Phillip Fernberg
Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water & Air
Research Faculty
Biography
Phillip Fernberg is a Research Assistant Professor with the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air at Utah State University, where he also holds appointments in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning and the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence.
Phil’s work at the Institute includes a Pew Charitable Trust-funded project developing a statewide natural disaster risk and resilience investment matrix for Utah, and a research partnership with the Utah Office of Energy Development.
Phil holds a Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning from Utah State University, a Master of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University with focus areas in coastal resilience and geospatial modeling, and a BA in Latin American Studies from Brigham Young University. He is also co-founder and strategic advisor for Bloomlogic, an AgTech startup, and Chair of the Board of Directors of Latter-day Saint Earth Stewardship, a global faith-based environmental non-profit.