University of South Florida

Telephone (813) 974-4242
Office Location: NES 316
jcollins@cas.usf.edu

EDUCATION

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Jennifer Collins is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on tropical climatology, particularly hurricane activity. She is currently studying the environmental factors influencing the interannual variation of hurricane numbers in the Northeast Pacific and she is examining the anti-correlation between hurricane numbers in the Atlantic versus those in part of the Northeast Pacific ocean basin. In addition to her hurricane work, Dr. Collins collaborates with international researchers and works in the area of climate change. She is currently examining the temperature change in South America and Africa. Dr. Collins is an active member of the West Central Florida American Meteorological Society, and she is also a member of the Association of American Geographers and Florida Society of Geographers.

LINKS

USF's Weather Center

FOX Channel 13 Global Warming and Hurricanes Debate (large file - may take a few minutes to load)

FOX Channel 13 Global Warming and Hurricanes Debate (small file - should load immediately)

VIEW VITA (in pdf format)