2026
23 February 2026…
Horticultural Societies of Parkdale and Toronto (Invited): Climate change extremes by the season, Toronto, Canada. Remote Presentation.
2025
16 December 2025…
Climate Central (Host): Climate Central’s Monthly Briefing Highlights from November 2025. [Report][Recording]
14 November 2025…
Cooperative Atmospheric and Earth Science Assemble of Researchers (Invited): Sharing complex research through effective communication techniques. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
10 November 2025…
Guest lecture for “EV228: Analysis of Environmental Data” (Invited): Data visualization for trusted science communication, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
19 September 2025…
American Geophysical Union (Award): Outstanding Reviewer Award for JGR: Machine Learning and Computation. [Article]
25 September 2025…
2025 AWMA NCNJ & Rutgers-Camden conference: Building today with tomorrow in mind (Panelist): Overburdened communities: Climate justice and disproportionate impacts. Rutgers University–Camden, NJ, USA. [SlideShare]
29 August 2025…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) Webinar (Host): Introduction to Arctic Disaster Risk Reduction. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare][Recording]
5 August 2025…
Climate Central Lunch & Learn (Presentation): Bringing real-time climate monitoring to life, Princeton, NJ. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
31 July 2025…
COLDEX Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) (Panelist): Earth science career panel. Remote Presentation.
30 July 2025…
Terra.do (Invited – Keynote): Visualizing our changing climate in real-time. Remote Presentation. [Event][SlideShare][Recording]
22 July 2025…
The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (Panelist): Harnessing the Power of Social Media: Using Different Platforms Strategically. Remote Presentation.
2 June 2025…
8th C3S General Assembly (Invited): Monitoring our changing climate through data-driven stories, Valencia, Spain. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare][Recording]
1 June 2025…
The Weather and Climate Livestream (Invited – Keynote): Science in retreat: The consequences for the Arctic and our planet. Remote Presentation. [Agenda][Recording][SlideShare]
28 April 2025…
EGU General Assembly 2025 (Invited): Academic activism for urgent climate action: How to get started?, Vienna, Austria. Remote Presentation. [Abstract]
3 April 2025…
Pennswood Village (Presentation): Our changing climate in the Northeast United States, Newtown, PA, USA. [Event][SlideShare]
24 March 2025…
IOP Publishing (Award): Outstanding Reviewer Award in Environmental Research: Climate. [Article]
26 February 2025…
Rider University, Global Biogeochemistry Class Visit (Presentation): Arctic climate change through the lens of data visualization, NOAA GFDL, Princeton, USA. [SlideShare]
13 February 2025…
Guest lecture for “First-Year Innovation and Research Experience and Climate Computing” (Presentation): Using machine learning for understanding changes in the Earth system, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
1 February 2025…
18th Annual Monmouth Junction Elementary School PTO Science Fair (Volunteer): Meet a scientist event, Dayton, NJ.
28-30 January 2025…
OAR GFDL 5-Year Science Review (Presenter): Q3 – How can GFDL research and modeling be further utilized to meet NOAA stakeholder needs and enhance research partnerships to ensure GFDL’s success?, NOAA GFDL, NJ. [Agenda][Slides]
22 January 2025…
Virtual Workshop, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society’s University and Professional Education Committee (Panelist): How are technological and climate disruptions impacting education and careers in the weather and climate enterprise? Remote Presentation.
16 January 2025…
NOAA Booth, 105th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (Presentation): Using machine learning for understanding changes in U.S. summertime temperatures. New Orleans, LA, USA. [SlideShare]
15 January 2025…
NOAA Library (Panelist): Two decades of the NOAA Arctic Report Card: history, reflections, and next steps. Remote Presentation. [Recording][Webinar]
15 January 2025…
NOAA Research (Panelist): NOAA Constituent Briefing on the 2024 Arctic Report Card. Remote Presentation.
13 January 2025…
105th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (Session Convener): Communicating climate change uncertainty to the public, New Orleans, LA. [Abstract]
2024
29 October 2024…
NOAA Climate Connections 2.0 (Session Convener): Developing Climate Projection Services at NOAA, Washington, DC. [Abstract]
25 September 2024…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) Webinar (Host): USAPECS 2024 Polar Film Festival Filmmaker Roundtable. Remote Panel. [Recording]
31 July 2024…
NOAA-CESSRST-II Fellows Visit (Organizer): A Day Dedicated to Networking, Belonging, and NOAA Mission Sciences, NOAA GFDL, NJ. [Poster]
18 July 2024…
GFDL/AOS Summer Internship Lecture Series (Presentation): Data Visualization Workshop, Princeton University, NJ. [SlideShare]
31 May 2024…
Arctic Congress 2024 (Session Convener): Cross/TransDisciplinary Collaborations and Advancing Community, Equity, and Inclusion in Arctic Research, Bodø, Norway. [Abstract]
18-19 May 2024…
21st Annual New Jersey Ocean Fun Days (Volunteer): Atmospheric and oceanic sciences outreach booth for Princeton University, Island Beach State Park/Sandy Hook, NJ, USA. [Event]
17 May 2024…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) Webinar (Host): Get to know Polar STEAM webinar: how to collaborate with educators and artists in your polar research. Remote Presentation.
