Professor emerita to visit France as invited scientist

Eve Gruntfest

Eve Gruntfest, a professor emeriti of geography and environmental studies and a researcher at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs' Trauma, Health and Hazards Center, will work five months as an invited visiting scientist at a hydrology and environment lab at Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France.

Her visit is co-sponsored by the Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers and the department of geography. She will work closely with geographers, meteorologists and hydrologists on flash flood mitigation research with special emphasis on developing ways that integrate social science, hydrology and meteorology.