Liberal Arts and Sciences
Keellings Lab
Led by David Keellings · Geography
What we study
Dr. Keellings studies climate extremes like heat waves and hurricanes using machine learning and extreme value theory to improve forecasts and prepare society. His work links extreme events to physical mechanisms and natural variability.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Developing the Drought Risk Overview Product (DROP)
Using machine learning and extreme value theory to improve flash drought forecasts.
Epigenetic response to extreme heat
Examining how extreme heat affects human and mouse metabolism through epigenetic changes.
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A Spatiotemporal Investigation of Heat Wave Dynamics
Analyzing heat wave patterns and their impacts across the U.S.
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Recent papers, explained
- Socioeconomic and demographic vulnerabilities as primary determinants of heat-related mortality in the U.S
2026 · Environmental Research Climate
Links socioeconomic factors to heat-related deaths in the U.S.
- Land-Cover Dynamics in a Miombo Woodland Landscape: A Multi-Scale Machine Learning Analysis of the Niassa Special Reserve (2000–2024)
2026 · Land
Tracks land-cover changes in Mozambique using satellite data.
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- Triple Jeopardy: trends in the co-occurrence of extreme heat, drought, and PM2.5 across the conterminous United States
2026 · Environmental Research Climate
Analyzes how extreme heat, drought, and air pollution overlap in the U.S.
- Assessing Model Trade-Offs in Agricultural Remote Sensing: A Review of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches Using Almond Crop Mapping
2025 · Remote Sensing
Compares AI models for mapping almond crops in California.
- Rise in heat related mortality in the United States
2025 · PLOS Climate
Shows rising heat-related deaths in the U.S. from 1981-2022.
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