Kristin Youngquist
Department of Geosciences
Hometown: Garden City, Kansas
Department of Geosciences
Hometown: Garden City, Kansas
Research Areas: Urban Climate Change and Resilience, Southeast US medium and small cities, GIS and Remote Sensing, Climate Communication
Email: kny0002@auburn.edu
Education
MS, Environmental Science, Columbus State university
2018
MPA, Georgia State University
2008
BA, Astrophysics
2004
Professional Employment
Teaching Assistant, Concepts of Science Laboratory
Research and Teaching Interests
Kristin Youngquist’s teaching interests include environmental science, sustainability, and urban climate and resilience. She currently teaches at Sustainability and the Environment at Columbus State University. Her primary research interests are in the field of urban climate and resilience, urban land cover and land use change, remote sensing, and GIS. She has used GIS and remote sensing techniques to understand the human and environmental interactions. Her current research is related to medium-sized southeast US cities climate resilience planning regarding climate impacts, solutions, and communication. She is a member of the Clean Energy Columbus organization that seeks to educate the public and city officials on local climate issues in order to support climate readiness planning efforts.
Selected Publications
- Youngquist, K., Shrestha, M., Ryan, B., and Mitra, C. (2023). A global scoping review on sustainability, climate migration, and climate resilience of small and medium-sized (SMSC) cities. Urban Climate.
- Youngquist, K. (2018). Evaluating Columbus, Georgia, tree canopy interactions with air pollutants using high spectral imagery and portable PM sensors. Thesis.
Last updated: 09/30/2024