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About Dr. Hoover

Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover is a social-ecological systems scientist exploring the intersections of urban hydrology, green infrastructure and ecosystem services in the context of environmental justice and urban planning. In her work, she uses spatial analysis, qualitative methods, and quantitative methods to address complex urban issues and equity.

She currently works as an Assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. She is a faculty affiliate with the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long term Ecological Research (CAP-LTER) network.

She earned her PhD and master’s from the Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering (ESE) program in the Agriculture and Biological Engineering department at Purdue University, and holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Saint Thomas, MN.

Accolades

  • National Academies’ Postdoctoral Fellowship | NRC Research Associateship Program | US Environmental Protection Agency

  • Purdue University’s Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award | | 2017

  • Purdue University Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship | 2016

  • Alliance for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (AGEP) Scholar

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recipient

  • Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MSPHDs) Scholar

  • Ronald E. McNair Scholars Post baccalaureate Achievement Program Scholar