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Joel Eklof
Assistant Professor, University of Puget Sound
Joel Eklof, an Assistant Professor at the University of Puget Sound, investigates how warming climates transform vulnerable landscapes—from thawing permafrost in Alaska to heat‑stressed neighborhoods in Tacoma. As a hydrologist‑engineer, he explores how water and energy reshape environments. He also designs, leads, and evaluates STEAM programs for underserved youth in climate-impacted areas, creating opportunities for the next generation of scientists.
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Variability in Permafrost Sensitivity to Climate Along an Interior Alaska Transect
FROM PERMAFROST TO GLACIERS: EVOLUTION OF ICE-INFLUENCED LANDSCAPES III POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 17 december 2025
Fostering Science - Impact of a science camps program designed for youth in the foster care system
STRENGTHENING STEM LEARNING: CREATING IMPACT THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS (ORAL)
union sessions | 16 december 2025
Environmental Interactions Controlling Thermal Regimes and Permafrost Progression in Interior, Alaska
ADVANCES IN OBSERVING, QUANTIFYING, AND MODELING PERMAFROST, SNOW, AND VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN HIGH-LATITUDE OR HIGH-ELEVATION ENVIRONMENTS I ORAL
cryosphere | 11 december 2023
Environmental Controls on Subsurface Temperature and Permafrost Thaw Progression at a Discontinuous Permafrost Site in Interior, AK
IMPACTS OF A CHANGING CLIMATE ON ALASKA'S PERMAFROST LANDSCAPES AND INFRASTRUCTURE II POSTER
global environmental change | 16 december 2022
The role of advective heat transfer in affecting permafrost thaw and methane emissions at a hillslope thermokarst bog
MONITORING THERMOKARST DEVELOPMENT AND TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES OVER THE PAN-ARCTIC WITH OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS II POSTER
cryosphere | 17 december 2021
High-Resolution Thaw Dynamics of Two Latitudinally Distant Alaska Thermokarst Sites: A Field Study
OBSERVING AND MODELING OF EARTH SURFACE CRYOGENIC PROCESSES AND THE STATE OF PERMAFROST II POSTER
cryosphere | 15 december 2021
Thermal Transport by Rain into Thawing Permafrost Landscapes
PERMAFROST SYSTEMS IN TRANSITION: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES AND RESEARCH CHALLENGES I
cryosphere | 08 december 2020
Ability of thermal energy from rainfall to warm and thaw soils at a thermokarst site in south-central Alaska
PERMAFROST SYSTEMS IN TRANSITION: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES AND RESEARCH CHALLENGES III POSTERS
cryosphere | 08 december 2020
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Voices for Science
Received April 2024
Joel Eklof (he/him) is a PhD Candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Washington. Joel received a BS in physics from the University of Puget Sound and a MS in civil engineering from the University of Washin...
Joel Eklof (he/him) is a PhD Candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Washington. Joel received a BS in physics from the University of Puget Sound and a MS in civil engineering from the University of Washington before starting his current PhD project focused on permafrost thaw and accompanying wetland carbon release in Alaska. Joel can generally be found probing permafrost or teaching science in Alaska, getting muddy on a bike, or playing “Match My Pitch” with his choir director wife.
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