Wonmin Sohn, PhD, advances climate resilience by investigating how flooding and compound climate extremes reshape landscapes and communities and how nature-based solutions can reduce their impacts. Bridging landscape architecture, hydrology, and data science, she combines geospatial analysis and machine learning to understand how climate, land use, and infrastructure interact to shape hazard exposure, impacts, and recovery.

Her research spans scales from individual sites and communities to watersheds and national systems, linking patterns of climate risk to the performance of climate adaptation strategies and interventions. She translates environmental data and modeling into decision-support frameworks and tools that identify emerging risks, evaluate adaptation options, and support planning and design strategies that deliver multifaceted environmental and societal benefits.

Sohn has led research supported by HUD, NFWF, EPA, and other state and nonprofit organizations, collaborating across environmental engineering, geography, horticulture, and urban planning. Her work has received more than 20 honors and awards, including the 2024 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Excellence in Research and Creative Work Award and the 2023 National Association of State Park Directors President’s Award. She also serves in national and international leadership roles, including CELA Urban Design Track Co-Chair and Board Member at Large for Sigma Lambda Alpha.