publications

2026

1. Advancing systemic risk assessment for complex, interdependent systems: a research agenda

   Tom Logan, B Rachunok, K Hardaway, and 7 more authors

   Risk Analysis, 2026

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2. Towards Operationalizing Ecological Resilience for Infrastructure Decision-Making

   Yamil Essus, Benjamin Rachunok, Tom Logan, and 2 more authors

   Risk Analysis, 2026

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3. Flexible infrastructure design for changing conditions

   Alysha Helmrich, James Robert Wolfinbarger, Kendrick Hardaway, and 2 more authors

   Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2026

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4. Two for One: Multi-Objective Disaster Recovery Models Improve Public Utility Post Disaster

   Robert Smith^*, Brandon McConnell, Russell King, and 1 more author

   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2026

   Bib

   @article{smith2026,
     title = {Two for One: Multi-Objective Disaster Recovery Models Improve Public Utility Post Disaster},
     author = {Smith, Robert and McConnell, Brandon and King, Russell and Rachunok, Benjamin},
     journal = {International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction},
     year = {2026},
     keywords = {review,selected},
     author+an = {1=student;4=highlight},
   }

5. Anticipating Household Rescue Demand in Hurricanes Using Socio-Demographic Data and Machine Learning

   Patrick Leavitt^*, Fred Livingston, Brandon McConnell, and 1 more author

   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2026

   Bib

   

   @article{leavitt2026,
     author = {Leavitt, Patrick and Livingston, Fred and McConnell, Brandon and Rachunok, Benjamin},
     title = {Anticipating Household Rescue Demand in Hurricanes Using Socio-Demographic Data and Machine Learning},
     journal = {International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction},
     year = {2026},
     keywords = {review,selected},
     author+an = {1=student;4=highlight},
   }

6. Online Grocery Reviews Enable Population-Level Measurement of Perceived Food Access

   Teresa Groton^* and Benjamin Rachunok

   Nature Food, 2026

   Bib

   @article{groton2026,
     title = {Online Grocery Reviews Enable Population-Level
     Measurement of Perceived Food Access},
     author = {Groton, Teresa and Rachunok, Benjamin},
     journal = {Nature Food},
     year = {2026},
     keywords = {review,selected},
     author+an = {1=student;2=highlight},
   }

7. Fast is Fair: Trade-offs in Cell Tower Network Restoration

   Robert Smith^*, Benjamin Rachunok, Brandon McConnell, and 1 more author

   Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2026
8. Clustering-based Assessment of Power System and Energy System Inderdependence

   Elizabeth Harris^* and Benjamin Rachunok

   Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2026
9. Prepare vs Response: Stochastic Modeling of Flood Resilience in NC Rural Schools

   Juan Chala Lancheros^* and Benjamin Rachunok

   Risk Analysis, 2026

2025

1. Leveraging the American Housing Survey to Quantify Risk and Resilience

   Kendrick Hardaway, Kelsea Best, and Benjamin Rachunok

   Risk Analysis, 2025

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2. A Computational Framework for Modeling Access to Services and the Resilience Impacts of Electric Vehicles During Blackouts

   Yamil Essus^* and Benjamin Rachunok

   IEEE Access, 2025

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3. Flood-related Tweets offer High-resolution impact assessments

   Ankon Biswas, Alysha Helmrich, and Benjamin Rachunok

   npj Urban Sustainability, 2025
4. Comparing online and offline Social Capital

   Ignacio Sepulveda^* and Benjamin Rachunok

   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2025

2024

1. Predicting and understanding residential water use with interpretable machine learning

   Benjamin Rachunok, Aniket Verma, and Sarah Fletcher

   Environmental Research Letters, 2024

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2. Alternative household water affordability metrics using water bill delinquency behavior

   Jennifer Skerer, Aniket Verma, Morgan Edwards, and 2 more authors

   Environmental Research Letters, 2024

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3. Electric Vehicles Limit Equitable Access to Essential Services During Blackouts

   Yamil Essus^* and Benjamin Rachunok

   NPJ Urban Mobility, 2024

   DOI Bib

   

   @article{essus2024,
     author = {Essus, Yamil and Rachunok, Benjamin},
     title = {Electric Vehicles Limit Equitable Access to Essential Services During Blackouts},
     year = {2024},
     keywords = {peerjournal,selected},
     journal = {NPJ Urban Mobility},
     author+an = {2=highlight;1=student},
     doi = {10.1038/s44333-024-00007-3},
   }

2023

1. Socio-hydrological drought impacts on urban water affordability

   Benjamin Rachunok and Sarah Fletcher

   Nature Water, 2023

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2. Socio-hydrological impacts of rate design on water affordability during drought

   Adam Nayak, Benjamin Rachunok, Barton Thompson, and 1 more author

   Environmental Research Letters, 2023

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2021

1. Overemphasis on recovery inhibits community transformation and creates resilience traps

   Benjamin Rachunok and Roshanak Nateghi

   Nature Communications, 2021

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2. Mapping climate discourse to climate opinion: An approach for augmenting surveys with social media to enhance understandings of climate opinion in the United States

   Jackson Bennett, Benjamin Rachunok, Roger Flage, and 1 more author

   PLOS ONE, 2021

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3. A path forward for leveraging social media to improve the study of community resilience

   Benjamin Rachunok, Jackson Bennett, Roger Flage, and 1 more author

   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2021

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4. Short-term solar irradiance forecasting using convolutional neural networks and cloud imagery

   Minsoo Choi, Benjamin Rachunok, and Roshanak Nateghi

   Environmental Research Letters, 2021

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5. The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use

   Renee Obringer, Benjamin Rachunok, Debora Maia-Silva, and 3 more authors

   Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021

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2020

1. Asymmetrical response of California electricity demand to summer-time temperature variation

   Rohini Kumar, Benjamin Rachunok, Debora Maia-Silva, and 1 more author

   Scientific Reports, 2020

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2. Assessing Global Environmental Sustainability Via an Unsupervised Clustering Framework

   Aiyshwariya Paulvannan Kanmani, Renee Obringer, Benjamin Rachunok, and 1 more author

   Sustainability, 2020

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3. The sensitivity of electric power infrastructure resilience to the spatial distribution of disaster impacts

   Benjamin Rachunok and Roshanak Nateghi

   Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2020

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4. Hurricane-induced power outage risk under climate change is primarily driven by the uncertainty in projections of future hurricane frequency

   Negin Alemazkoor, Benjamin Rachunok, Daniel R Chavas, and 4 more authors

   Scientific reports, 2020

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5. Assessment of wind power scenario creation methods for stochastic power systems operations

   Benjamin Rachunok, Andrea Staid, Jean-Paul Watson, and 1 more author

   Applied Energy, 2020

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2019

1. Twitter and Disasters: A Social Resilience Fingerprint

   B. Rachunok, J. Bennett, and R. Nateghi

   IEEE Access, 2019

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