Helena M. Garcia

Research Interests:
flood exposure & impacts
heat & health impacts
climate (im)mobility
disaster recovery
adaptation & decision making

Email: helena.garcia@dartmouth.edu

Postdoc Advisors: Klaus Keller, Justin Mankin
PhD Advisors: Miyuki Hino,
Antonia Sebastian

I am an early-career scientist studying the impacts of climate change and natural hazards, with a focus on how flooding and heat hazards affect people and communities. My work integrates environmental data, spatial analysis, and administrative records to identify patterns of exposure and to assess how these experiences shape migration, health outcomes, adaptation, and community resilience.

I am currently a postdoc in the Department of Geography at Dartmouth College. I earned my PhD in 2026 in the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program (E3P) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

You can download a PDF of my CV here.