10 May 2024…
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Student/Postdoc Seminar (Presentation): Reexamining future projections of Arctic climate linkages, Princeton University, USA. [SlideShare]
26 April 2024…
NOAA GFDL Take Your Child to Work Day (Presentation/Volunteer): Welcome to GFDL, Princeton, NJ, USA. [SlideShare]
3 April 2024…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) IDEA Training Course (Presentation): Accessibility and disability in online spaces. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
27 March 2024…
IARPC Collaborations, Modelers’ Community of Practice (Presentation): Explainable AI approach for evaluating climate models in the Arctic. Remote Presentation. [Event][SlideShare][Recording]
26 March 2024…
GFDL Polar Climate Interest Group (Presentation): An intro to explainable AI for polar climate science, NOAA GFDL, Princeton, NJ. [SlideShare]
25 March 2024…
Climate Communication Workshop: Learn How To Make Your Research Matter (Keynote Presentation): Using accessible data to communicate global climate change, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. [Event][SlideShare]
14 March 2024…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) Webinar (Host): Water in a Frozen Arctic: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. Remote Panel. [Event][SlideShare][Recording]
12 March 2024…
Sharing Science – North American Webinar, Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) Community (Presentation): Explainable neural networks for evaluating patterns of climate change and variability. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare][Recording]
23 February 2024…
Department of Environmental Sciences Seminar (Presentation): Applications of machine learning for climate change and variability, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. [SlideShare]
15 February 2024…
Cornell Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (Panelist): Virtual alumni career panel. Remote Presentation.
3 February 2024…
17th Annual Monmouth Junction Elementary School PTO Science Fair (Volunteer): Meet a scientist event, Dayton, NJ.
31 January 2024…
104th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (Session Chair): Frontiers in Earth System Modeling, Baltimore, MD. [Abstract]
17 January 2024…
ACCAP – International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Panelist): Arctic Report Card: Background and Key Finding. Remote Presentation. [Event][Recording][Slides]
2023
20 December 2023…
NOAA Research (Panelist): 2023 Arctic Report Card Stakeholder Briefing. Remote Presentation.
6 December 2023…
Mercer County Community College (Presentation): Meet the climate scientists: our journey and our science, West Windsor Township, NJ, USA. [SlideShare]
18 November 2023…
NJ State Museum Planetarium (Presentation): Visualizing climate change through data, Trenton, NJ. [SlideShare]
16 November 2023…
Department Seminar (Presentation): Revisiting projections of Arctic climate change linkages, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
5 October 2023…
Atmosphere and Ocean Climate Dynamics Seminar (Presentation): Using explainable machine learning to evaluate climate change projections, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
28 September 2023…
Guest lecture for “Observing and Modeling Climate Change (EES 3506/5506)” (Presentation): Contrasting polar climate change in the past, present, and future, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
25 September 2023…
American Geophysical Union (Award): Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing in Geophysical Research Letters. [Article]
21 September 2023…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) Webinar (Host): Roundtable with some of the filmmakers from the 2023 Polar Film Festival. Remote Panel. [Recording]
11 September 2023…
Hershey Horticulture Society (Presentation): Climate change extremes by season in the United States, Hershey, PA, USA. [SlideShare]
August 2023…
Expert Contributor to the NCAR Climate Data Guide: “Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS)” [Website]
22 August 2023…
Guest lecture for “Introduction to Global Climate Change (ESS 15)” (Invited): Our changing Arctic in the past and future, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare][Recording]
26 July 2023…
AOS Isaac Held Blog Post Meeting (Presentation): What really is business as usual?, Princeton University, NJ. [SlideShare]
20 July 2023…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) Webinar (Host): Launching Your Online Science Persona. Remote Panel. [Recording]
10 July 2023…
GFDL/AOS Summer Internship Lecture Series (Presentation): Making effective science figures, Princeton University, NJ. [SlideShare]
19 June 2023…
La Uni Climática (Presentation): Monitoring indicators of climate change through data-driven visualization. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
13 June 2023…
EUMET/Copernicus Earth Observation – Data Visualization Workshop Series (Presentation): Climate Extremes: Heatwaves, Changes in Ice, Drought, Sea Ice Anomalies. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare][Visualization Guide][Recording]
18 May 2023…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists Meeting (Presentation): Techniques and considerations for improving accessibility in online media. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare][Recording]
9 May 2023…
Barnes Research Group Meeting (Presentation): Experiences working at a NOAA research laboratory, Colorado State University, USA. Remote Presentation.
