Faculty
Lori Dengler, Ph.D.
Lori is Professor and Chair of the Geology Department at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California and an expert on tsunami education and mitigation. She was a member of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Steering Committee from 1996 to 2003 and authored the Strategic Implementation for Mitigation Projects. Dr. Dengler was the first recipient of NOAA's Richard Hagemeyer Tsunami Mitigation Award for her leadership and involvement in the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group, community education activities in Del Norte and Humboldt counties, California, and other activities promoting and supporting tsunami mitigation. She was a member of post tsunami survey teams to Papua New Guinea (1998), Southern Peru (2001), and Indonesia (2005).
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