Anamaria Bukvic

Anamaria Bukvic is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment. She specializes in coastal adaptation and resilience, focusing on flood-driven relocation, vulnerability assessment, and socio-ecological systems. Her work integrates interdisciplinary methods to address climate change impacts on coastal communities.

Education:

• Ph.D., Virginia Tech
• MCP, School of Planning, University of Cincinnati
• M.Sci., University of Cincinnati
• BEng, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Research Interests:

Bukvic's research centers on coastal adaptation strategies, including relocation policies, flood resilience, and socio-ecological mobility. She examines how human, institutional, and environmental factors interact under climate pressures. Recent projects include evaluating relocation drivers via machine learning and modeling flood-induced migration patterns.

Grants & Funding:

She has secured over $4M in grants from NSF, DoD, and others for projects like 'Coupled Socio-Ecological Mobility in the Coastal Zone' (NSF DISES) and 'Anticipating Coastal Population Mobility' (DoD Minerva).

Awards:

• 2019 NCAR Early Career Innovators Program Fellow

Advising & Teaching:

Bukvic mentors graduate students in climate-related research and teaches courses like 'Climate Change & Societal Impacts' and 'Introduction to Coastal Regions.'

Labs & Affiliations:

She served as Associate Director of Virginia Tech's Center for Coastal Studies (2019–2024) and currently chairs the Climigration Network's Work Group on Research, Innovation, and Evaluation.