Beth Tellman

Position title: Assistant Professor, Nelson Institute for Envrionmental Studies

Email: beth.tellman@wisc.edu

Research Summary

My research addresses the causes and consequences of global environmental change on people, with a focus on flood risk and land use change. I engages in multiple disciplines and methods to “socialize the pixel” or understand the social processes behind environmental change captured in satellite image pixels and leverage satellite data to improve human well-being. I am co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Floodbase, a public benefit corporation that leverages remote sensing to build flood monitoring and mapping systems for parametric insurance products. I also co-founded an NGO in Mexico, Umbela, to promote transformation from Global South Perspectives. I am passionate about co-producing knowledge with actors outside academia to achieve social impact.

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