Brief Curriculum Vitae


Education

Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science: University of Washington, 2011

M.A.T. in Natural Science: Colgate University, 1996

B.S. in Physics: Bucknell University, 1994


Professional Experience

Director: Center for Climate Risk Managment (CLIMA), The Pennsylvania State University, 1/2022—present

Associate Research Professor: Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 3/2020—present

Assistant Director: Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 2/2019—present

Associate Research Professor: Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 7/2018—present

Assistant Research Professor: Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 7/2017—6/2018

Research Associate: Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 10/2012—6/2017

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 6/2011—10/2012

Visiting Lecturer: Environmental Program, Colorado College, 9/2010

Laboratory Instructor: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Bates College, 9/2001—8/2003

Faculty Member: Olney Friends School, 8/1996—6/2001

Visiting Lecturer: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bucknell University, 1/1996—5/1996


Affiliations, Memberships, and Roles

Associate, Center for Climate Risk Management (CLIMA), The Pennsylvania State University

Associate, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI), The Pennsylvania State University

Associate, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), The Pennsylvania State University

Associate, Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES), The Pennsylvania State University

Co-Lead, Penn State Initiative for Resilient Communities (PSIRC), The Pennsylvania State University

Co-Chair, Research Computing and CyberInfrastructure (RCCI) Executive Committee, The Pennsylvania State University

Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

(former) External Advisor, Cities Advancing Science Literacy (CASL), New England Aquarium and Aquarium of the Pacific

(former) Faculty Co-Chair, Research Computing and CyberInfrastructure (RCCI) Working Group for High-Performance Computing (HPC), The Pennsylvania State University

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