Scott Hotaling

Field:
Areas of Focus:

Expertise

• Climate Change
• Snowpack
• Glacier Recession
• Rock Glaciers
• Mountain Biodiversity
• Climate Adaptation
• Aquatic Ecology

Bio

Scott Hotaling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Watershed Sciences. He leads the Climate Change in Mountains Lab where his group studies how mountains in the western U.S. and around the world are being impacted by climate change. In Utah, he is studying mountain water resources and biodiversity with an emphasis on rock glaciers--large masses of debris-covered ice that are common throughout the state. Beyond research, Dr. Hotaling directs the Climate Adaptation Intern Program to inform Utah's needs around climate adaptation planning while simulatenously training a next-generation workforce of climate leaders to bolster the state's future.