Greg Husak

Greg Husak is a Researcher and Principal Investigator at the Climate Hazards Center, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He holds a Ph.D. in Geography from UCSB, following a BS in Environmental Studies and MA in Geography. His work focuses on food insecurity monitoring in developing countries, leveraging statistical analysis of precipitation, NDVI, hydrologic models, and crop models. He develops decision-support tools using climate forecasts derived from Sea Surface Temperatures and satellite data.

Education: BS in Environmental Studies; MA and Ph.D. in Geography, all from UCSB.

Research Interests: Monitoring food insecurity through climate variables like precipitation and NDVI; statistical reformulation of forecasts; decision-maker tools for environmental conditions. Key themes include drought prediction, crop yield modeling, and satellite data applications.

Article Trends: Recent work emphasizes crop forecasting in Sub-Saharan Africa, drought predictability, and high-resolution precipitation forecasts. Focus areas include climate indices (e.g., SPEI), temperature datasets, and AI-driven agriculture analysis. Studies often address humanitarian applications in conflict zones and ENSO impacts.

Awards: None explicitly listed.

Advising/Grants: Leads the Climate Hazards Center; oversees projects like CHIRPS and CHIRTS datasets. Collaborates with FEWS NET for food security monitoring. No formal advisee list provided, but likely supervises graduate researchers in these initiatives.

Labs/Teams: Director of the Climate Hazards Center, a hub for climate and food insecurity research. Collaborates with NASA Harvest and the Mekong River Commission on hydrological forecasting.