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Jihoon Jung

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Geography and the Environment

Email: Jihoon.Jung@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Florida State University, 2019
    Major: Geography

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • GEOG 3120 - Medical Geography, 1 course.
  • GEOG 4185 - Statistical Research Methods in Geography, 1 course.
  • GEOG 5185 - Statistical Research Methods in Geography, 1 course.
  • GEOG 5510 - GIS for Applied Research, 2 courses.
  • GEOG 5950 - Master's Thesis, 1 course.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Carstens, J.D., Uejio, C.K., Powell, E., Jung, J., Zonka, S. (2025). Tropical cyclones and climate change: An overview for the public health community. Environmental Research. 285 122149. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.122149
  • Jung, J., Schollaert, C.L., Masuda, Y.J., Connolly, R.E., Bonilla, E., Samuel, K., Elum, D., Haugo, R.D., Bandzuh, J.T., Baek, B.H., Marlier, M.E., Spector, J.T., Wilkins, J.L. (2025). Wildland fire smoke exposure disparities by wildland urban interface category and land ownership. Landscape and Urban Planning. 263 105423. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105423
  • Connolly, R., Marlier, M.E., Garcia-Gonzales, D.A., Wilkins, J., Su, J., Bekker, C., Jung, J., Bonilla, E., Burnett, R.T., Zhu, Y., Jerrett, M. (2024). Mortality attributable to PM 2.5 from wildland fires in California from 2008 to 2018. Science Advances. 10 (23) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl1252
  • Kim, K., Lee, J., Ahn, Y., Sim, S., Jung, J. (2024). Changes in Spatiotemporal Patterns of Crimes During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Atlanta, Georgia. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 17 (1) 139-156. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-023-09531-0
  • Jung, J., Wilkins, J.L., Schollaert, C.L., Masuda, Y.J., Flunker, J.C., Connolly, R.E., D'Evelyn, S.M., Bonillia, E., Rappold, A.G., Haugo, R.D., Marlier, M.E., Spector, J.T. (2024). Advancing the community health vulnerability index for wildland fire smoke exposure. Science of the Total Environment. 906 167834. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167834
  • Schollaert, C.L., Alvarado, E., Baumgartner, J., Isaksen, T.B., Jung, J., Marlier, M.E., Marshall, J.D., Masuda, Y.J., Tessum, C.W., Wilkins, J., Spector, J.T. (2024). Estimated impacts of forest restoration scenarios on smoke exposures among outdoor agricultural workers in California. Environmental Research Letters. 19 (1) 014085. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad16a4
  • Schollaert, C.L., Jung, J., Wilkins, J., Alvarado, E., Baumgartner, J., Brun, J., Busch Isaksen, T., Lydersen, J.M., Marlier, M.E., Marshall, J.D., Masuda, Y.J., Maxwell, C., Tessum, C.W., Wilson, K.N., Wolff, N.H., Spector, J.T. (2023). Quantifying the smoke-related public health trade-offs of forest management. Other. 7 (2) 130-139. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01253-y
  • Kang, J., Jung, J., Kim, K. (2023). COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Plans Should Consider Spatial Distribution of Age-Specific Population. The Professional Geographer. 75 (6) 1034-1044. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2215851
  • Jung, J., Park, S., Lee, C.G. (2023). How disability severity is associated with changes in physical activity and inactivity from adolescence to young adulthood. Other. 81 (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-023-01043-0
  • Egbert, J., Krenz, J., Sampson, P.D., Jung, J., Calkins, M., Zhang, K., Palmández, P., Faestel, P., Spector, J.T. (2022). Accuracy of an estimated core temperature algorithm for agricultural workers. Other. 77 (10) 809-818. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2022.2033672
  • Uejio, C.K., Joiner, A.P., Gonsoroski, E., Tamerius, J.D., Jung, J., Moran, T.P., Yancey, A.H. (2022). The association of indoor heat exposure with diabetes and respiratory 9-1-1 calls through emergency medical dispatch and services documentation. Environmental Research. 212 113271. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113271
  • Flunker, J.C., Zuidema, C., Jung, J., Kasner, E., Cohen, M., Seto, E., Austin, E., Spector, J.T. (2022). Potential Impacts of Different Occupational Outdoor Heat Exposure Thresholds among Washington State Crop and Construction Workers and Implications for Other Jurisdictions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 (18) 11583. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811583
  • Jung, J., Al-Hamdan, M.Z., Crosson, W.L., Uejio, C.K., Duclos, C., Kintziger, K.W., Reid, K., Jordan, M., Zierden, D., Spector, J.T., Insaf, T.Z. (2022). Evaluation of NLDAS-2 and Downscaled Air Temperature data in Florida. Physical Geography. 43 (5) 562-588. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2021.1928878
  • D’Evelyn, S.M., Jung, J., Alvarado, E., Baumgartner, J., Caligiuri, P., Hagmann, R.K., Henderson, S.B., Hessburg, P.F., Hopkins, S., Kasner, E.J., Krawchuk, M.A., Krenz, J.E., Lydersen, J.M., Marlier, M.E., Masuda, Y.J., Metlen, K., Mittelstaedt, G., Prichard, S.J., Schollaert, C.L., Smith, E.B., Stevens, J.T., Tessum, C.W., Reeb-Whitaker, C., Wilkins, J.L., Wolff, N.H., Wood, L.M., Haugo, R.D., Spector, J.T. (2022). Wildfire, Smoke Exposure, Human Health, and Environmental Justice Need to be Integrated into Forest Restoration and Management. Other. 9 (3) 366-385. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-022-00355-7
  • Jung, J., Ahn, Y., Bommarito, J. (2022). Disparities in COVID-19 health outcomes among different sub-immigrant groups in the US - a study based on the spatial Durbin model. Geospatial Health. 17 (s1) PAGEPress Publications. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2022.1064
  • Jung, J., Uejio, C.K., Kintziger, K.W., Duclos, C., Reid, K., Jordan, M., Spector, J.T. (2021). Heat illness data strengthens vulnerability maps. BMC Public Health. 21 (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12097-6
  • Parsons, L.A., Jung, J., Masuda, Y.J., Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Wolff, N.H., Kroeger, T., Battisti, D.S., Spector, J.T. (2021). Tropical deforestation accelerates local warming and loss of safe outdoor working hours. Other. 4 (12) 1730-1740. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.11.016
  • Jung, J., Uejio, C.K., Adeyeye, T.E., Kintziger, K.W., Duclos, C., Reid, K., Jordan, M., Spector, J.T., Insaf, T.Z. (2021). Using social security number to identify sub-populations vulnerable to the health impacts from extreme heat in Florida, U.S.. Environmental Research. 202 111738. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111738
  • Kim, K., Jung, J., Schollaert, C., Spector, J.T. (2021). A Comparative Assessment of Cooling Center Preparedness across Twenty-Five U.S. Cities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18 (9) 4801. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094801
  • Jung, J., Uejio, C.K., Duclos, C., Jordan, M. (2019). Using web data to improve surveillance for heat sensitive health outcomes. Other. 18 (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-019-0499-x
  • Uejio, C.K., Morano, L.H., Jung, J., Kintziger, K., Jagger, M., Chalmers, J., Holmes, T. (2018). Occupational heat exposure among municipal workers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 91 (6) 705-715. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-018-1318-3
  • Jung, J., Uejio, C.K. (2017). Social media responses to heat waves. International Journal of Biometeorology. 61 (7) 1247-1260. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-016-1302-0
  • Box, J.E., Cressie, N., Bromwich, D.H., Jung, J., van den Broeke, M., van Angelen, J.H., Forster, R.R., Miège, C., Mosley-Thompson, E., Vinther, B., McConnell, J.R. (2013). Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Balance Reconstruction. Part I: Net Snow Accumulation (1600–2009). Other. 26 (11) 3919-3934. American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-12-00373.1

