Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Maryam Karimi, is an Assistant Professor at UAB School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences. She has a joint appointment with the School of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. She has a diverse set of experiences in environmental science, public health, and urban resiliency, which places her in a unique position for independent research projects aimed toward sustainable cities and human health focusing on developing strategies to counteract climate change at a local and national scale.
Her research interests include identifying environmental risk and social vulnerability associated with the impact of Urban Heat Island (UHI) and climate change caused by urban development and air pollution, understanding the structure of cities, urbanization, and the role of urban morphology in changing urban microclimate and urban health, urban redesign and building sustainable cities at the local and global level.
New Methods in Comprehensive Multi-Hazard Resilience Assessment of Urban Coastal Systems
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6:00 PM – 6:15 PM PDT