Emeline Tu

Emeline earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a double major in Environmental Studies and Sociology. Between undergraduate and graduate school she worked on a research team within the NASA DEVELOP National Program at Ames Research Center to apply geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing techniques to inform municipal urban forestry decision making, with the goal of mitigating the urban heat island effect in San Jose, California. During the summer between her first and second year in EPM, Emeline completed her practicum with the Delta Stewardship Council in Sacramento, where she conducted geospatial analysis and programming updates for the agency’s Social Vulnerability Index. Emeline is interested in further opportunities to apply GIS tools to environmental justice and policy concerns. She is also passionate about connecting communities impacted by environmental injustices with scientific research and policy tools in order to center community agency in finding solutions to environmental problems.