Kihong Park recently joined the Sustainable URban Futures (SURF) Lab as a visiting Ph.D. student. Welcome!

Kihong Park is a Ph.D. student majoring in Water Resources and Coastal Engineering from Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea. He joined the SURF lab in Feb 2024. Before coming to OU, Kihong completed his master’s degree in Civil Engineering at Chung-Ang University. His previous research focused on the spatial and economic analysis of wastewater treatment plants, specifically the application of wastewater heat and risk analysis related to urban floods.

Kihong’s research interests include hydrology, meteorology, and disasters in the urban environment. His Ph.D. research focuses on the risk analysis of urban compound disasters using a multivariate probabilistic approach.