The HCRI is thrilled to welcome Mitchell Meads as a postdoc.
Mitchell Meads is an environmental management scientist who studies how natural and nature-based solutions can be embedded into communities through policy and project implementation to enhance community resilience. His research quantifies drivers of resilience within socio-ecological systems to evaluate the effectiveness of public policies and risk reduction strategies through geospatial models and cost-benefit analyses.
At the HCRI, Mitchell is collaborating with the Characterization and Modeling teams for the Treasure Valley under the Idaho Community-engaged Resilience for Energy-Water Systems (I-CREWS) project. His research will capture indicators of resilience in the Treasure Valley’s energy-water systems and inform alternative futures models to better prepare for climate-driven, population, and technological changes in the community. Additionally, Mitchell works with HCRI scholars on the development and implementation of the Idaho Resilience Tool. In his capacity at the HCRI, Mitchell leverages his research expertise to co-develop resilience and sustainability advancement strategies for the state of Idaho using an applied interdisciplinary approach.