Eve Gruntfest

Dr. Gruntfest is Director of the Social Science Woven Into Meteorology program (SSWIM) at the University of Oklahoma. She is also professor emeritus in Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she spent 27 years as professor in the department. Her research in the field of natural hazard mitigation has focused on flash floods and warning systems. Since 2005 her work has focused on changing the culture of physical science to be more inclusive of stakeholder needs and interdisciplinary. She is building capacity, especially among early career scientists and practitioners, to integrate social science into meteorology and hydrology.