Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Geography
Rutgers State Univ New Brunswick, 1992
Master's Degree
MS in Geography
University of Idaho, 1986
Bachelor's Degree
BS in Geography and History
Carroll University, 1984
Featured grants
- Faroughi, Salah Aldin (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Tiefenbacher, John P (Co-Principal). ESMs Latent Space Exploration for Uncertainty Quantification and Spatiotemporal Downscaling, DOE-BER, Federal, $150000. (Funded: August 2022 - June 2024). Grant.
- Tiefenbacher, John P. Research Enhancement Grant. "Geographic Assessment of Roadway Hazards at Water Crossings during Flash-Flood Events in Central Texas.", Research Enhancement Program, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8000. (Funded: 2005). Grant.
- Tiefenbacher, John P. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center--Quick Response Grant. (Funded: 2000). Grant.
- Faroughi, Salah Aldin (Principal), Sharif Khodaei, Zahra (Co-Principal), Tamir, Dan (Co-Principal), Tiefenbacher, John (Co-Principal). Big Data Compression, Reduction, and Intelligent Fusion for Technology-enhanced Infrastructures, TXST MIRG, Texas State University, $30000. (Funded: August 2022 - September 2023). Grant.
- Tiefenbacher, John P (Principal). Assessing Vulnerability to Disaster Due to Disability in a City in the Russian Arctic, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $5597. (Funded: January 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Mahjour, S. K., Tiefenbacher, J. P., & Faroughi, S. A. (2025). Select Representative General Circulation Model Runs Using Envelope-Based Technique. Journal of Climate, 38(7), 1627–1650. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-24-0219.1
- Maleki, S., Pouyan, S., Khoshoui, M. M., Tiefenbacher, J. P., & Pourghasemi, H. R. (2024). Detecting soil salinization, sodicity, and alkalization hazards within cultivated lands using digital soil mapping approaches. In Advanced Tools for Studying Soil Erosion Processes: Erosion Modelling, Soil Redistribution Rates, Advanced Analysis, and Artificial Intelligence (pp. 435–460). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-22262-7.00019-9
- Mokarram, M., Pourghasemi, H. R., Tiefenbacher, J. P., & Pham, T. M. (2024). Mapping soil erosion susceptibility: A comparison of neural networks and fuzzy-AHP techniques. Environmental Earth Sciences, 83(19), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11869-8
- Amindin, A., Pourghasemi, H. R., Safaeian, R., Rahmanian, S., Tiefenbacher, J. P., & Naimi, B. (2024). Predicting Current and Future Habitat Suitability of an Endemic Species Using Data-Fusion Approach: Responses to Climate Change. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 94, 149–162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.03.002
- Nohani, E., Karimipour, A., Khazaei, S., Haroni, H. Z., Akhmatov, S.-M., Yegorov, A., … Tiefenbacher, J. (2024). Monthly streamflow forecasting based on meteorological data from a nearby station. Water Practice and Technology, 19(5). https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2024.109
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Invited Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society. October 23, 2023 - December 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, International Studies Program. January 1, 2008 - 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity., College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University. January 2020 - May 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. April 2016
Featured service activities
- Member
Texas State Family Campaign
- Member
Instructor Review Committee
- Chair
Instructor Review Committee
- Editorial Review Board Member
International Journal of Wine Research
- Other
Sustainability
- Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Geographical Research