Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
New York University
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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University. I hold a Ph.D. (2011), an M. Phil. (2011) and an M.A. (2009) focusing in Atmospheric Science and Climatology from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, and a B.A. in Physics from New York University (2006).
My research focuses on understanding interactions between climate change and variability, land-use, and agriculture, with an eye towards identifying and quantifying important feedbacks and uncertainties. My research utilizes a variety of tools and datasets, including global climate models, and observed and remote-sensing datasets, and I have recently been gaining experience with process-based crop models. I have undertaken numerous climate-agroecosystem assessments, with an emphasis on identifying metrics of system health and resilience in the face of climate change and variability, and socio-economic changes.
Previously, I was a NASA Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, and conducted much of my work through the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (www.agmip.org), which is undertaking integrated assessments of climate change and food security in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. I continue my work with AgMIP, and also use the NASA GISS global climate model to investigate global and regional climate-land surface interactions, and the impact of climate change and altered sea surface temperatures on the South Asian Summer Monsoon system. My work has appeared in Climate Dynamics, Paleoceanography, and Global Change Biology, and I present annually at major conferences, such as the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting.
