KRISTEN E. BROWN, PH.D.

Kristen E Brown, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at the University of Texas San Antonio. Her research develops data-driven approaches for understanding and reducing environmental and infrastructure-related risks in urban communities. Her group combines environmental sensing, satellite and spatial data, energy-system modeling, and community and infrastructure information to evaluate extreme heat, air quality, transportation electrification, and energy transitions. A central goal of this work is to translate complex environmental data into actionable information for municipalities, utilities, transportation agencies, and communities. Her current projects examine intra-urban heat vulnerability and mitigation, environmental conditions across San Antonio, equitable deployment of electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, and connections between energy-system decisions, emissions, and public health. Her prior experience at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency informs her emphasis on policy-relevant and implementable solutions. As a native, eighth-generation Texan, she is glad to be teaching and finding solutions in the lone star state.

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