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Lauren Elise Grimley
PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professional Experience
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PhD Candidate
2020 - Present
Water Institute of the Gulf
Research Scientist: Water Resources
2018 - 2020
IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering
Graduate Research Assistant
2016 - 2018
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Education
University of Iowa
Masters
2018
Calvin College
Bachelors
2016
Honors & Awards
Horton Research Grant
Received December 2023
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received December 2022
Presentation Title: Flooding at the Fringe: A Reduced-physics Model for Assessing Compound Flooding from Pluvial, Fluvial, and Coastal Hazards
Event: 2022 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Natural Hazards
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Publications
Determining the Relative Contributions of Runoff, Coastal, and Compound Processes to Flood Exposure ...
Estimates of flood inundation generated by runoff and coastal flood processes during tropical cyclones (TCs) are needed to better understand how ex...
March 14, 2025
Data From the Drain: A Sensor Framework That Captures Multiple Drivers of Chronic Coastal Floods
Tide gauge water levels are commonly used as a proxy for flood incidence on land. These proxies are useful for projecting how sea‐level rise ...
April 01, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Infrastructure Exposure to Hurricane Florence Flooding in Present and Future Climates
ADVANCES IN QUANTIFYING AND ATTRIBUTING CLIMATE IMPACTS AND DAMAGES TO INFORM CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT AND LITIGATION II ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2024
Lauren E. Grimley, Marissa Webber, Antonia Sebasti...
Hurricanes generate significant flooding inland and at the coast, leading to substantial infrastructure disruption and damage that costs billions of d...
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Climate Change Exacerbates Compound Flooding in the Carolinas from Three Recent Tropical Cyclones
MULTIHAZARD FLOOD MODELING: FROM INLAND TO COAST II POSTER
natural hazards | 12 december 2024
Lauren E. Grimley, Katy Hollinger, Antonia Sebasti...
Tropical cyclones (TCs) generate substantial damage raising concerns about how climate change may amplify their impacts. However, linking changes in T...
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Moving Beyond the Design Storm: Probabilistic Flood Hazard Mapping Using Modified Stochastic Storm Transposition
RECENT ADVANCES IN LARGE-SCALE, HIGH-RESOLUTION HYDROLOGIC AND FLOOD MODELING: ASSESSING HYDROCLIMATIC EXTREMES I ORAL
hydrology | 12 december 2024
Jack Baer, Lauren E. Grimley, Antonia Sebastian, D...
Flood hazard maps are essential to floodplain management and resiliency efforts, including insurance mandates, construction requirements, and developm...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2022
Member
Hydrology Section Student Early Career Subcommittee
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