Jeffrey Carney, M.Arch.
Professor of Architecture and Director of the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)
College of Design, Construction and Planning
Jeff Carney is a registered architect and certified urban planner working at the interface of housing, neighborhoods, ecosystems and hazards, with a focus on community-scale adaptation.
His current research includes projects in the cities of Port St. Joe, Jacksonville and Cedar Key, as well as communities across coastal Lee County, all seeking to balance health, environmental and housing needs in response to disasters and increasing hazard risks.
Carney is spearheading the GulfSouth Studio initiative, sponsored by the National Academies of Sciences Gulf Research Program, to connect community engagement, advanced computational tools and coastal resilience through studio-based design education in the Florida Gulf region. Most recently, Carney is co-leading the JaxTwin and Florida Digital Twin initiatives, exploring the use of urban digital twins to support decision-making in Jacksonville and the State of Florida more broadly.
Previously, Carney served as director of the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio, where he led the development of the Louisiana Resiliency Assistance Program, designed the 10,000-square-foot permanent exhibition for the LSU Center for River Studies, and co-led the award-winning submission, “The Giving Delta,” for the Changing Course design competition. Shortly before joining UF, Carney initiated the Inland from the Coast project, supported by NASEM and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which examined upriver flood impacts on Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
“Since joining the University of Florida in 2018 and even prior to that, his research has consistently addressed critical challenges facing our communities and the environment,” said Nancy Clark, director of the School of Architecture. “His work is not only academically rigorous but also engaged with real-world problems, making a tangible difference in the lives of Floridians and beyond.”
Carney has led over 45 research projects, securing more than $14 million in funding. His work has been recognized nationally with numerous state and national awards in architecture, planning and landscape architecture. His projects have been widely published and exhibited, including at the Venice Biennale.
Carney earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and master’s degrees in both architecture and city and regional planning from the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley, he was awarded the Branner Fellowship to conduct a year-long research project studying the evolution of modernist neighborhood design in Europe, South America and Asia – an experience that continues to shape his work today.