Sol Kim
Research Associate in Climate Science, Urban Theory Lab
; Faculty Affiliate, Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization
The University of Chicago
Sol Kim is a climate scientist with a particular interest in weather/climate extremes and attribution science. His research has focused on various aspects of atmospheric rivers, heat waves, and droughts. He holds a PhD in Geography from UC Berkeley and Bachelor degrees in Geography and Society & Environment also from UC Berkeley. Before joining UTL, he worked with earth observations at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and conducted independent research through a Fulbright grant in Finland.
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Work
project
Climate Rights
2024–Ongoing
project
Remapping Resilience: Urban-Ecological Infrastructures of Climate Change Adaptation in Southeastern Florida
2023–Ongoing
course
Global Environmental Change
2024–Ongoing
course
Introduction to Critical Spatial Media: Visualizing Urban, Environmental, and Planetary Change
2022–2025
project
A large-scale dataset for training deep learning segmentation and tracking of extreme weather
2023–2024
publication
A large-scale dataset for training deep learning segmentation and tracking of extreme weather
2023