Nancee Uniyal was recently an international J-1 scholar at UGA and will be returning as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia’s Department of Geography in the Center for Geospatial Research. Her current developing work includes Disaster Management and Science Systems and Applications.
Nancee is from the Himalayan region of India, where she received her master's degree in history and a bachelor's degree in a Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology program. Her interdisciplinary scholarship led her to studying Geography, a long-time personal interest of hers.
Nancee Uniyal was selected as a participant in the NASA DEVELOP Program in 2022, working alongside a team to assess the impact of Hurricane Irma on personal property in Georgia and hot the damage influences property law and disaster recovery programs.
In addition to her work at UGA, Nancee is a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service.
Her long list of academic interests doesn’t stop there. Growing up, Nancee’s mother worked at a women’s empowerment NGO in India, where she was exposed to the framework of gender equality at a young age.
There she developed her personal connection to humanities and local populations. Nancee hopes to connect her expertise in the sciences with work 'on the ground,' creating a social impact with her career.
Her time at UGA has been marked by learning how to professionally collaborate and research. “UGA gives you that opportunity to learn [and explore... I think everyone should take that chance.”
Nancee is also auditing classes in her department to dive deeper into her field.
“The best thing at UGA,” she shared, “is that if you want to talk to anyone, they are very approachable... if you want to learn something new, everyone is there to help you.”
Nancee describes herself as having a ‘hunger for knowledge’ that has given her the motivation to pursue her academic dreams. Her time at UGA has been marked by learning how to professionally collaborate and research, and she is excited to complete her Ph.D. “UGA gives you that opportunity to learn [and] explore... I think everyone should take this chance.”