Tyler Fricker
Assistant Professor
School of Sciences
HANN 306
318-342-1401
Tyler Fricker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Education
Ph D
2019, Geography
Florida State University
MS
2015, Geography
Florida State University
BS
2013, Environment and Natural Resources
The Ohio State University
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Tyler Fricker is a physical geographer and climatologist who focuses on applied climatology and human-environment interaction through the study of natural hazards using primarily statistical, computational, and geospatial methods.
Recent Publications
Malloy, K., Schroder, Z., Fricker, T., Burrow, D. An Environment-based Tornado Count Model for CMIP6. The Journal of Climate.
Fricker, T. A Metropolitan-Level Climatology of Tornado Frequency in the United States. The Annals of the American Association of Geographers.
Moore, T. W., DoBeor, T. A., Fricker, T. (2024). Multi-timescale exploration of teleconnection/tornado activity relationships in the Southeastern United States. Theoretical and Applied Climatology.
Schroder, Z., Fricker, T. (2023). Exploring the overlap: comparing STORGIS and ONETOR data between 1950 and 1989. Theoretical and Applied Climatology.
Fricker, T., Murphy, T. A. Quantifying the Effects of the KULM Radar on Local Climatology, Operational Success, and Societal Impacts of Tornadoes.
Fricker, T., Wells, T., Allemeier, J. T., Baxter, A. (2023). Digitizing and geocoding historical records to improve an understanding of tornado climatology (pp. 750–762). The Professional Geographer.
Schroder, Z., Fricker, T. (2023). Expanding the historical "outbreak" climatology between 1880 and 1989 (pp. 3273–3285). Natural Hazards.
Murphy, T. A., Stetzer, T. M., Walker, L., Fricker, T., Bryant, B., Woodrum, C. (2022). Analysis of the 12 April 2020 North Louisiana Tornadic QLCS. Journal of Operational Meteorology.
Fricker, T., Allen, D. L. (2022). A Place-Based Analysis of Tornado Activity and Casualties in Shreveport, Louisiana. Natural Hazards.
Fricker, T., Friesenhahn, C. (2021). Tornado fatalities in context: 1995--2018 (pp. 81–93). Weather, Climate, and Society.
Moore, T. W., Fricker, T. (2020). Tornadoes in the United States are concentrating on fewer days, but their power dissipation is not. Theoretical and Applied Climatology.
Fricker, T. (2020). Tornado-Level Estimates of Socioeconomic and Demographic Variables. Natural Hazards Review.
Fricker, T. (2020). Evaluating tornado casualty rates in the United States (pp. 101535). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Research Grants
Sury, J. (Principal), Schroder, Z. (Co-Principal), Fricker, T. (Co-Principal), Hansen, S. (Co-Principal), "Estimating Tornado Risk to Child-Serving Institutions in Future Climate Scenarios" (Funded), Sponsored By Natural Hazards Center Weather Ready Research Award, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $15,000. (September 25 2024 - Present).
Fricker, T. (Principal), "Expanding Predictive Modeling Frameworks for Tornado Casualties" (Pending Funding Decision), Sponsored By Louisiana Board of Regents: Research Competitiveness Subprogram, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $79,720. (November 7 2024 - May 31 2027).
Fricker, T. (Principal), Murphy, T. (Co-Principal), Leppert II, K. (Co-Principal), "Establishing a Monroe Micronet for Integrated Research and Education" (Pending Funding Decision), Sponsored By Louisiana Board of Regents: Departmental Enhancement Proposals, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $82,622. (October 24 2024 - May 31 2027).
Clifton, A. (Principal), Fricker, T. (Co-Principal), "Mathematical Modeling of Severe Convective Hazards Under Future Climate Scenarios" (Pending Funding Decision), Sponsored By Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $15,000. (February 27 2025 - May 31 2026).
Fricker, T. (Principal), "Leveraging surface observations and satellite imagery to map urban extreme temperatures in northern Louisiana" (Not Funded), Sponsored By National Aeronautics and Space Administration, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $178,106. (February 1 2024 - January 31 2026).
Fricker, T. (Principal), "Measuring and Mapping Urban Extreme Temperatures in Northeast Louisiana" (Not Funded), Sponsored By Louisiana Board of Regents: Research Competitiveness Subprogram, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $66,722. (June 1 2023 - May 31 2025).
Fricker, T. (Principal), Murphy, T. A. (Co-Principal), Leppert, K. (Co-Principal), "Installing a Plotter and Scanner in Hanna 333 to Improve Student Engage- ment and Research Opportunities in a Designated Student Computer Lab" (Not Funded), Sponsored By ULM Student Technology Access Plan Fund, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $15,930. (June 1 2022 - May 31 2023).
Murphy, T. (Principal), Fricker, T. (Co-Principal), Leppert II, K. (Co-Principal), "Deploying a JupyterHub Server to Support Education and Research at ULM" (Funded), Sponsored By Unidata Equipment Awards, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $15,044. (June 1 2022 - May 31 2023).
Fricker, T. (Principal), "Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign -- Monroe, Louisiana" (Not Funded), Sponsored By National Integrated Heat Health Information System, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $10,000. (May 1 2022 - August 31 2022).
Fricker, T. (Principal), Murphy, T. (Co-Principal), Leppert II, K. (Co-Principal), "Developing an Improved Geosciences Curriculum Through a Data Science Perspective" (Funded), Sponsored By Louisiana Board of Regents, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $29,780. (June 1 2021 - June 30 2022).
Courses Taught
GEOG 1001REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY, 16 course(s)
GEOG 1002REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY, 3 course(s)
GEOG 2005SPORTS GEOGRAPHY, 2 course(s)
GEOS 1001EARTH SCIENCE, 4 course(s)
GEOS 1002NATURAL DISASTERS AND HAZARDS, 8 course(s)
GEOS 1006INTRO TO CLIMATE CHANGE, 1 course(s)
GEOS 4035PRINCIPLES OF GEOG INFO SYST, 3 course(s)
GEOS 4045ADV GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS, 3 course(s)
GEOS 4050REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIROMENT, 2 course(s)