-author on the paper.
We asked both about the research, their time at 精品SM在线影片 and where their work goes from here.