Item talk:Q165998

meta:

 status_code: 200
 timestamp: '2024-05-10T06:11:38.651877'
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/lisa-luna

profile:

 abstracts: []
 affiliations:
 - American Geophysical Union
 - European Geosciences Union
 - LandAware
 - "Earth Science Women\u2019s Network"
 - 'Journal reviewer for: NHESS'
 education:
 - "Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent), Georisks, University of Potsdam, 2023.  Dissertation:\
   \ \u201CRainfall-triggered landslides: conditions, prediction, and warning\u201D"
 - "M.Sc., Geosciences, University of Potsdam, 2016.  Thesis: \u201CA glacial chronology\
   \ and cosmogenic nuclide cross calibration from the central southern Andean Plateau\
   \ (Puna, 24\xB0S)\u201D"
 - "B.A., Geology, Middlebury College, 2013.  Thesis: \u201CIn pursuit of a long\
   \ term record of erosion rates from the Ri\u0301o Iruya Canyon, Northwestern Argetine\
   \ Andes\u201D"
 email: lluna@usgs.gov
 expertise_terms:
 - Landslides
 - Hazards
 - Geomorphology
 - Early warning
 - Statistics
 honors:
 - Outstanding Student Presentation Award, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
   (2020)
 - "Graduate Award (Absolventenpreis) for best master\u2019s thesis university-wide,\
   \ University of Potsdam (2017)"
 - "John M. White \u201952 Memorial Award for outstanding work in geology, Middlebury\
   \ College (2013)"
 intro_statements:
 - Lisa Luna is a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow studying weather-related
   landslide initiation in a changing world.  She applies advanced data analysis
   methods to improve our understanding of landslide-triggering conditions, track
   changes in hazard over time, and predict when and where landslides are most likely
   to occur in the future.
 name: Lisa Luna, PhD
 name_qualifier: null
 orcid: 0000-0002-9889-4262
 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/landslide-hazards
 organization_name: Landslide Hazards Program
 personal_statement: null
 professional_experience:
 - "2024 \u2013 present, Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Geologist,\
   \ USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, USA"
 - "2019 \u2013 2023, Researcher (Natural Hazards), University of Potsdam, Institute\
   \ for Environmental Studies and Geography, Potsdam, Germany"
 - "2019 \u2013 2023, Guest Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research,\
   \ Potsdam, Germany"
 - 2021, Visiting Instructor of Geology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, USA
 - "2017 \u2013 2019, Climate Policy Analyst, NewClimate Institute, Berlin, Germany"
 - "2014 \u2013 2016, Graduate Research Assistant (Geomorphology & Geochemistry),\
   \ University of Potsdam, Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences, Potsdam,\
   \ Germany"
 - 2014, Staff Research Assistant (Geochemistry), Middlebury College and University
   of California Santa Barbara, Middlebury, VT, USA
 - 2014, Geologist (Geochemistry), Geocorps America and Colorado Mountain College,
   Leadville, CO, USA
 title: Research Geologist