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Oscar Ovanger (left) moderates a panel at the 2026 Planet Texas 2050 Symposium at UT Austin, in March. Seated next to him, from left to right, are his three postdoctoral advisers: Professors Adam Rabinowitz, Dev Niyogi and Tim Keitt.
June 11, 2026

Southern Exposure

Postdoctoral fellow Oscar Ovanger, a statistician from Norway, contributes to multiple Planet Texas 2050 projects, applying statistical modeling and machine learning to everything from birds to archeology.

A map illustrating the average daily heat risk in a suburban Austin neighborhood, with dark red signifying higher risk and yellow lower risk
Action photo of one of Khristián Méndez Aguirre’s recent productions, “The Serpents Fly at Sundown,” which utilizes puppetry to gather stories from people who have survived natural disasters
January 12, 2026
Planet Texas 2050
Climate Takes Center Stage
Eureycea salamanders (left, credit: Yaqing Li) and Ambystoma salamanders (right, credit: David Ledesma) feature in two studies from UT.

Planet Texas 2050 in the Media

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Screen grab of KVUE's (ABC) Daniel Perreault reporting on this story. He stands next to a map that shows the current risk of death to Austin's elderly population if they were to stay inside their home during a heatwave and coincidental power outage. The median heat risk for each neighborhood is displayed as the value.
AI storm data
A cross at a memorial in Guadalupe Park is seen near downed trees in the Guadalupe River from the July 4 floods, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. While we cannot erase tragedies, we can use our knowledge and research to improve preparedness, warnings and response, writes David R. Maidment. Photo by Elías Valverde II, Dallas Morning News staff photographer