Eve Gruntfest
WAS*IS Organizer

I have been a Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO since 1980. My career is based on what we can learn from the Big Thompson Flood. That catastrophic flash flood occurred in July 1976 and 144 people were killed. I have published widely and I am an internationally recognized expert in the specialty areas of warning system development and flash flooding. I am now completing a four year National Science Foundation project evaluating warnings for short fuse weather events, particularly tornadoes and flash floods.

As a social scientist in a world of engineers and physical scientists I recognized the need to bring social science methods into meteorology and to develop cadre of physical scientists who understand the benefits and tools of social science. From June, 2005 most of my passion has been dedicated to a project that began during a one year stint at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO: WAS*IS, Weather and Society Integrated Studies.