Kelley De Polt

Berufliche Positionen

• Doktorand, Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Deutschland — Seit 01/2022
• Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Master), East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA — 01/2020–12/2021
• Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Master), North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Asheville, North Carolina, USA — 05/2021–12/2021
• Studentischer Forschungsassistent, State Climate Office of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina, USA — 05/2016–12/2019

Ausbildung

• Externer Doktorand, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Niederlande — Seit 01/2022
• M.Sc. Geographie; Master-Zertifikat Äquivalenz in GIS, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA — 01/2020–12/2021
• B.Sc. Meteorologie; Nebenfach Computerprogrammierung, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA — 08/2015–12/2019

Publikationen

2025

Uckan, Y., Ruiz-Vásquez, M., De Polt, K., & Orth, R. (2025). Global relevance of atmospheric and land surface drivers for hot temperature extremes. Earth System Dynamics, 16, 869–889. (https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-869-2025)

Leeper, R. D., Harrington, T., Palecki, M. A., De Polt, K., Scott, E., Runkle, J., & Diamond, H. J. (2025). The Influence of Drought on Heat Wave Intensity, Duration, and Exposure. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 64(5), 425–438. (https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-24-0072.1)

2024

Sewell, K., Paul, S., De Polt, K., Sugg, M. M., Leeper, R. D., Rao, D., & Runkle, J. D. (2024). Impacts of compounding drought and heatwave events on child mental health: insights from a spatial clustering analysis. Discov. Ment. Health, 4(1). (https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-023-00055-0)

Bogdanovich, E., Brenning, A., Reichstein, M., De Polt, K., Guenther, L., Frank, D., & Orth, R. (2024). Official heat warnings miss situations with a detectable societal heat response in European countries. Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct., 100, 104206. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104206)

2023

De Polt, K., Ward, P. J., de Ruiter, M., Bogdanovich, E., Reichstein, M., Frank, D., & Orth, R. (2023). Quantifying impact-relevant heatwave durations. Environ. Res. Lett., 18, 104005. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf05e)

2021

Curtis, S., De Polt, K., Kruse, J., Mukherji, A., Helgeson, J., Ghosh, A., & Van Wagoner, P. (2021). Spatially Compounded Surge Events: An Example from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21(6), 1759–1767. (https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1759-2021/)

2020

Chappell, T., Ward, R., De Polt, K., Roberts, P., Greene, J., & Kennedy, G. (2020). Thrips Infestation Predictor: A practical tool for predicting tobacco thrips (Frankliniella fusca) infestation of cotton seedlings in the southeastern United States. Pest Manag. Sci., 76(12), 4018–4028. (https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5954)

Kunkel, K. E., Easterling, D. R., Ballinger, A., Bililign, S., Champion, S. M., Corbett, D. R., Dello, K. D., Dissen, J., Lackmann, G. M., Luettich Jr., R. A., Perry, L. B., Robinson, W. A., Stevens, L. E., Stewart, B. C., & Terando, A. J. (2020). North Carolina Climate Science Report. North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. (https://ncics.org/programs/nccsr/)
    * Technischer Beitrag

Kommende Veröffentlichungen

De Polt, K., Dormann, C. F., Ward, P. J., de Ruiter, M. C., Runkle, J. D., Wutzler, T., Reichstein, M., & Orth, R. (2025). Regional Differences in the Impact of Heat and Moisture on Public Health within Europe. ESS Open Archive. (https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.174282873.38972040/v1)

Schlumberger, J*., De Polt, K.*, Claassen, J. N., et al. (2025). Empowering ECRs to make research projects flourish: lessons from a European research project [Version 1; Peer Review: 1 approved with reservations]. Open Res Europe, 5:312. (https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21517.1)
    * Diese Autoren haben gleichwertig beigetragen.

Tiggeloven, T., Raymond, C., de Ruiter, M. C., Sillmann, J., Thieken, A. H., Buijs, S. L., Ciurean, R., Cordier, E., Crummy, J. M., Cumiskey, L., De Polt, K., Duncan, M., Ferrario, D. M., Jäger, W. S., Koks, E. E., van Maanen, N., Murdock, H. J., Mysiak, J., Nirandjan, S., Poschlod, B., Priesmeier, P., Sairam, N., Schweizer, P.–J., Stolte, T. R., Zenker, M.–L., Daniell, J. E., Fekete, A., Geiß, C. M., van den Homberg, M. J. C., Juhola, S. K., Kuhlicke, C., Lebek, K., Šakić Trogrlić, R., Schneiderbauer, S., Torresan, S., van Westen, C. J., Claassen, J. N., Khazai, B., Murray, V., Schlumberger, J., & Ward, P. J. (2025). Reflections and Future Directions for Multi-Hazard Risk in the Context of the Sendai Framework and Discussions Beyond. EGUsphere (Preprint). (https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2771)