Contributions to the media
"Rain Is Coming to Burning Los Angeles and Will Bring Its Own Risks", Scientific American (2025)
"The Future of West Coast Wildfire is Whiplash", Defector (2025)
"Weird weather isn't always because of climate change — but sometimes it is", NPR (2025)
“The worst wildfire in Texas' history has a complex link with climate change”, BBC (2024)
“Here’s how 2023 became the hottest year on record”, ScienceNews (2023)
“Extreme Wildfires Make Their Own Weather”, AGU EOS (2023)
“Western wildfires are making far away storms more dangerous”, NPR (2022)
“The drought in the western U.S. could last until 2030”, National Geographic (2022)
“Melting Arctic sea ice linked to ‘worsening fire hazards’ in western US”, CarbonBrief (2021)
“As ‘mudslides on steroids’ threaten, Santa Cruz Mountain dwellers ponder new normal”, Lookout Santa Cruz (2020)
Amazon and California Fires Media Availability, AGU Fall Meeting (2019)
Guest on Ocean Solutions: a NOISE Lab podcast
Expert contribution
Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI), NCAR Climate Data Guide
CHIRPS: Climate Hazards InfraRed Precipitation with Station data, NCAR Climate Data Guide
Understanding Climate Change Through the Science of Water: Hydrology and Climatology, AARP-California & WELL Virtual Water Symposium (2022)
State on Fire: Exploring Links Between California’s Fires and Climate Change, Washington, D.C. Columbia Alumni Association (2021)
Guest lecturer
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX - Course: Field Seminar in Sustainability in Environmental Sciences (2025)
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX - Course: Policy Research Project in the LBJ School of Public Affairs (2024)
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO - Course: Atmospheric Dynamics (2022)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - Course: Current and Future Trends in Extreme Weather (2020)
If you would like me to contribute to a media story or a panel, or guest lecture for your class, please get in touch! I am happy to chat about my own research, other people's related research, our general scientific understanding of climate change and/or current extreme climate events.