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.
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