News
Short, dated entries about new papers, talks, grants, and lab activity. Older items roll off the front page but stay on this list. For full coverage of conference activity, see the CV.
2026
Apr 2026 · Anna Kosierowski defends honors thesis
On April 17, Anna Kosierowski defended her honors thesis, Legacy of Redlining: A GIS-Based Study of Environmental Hazards and Social Vulnerability in Historically Redlined Neighborhoods, during the Villanova Honors Program Senior Thesis Defense Day.
Mar 2026 · AAG San Francisco
Three Kremer-lab papers at the AAG annual meeting:
- Cultivating Data: The Philadelphia Garden Data Collaborative’s Approach to Urban Garden Preservation (Kremer, Borowiak, Scolio).
- Measuring Community Garden Security: A Study of Philadelphia’s Community Gardens (Scolio, Kremer, Borowiak).
- An Exploration of the Intersection of PM2.5 Air Pollution, Social Vulnerability, and Chronic Disease Across 500 US Cities (Myers, Kremer, Zhang, Shakya, Henderson).
Mar 2026 · Ecological Informatics
Kremer, P., Weaver, D., Stewart, J. D. (2026). Sensitivity of urban structure-temperature relationships to grid parameterization. Ecological Informatics, 93, 103587. DOI
2026 · Papers in print
- Rahman, M., Smith, V. B., Kremer, P., Wadzuk, B. M., Jiao, X., Amur, A., Arabi, S. (2026). Incorporating artificial intelligence into the future of stormwater management. Discover Water. Link
- Ermagun, A., Janatabadi, F., Safarloo, Z., Kremer, P., Lindley, S. (2026). Urban flooding restructures mobility through coupled behavioral and network disruption: a systematic review of evidence. Sustainable Cities and Society, 107285. Link
2025
Oct 2025 · Roots at Risk
Two WPF Webinar Series talks with Craig Borowiak on the security of Philadelphia urban gardens. Watch the webinar.
Jul 2025 · Associate Editor, Sustainable Cities and Society
Began as Associate Editor of Sustainable Cities and Society, responsible for editorial process on 3 to 5 papers per week.
May 2025 · William Penn Foundation grant
“Beyond Land Precarity: Building a Garden Database and Platform to Support Philadelphia Growers” funded, 2025 – 2027 (PI with Borowiak, Co-PI).
2025 · Several papers in print
Six peer-reviewed papers in 2025 covering urban flooding, GSI, SAR remote sensing, salinization, and air pollution:
- Hassebrock, J. M., Kremer, P., Seng, K. E., Goldsmith, S. T. Long-term impacts of land cover change on nitrate export in mixed-use exurban and suburban watersheds. Science of The Total Environment. DOI
- Al Mehedi, M. A., Smith, V., Kremer, P. A comparative analysis of urban and peri-urban flood identification using SAR imagery. PLOS Water. DOI
- Scolio, M., Amur, A., Olson, E., Smith, V., Wadzuk, B., Homet, K., Devlin, E., Kremer, P. Reconceptualizing urban flood modeling: toward intersectional and equitable urban flood risk planning. Sustainable Cities and Society. DOI
- Good, K., Robert, E., Kremer, P., Wang, Y., Wilson, J. M. Subbasin-level discharge-intake flow index to assess potential iodine point source discharges upstream of surface drinking water sources. Discover Water. Link
- Scolio, M., Kremer, P., Smith, V., Amur, A., Wadzuk, B., Homet, K., Devlin, E., Al Mehedi, M. A., Moore, L. Delineating urban flooding when incorporating community stormwater knowledge. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. DOI
- Terry, B., Kremer, P., Goldsmith, S. T., Shakya, K. M. Land use regression model to predict nitrogen dioxide in the greater Philadelphia area. Atmospheric Pollution Research. DOI
2024
Dec 2024 · Multiple AGU 2024 presentations
Eight Kremer-lab presentations at AGU 2024 in Washington, DC, covering GSI, flooding, mobility, air pollution, and watershed contamination.
Dec 2024 · Nature Cities
Winkler, Clark, Locke, Kremer, Aronson, Hoover, Joo, La Rosa, Lee, Lerman, Pearsall, Vargo, Nilon, Lepczyk (2024). Unequal access to social, environmental and health amenities in US urban parks. Nature Cities, 1(12), 861-870. DOI
Sep 2024 · WRA Award
WRA Innovation and Collaboration – Research Award, Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin.
Aug 2024 · NSF SCC-IRG Track 1 funded
Co-PI with Smith (PI), Jiao, Wadzuk, plus extended team. 2024 – 2028.
Aug 2024 · NSF DISES funded
Co-PI with Ermagun, Xiong (Co-PIs), Smith, Levy, Wadzuk. 2024 – 2028.
2024 · Multiple papers in print
Eight peer-reviewed papers in 2024:
- Joo, H. E., Clark, J. A., Kremer, P., Aronson, M. F. Socio-environmental drivers of human-nature interactions in urban green spaces. Urban Ecosystems. DOI
- Marks, N. K., Cravotta, C. A., Rossi, M. L., Silva, C., Kremer, P., Goldsmith, S. T. Exploring spatial and temporal symptoms of the freshwater salinization syndrome in a rural to urban watershed. Science of The Total Environment. DOI
- Lee, K., Aronson, M. F. J., Clark, J. A. G., Hoover, F.-A., Joo, H. E., Kremer, P., La Rosa, D., Larson, K. L., Lepczyk, C. A., Lerman, S. B., Locke, D. H., Nilon, C. H., Pearsall, H., Vargo, T. L. V. Limitations of existing park quality instruments and suggestions for future research. Landscape and Urban Planning. DOI
- Scolio, M., Bohra, C., Kremer, P., Shakya, K. M. Spatial analysis of intra-urban air pollution disparities through an environmental justice lens: a case study of Philadelphia, PA. Atmosphere. DOI
- Scolio, M., Kremer, P., Zhang, Y., Shakya, K. M. Spatial-temporal modeling of the relationship between surface temperature and air temperature in metropolitan urban systems. Urban Climate. DOI
- Jezycki, K. E., Rodriguez, E., Craft, C. B., Neubauer, S. C., Morris, J. T., Goldsmith, S. T., Kremer, P., Weston, N. B. Metal accumulation in salt marsh soils along the East Coast of the United States. Science of The Total Environment. DOI
- Cook, L. M., Good, K. D., Moretti, M., Kremer, P., Wadzuk, B., Traver, R., Smith, V. Towards the intentional multifunctionality of urban green infrastructure: a paradox of choice? npj Urban Sustainability. DOI
2023
May 2023 · Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
Awarded the Villanova Outstanding Faculty Mentor Teaching Award.