Alumni
Drew Gower
PhD, 2020, Princeton University, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Drew Gower is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Francis Marion University, researching landscape evolution, ecosystem vulnerability, and sustainable agriculture with a focus on environmental science and GIS applications.
Biography
Drew comes to the Caylor Lab after having previously worked as as Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso and a Middle East program specialist for the US Forest Service Office of International Programs. His PhD focused on how food security in developing countries is affected by hydrologic variability, particularly in the dryland regions of Africa. The photo to the above shows Drew and his wife on a bike trip through southern Niger in 2005.