National Postdoc Appreciation Week 2022, Aaron Flores, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

Postdoc Profile: Aaron Flores

National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) celebrates the significant contributions postdocs make to research and discovery, both university and nationwide. This Postdoc Profile is a part of a series to commemorate NPAW which takes place from September 15 to 23, 2022. 


Q: What is your name?

Aaron Flores

Q: Where are you from?

Merkel, Texas

Q: Where do you work at ASU?

School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

Q: Where did you earn your doctorate?

University of Utah

Q: What does your research focus on?

I am a human-environmental geographer focused on the social dimensions of hazards and disasters. I am interested in topics such as distributional environmental justice, social vulnerability to hazards and disasters, and health disparities.

Q: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

I love sports, my dogs, my wife and backyard grilling.

Q: What are your career goals? 

To become an internationally recognized and tenured professor at an R1 institution.

Dean Elizabeth Wentz in front of Wilson Hall at ASU
Throughout my career, I have been motivated by a simple and enduring desire to make a difference in the world. That motivation has shaped the research I have chosen to prioritize, the content in the classes I teach, and the institutions where I have served. When I reflect on what has mattered most, it is not titles or milestones. It is “impact.”
Two graduate students speak at the Etiquette Dinner

On March 31, ASU graduate students and postdocs gathered at the University Club’s Heritage Room for an evening that proved professional development can be both practical and a little fun. 

Skylar Grayson in front of a Galaxy

Skylar Grayson is a fifth-year PhD candidate in astrophysics at Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration and a recipient of the nationally competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.