Dr So-Min Cheong

Dr. So-Min Cheong is a Professor of Environmental Policy at Texas A&M University.  Her current research focuses on the social and health consequences of environmental disasters and climate change adaptation including oil spills, floods, extreme heat, and wildfires. Her recent work employs wearable and mobile technologies to address individual and precision heath. She served as one of the lead author of chapter 17 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) and of chapter 6 of the IPCC Special Report on ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate (SROCC).  She also worked on a number of commissioned reports for the Korean government, UNESCO, and WMO. Her awards include the National Academies Gulf Research Program grant and NSF CAREER award.  She is currently the specialty chief editor of Climate Action for the journal, Frontiers in Climate. 

Dr. Cheong received her PhD in Geography, and MA degrees in Marine Affairs and International Studies at the University of Washington. She earned her BA in English from Yonsei University in Korea. She was also a visiting professor at Yale, Stanford, NYU, and BRGM (French Geological Survey).