{"id":4,"date":"2012-09-04T13:39:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:48:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Esther Mullens<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Assistant Professor, Department of Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

BSc (Honors) Meteorology, University of Reading, United Kingdom (2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

PhD Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, USA (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Precipitation variability, extreme rainfall, drought. Impacts of climate on water resources, infrastructure, and society. \u00a0Basic and applied climate science, science translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

I approach these problems primary though the atmospheric sciences – using tools, models and analyses common to the fields of meteorology and physical climatology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Email: emullens@ufl.edu
\nPhone: Please use email.
\nOffice\/Address: Turlington Hall Rm 3138, 330 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Media: https:\/\/experts.ufl.edu\/experts\/esther.mullens4572\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Office Hours. Please contact me by email to set an appointment or check your office hours schedule on Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2025 Teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • IDS2935 People and Places in a Changing Climate (Quest 2)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Spring 2026 Teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    • GEO3334\/6335 Managing for a Changing Climate<\/li>\n
    • MET4450 Atmospheric Physics<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Fall 2026 Teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      • IDS2935 (or GEO2XXX) People and Places in a Changing Climate<\/li>\n
      • MET4500C Synoptic Meteorology<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

        Background image to this website<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. ‘Climate Stripes’ global average temperature change, developed by Prof. Ed Hawkins, University of Reading.<\/li>\n
        2. Stock image of cumulus clouds from the air.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":991,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/991"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":773,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/emullens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}