About the Talk
  Join us for a discussion with Toni Sebastian, assistant professor of applied hydrology and water resources in the Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences on understanding changes in watershed hydrology and their influences on flood hazards.

Sebastian's research focuses on understanding dynamic changes in watershed hydrology and their influences on flood hazards under rapidly changing anthropogenic conditions. Her lab works on topics related to risk quantification, visualization, and communication. Much of her lab's research is computational in nature, utilizing watershed-scale hydrologic and hydraulic models, as well as geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analytical and statistical tools. Current projectsaim to address three primary questions:

• • How are changes in development patterns and anthropogenic warming impacting flood risks in urban and coastal communities?
  • How can physical, analytical and statistical models be leveraged to better predict flood hazards and risks across multiple scales?
  • How can current and future flood risks be managed through combinations of structural and non-structural solutions?