Dr. Emanuel is a North Carolina native who earned a B.S. in Geology from Duke University before relocating to Virginia for several years for work and graduate study. He received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia, where he studied carbon and water cycles in Virginia and Montana. Prior to joining the faculty at ASU, Dr. Emanuel worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Duke’s Center on Global Change, extracting information on topography and vegetation from high-resolution laser altimetry (lidar) data collected over North Carolina. Dr. Emanuel’s research in the areas of hydrology and land-atmosphere interaction has shown that agricultural fields continue to act as significant sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide even after they have been abandoned, and that terrestrial carbon and water fluxes are intimately linked to soil moisture and water stress across a broad range of terrestrial environments. His work has broad implications for the availability of groundwater and surface water resources, and how these resources may vary in response to climate change.
- Education
- B.S. - Duke
- M.S. - Virginia
- Ph.D. - Virginia
- Courses Taught
- GLY 1103 - Introduction to Environmental and Applied Geology
- GLY 4620 - Hydrogeology
- GLY 4210 - Senior Seminar
Dr. Emanuel's CV (pdf)
This page last updated August 27, 2007
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