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Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

Research Assistant Professor

Faculty Affiliates

sarah.johnson11@uky.edu
Teams
Landscape Evolution and Mapping Landslides and Engineering Geology
Locations
University of Kentucky Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lexington, KY 40506-0053
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Lab Affiliations

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Surface Processes & Modeling Laboratory (SP&M)

The Surface Processes and Modelling Laboratory (SP&M Lab) is a state-of-the-art computational facility located on the third floor of the Mining and Mineral Resources Building.

Other Contact Info

CV/Resume

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Areas of Expertise
Geomorphology, landslides, geospatial analysis, lidar aquisition, change detection, engineering geology, landscape evolution, machine learning, remote sensing

Biography

Sarah Johnson is a research assistant professor with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Kentucky Geological Survey. Her work is focused on helping communities become more resilient to hazards such as landslides, debris flows and flooding. She approaches these problems with a combination of field work, remote sensing, and geospatial analysis. She has her BS in geology from The City College of New York, her MS in engineering geology from Purdue, and her PhD in geoscience from the University of Kentucky.

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