    • posted-content

  • Sablan, O., Ford, B., Hawkinson, C.B., hu, l., Jung, J., Langer, C.E., Maichak, C., Maji, K.J., Moraga-McHaley, S., Russell, T., Uejio, C.K., Vansickle, M., Fischer, E.V., Pierce, J.R., Magzamen, S. Health impacts of wildfire smoke exposure in New Mexico during 2022 and sensitivity to exposure estimate and referent period. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.174729521.12368206/v1

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Jung, J. (Author & Presenter), Dr. Oppong’s research group meeting, Adapting to Climate Change: Exploring the Impact of Heat on People and Places, Dr. Oppong’s research group meeting, UNT, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Sablan, O.M. (Author & Presenter), Ford, B. (Author), Hawkinson, C. (Author), Jung, J. (Author), Langer, C. (Author), Maichak, C. (Author), Maji, K.J. (Author), McHaley, S.M. (Author), Russell, A.G. (Author), Uejio, C.K. (Author), VanSickle, M. (Author), Fischer, E. (Author), Pierce, J.R. (Author), Magzamen, S. (Author), AGU, Comparison of three smoke PM2.5 estimates and the associated health effects in New Mexico 2022, AGU, Washington DC, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Baek, B. (Principal), Oommen, R. (Co-Principal), Wilkins, J. (Co-Principal), Jung, J. (Other), "Long-term criteria and toxic pollutants trends in air quality and community exposures over the Marcellus Shale region in the U.S.," sponsored by Health Effects Institute, National, $643942 Funded. (2024 - 2025).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Computing Committee. (August 19, 2024 - December 13, 2024).
  • Committee Member, ENSC Admissions Committee. (August 19, 2024 - December 13, 2024).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Admissions Committee. (August 19, 2024 - December 13, 2024).
  • Other (volunteer), GIS day. (November 20, 2024 - November 20, 2024).
  • Other (volunteer), UNT preview day. (October 5, 2024 - October 5, 2024).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, The Lancet Regional health. (December 7, 2024 - December 31, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Environmental Challenges. (November 27, 2024 - December 27, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Sustainable Cities and Society. (October 24, 2024 - November 24, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, The International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. (October 19, 2024 - November 15, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Toxics. (October 4, 2024 - November 4, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Science of Remote Sensing. (September 21, 2024 - October 21, 2024).
  • Mentor, Korea-America association for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences. (September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Natural Hazards. (August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024).