20 April 2023…
Mercer County Community College (Presentation): Career pathways and research opportunities in the Earth sciences, West Windsor Township, NJ, USA. [SlideShare]
14 April 2023…
Resnick Young Investigators Symposium (Presentation): Creative machine learning approaches for climate change detection, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), CA, USA. [Symposium Event][SlideShare]
12 April 2023…
GFDL Poster Session with NOAA Research (Presentation): A data-driven approach to identifying key regions of climate change in GFDL SPEAR, Princeton, NJ. [Poster]
24 March 2023…
NBCU Fellows Academy Workshop (Presentation): Telling data-driven climate stories, The City College of New York, USA. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
15 March 2023…
GFDL Lunchtime Seminar Series (Presentation): Using explainable AI to identify key regions of climate change in GFDL SPEAR large ensembles, Princeton, NJ. [SlideShare]
22 February 2023…
Natural Sciences Group Seminar (Presentation): Using explainable machine learning for evaluating patterns of climate change, Washington State University Vancouver, USA. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
20 February 2023…
Climate Change and Agriculture Guest Seminar (Presentation): Evaluating and communicating Arctic climate change projections, Kansas State University, USA. [SlideShare]
15 February 2023…
Rider University, Global Biogeochemistry Class Visit (Presentation): Arctic climate change through the lens of data visualization, NOAA GFDL, Princeton, USA. [SlideShare]
10 February 2023…
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Student/Postdoc Seminar (Presentation): Forced climate signals with explainable AI and large ensembles, Princeton University, USA. [SlideShare]
9 February 2023…
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science Colloquium (Presentation): Exploring explainable machine learning for detecting changes in climate, Florida State University, USA. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
13 January 2023…
Scientific Machine Learning Community (Presentation): Explainable AI for identifying regional climate change patterns, University of Leeds, UK. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare][Recording]
2022
7 December 2022…
IEEE-Student Branch – IIT Indore, Tech-Talks 2.0 (Presentation): Machine learning for evaluating climate model projections. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
23 November 2022…
GFDL Lunchtime Seminar Series (Presentation): Using data visualization for accessible science (communication), Princeton, NJ. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
17 October 2022…
IEEEVis 2022, #Viz4Climate (Invited): Workshop on high-impact techniques for visual climate science communication, Oklahoma City, OK. Remote Panel. [Event][SlideShare]
22 September 2022…
United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) Webinar (Presentation): USAPECS Get to Know Us & Listening Session. Remote Panel. [Recording]
12 July 2022…
REU Professional Development Series (Invited): Making effective and accessible figures, Colorado State University, CO. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
28 June 2022…
GFDL/AOS Summer Internship Lecture Series (Presentation): Learning new climate science by thinking creatively with machine learning, Princeton University, NJ. [SlideShare]
16 May 2022…
Department of Energy’s Office of Science – Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program (Featured Study): Research Highlights. [Article]
29 April 2022…
Guest lecture for “Objective Analysis in Atmospheric Sciences (ATS 655)” (Invited): Using data visualization for effective science (communication), Colorado State University, CO. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
14 February 2022…
Columbia University (Invited): Communicating Arctic climate change through data-driven stories, Guest lecture for “Applications in Climate & Society”, New York City, NY. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
31 January 2022…
North Carolina State University (Invited): Arctic climate change through the lens of data visualization, Guest lecture for “Adaptation to Climate Change”, Raleigh, NC. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
2021
9 December 2021…
NASA JPL (Invited): Exploring climate change signals with explainable AI, JPL Carbon Club, Pasadena, CA. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
1 November 2021…
CASSINI Hackathon (Invited): Climate Change in the Arctic, Nordic Startup School, Finland. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
13 October 2021…
GFDL (Invited): Assessing climate variability and change with explainable neural networks, Princeton University, NJ. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
10 September 2021…
Department of Psychology (Invited): Learning new climate science by opening the machine learning black box, Cognitive Brownbag Series, Colorado State University, CO. [SlideShare]
20 July 2021…
REU Professional Development Series (Invited): Making effective figures, Colorado State University, CO. [SlideShare]
30 June 2021…
American Geophysical Union (Award): Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing in Geophysical Research Letters. [Article]
16 June 2021…
US Climate Variability and Predictability (Featured Graphics): 2021 June CLIVAR Newsgram. [Article]
1 June 2021…
ABC News (Invited): Climate summit for the ABC network. Panelist-Remote. [SlideShare]
5 May 2021…
Guest lecture for “Objective Analysis in Atmospheric Sciences (ATS 655)” (Invited): Using data visualization for effective science (communication), Colorado State University, CO. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
30 March 2021…
2021 Spring Postdoctoral Research Symposium (Presentation): Revealing climate change signals with explainable AI, Colorado State University, CO. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
21 March 2021…
Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (Invited): Communicating Arctic climate change through data-driven stories, Lisbon, Portugal. Remote presentation. [SlideShare][Recording]
10 March 2021…
Department of Atmospheric Science (Presentation): Improving science (communication) through data visualization, Colorado State University, CO. Remote Presentation. [SlideShare]
26 January 2021…
Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network (Invited): The pan-Arctic impacts of thinning sea ice. Anchorage, AK. Remote presentation. [SlideShare][Webinar]
2020
2 December 2020…
Colorado State University (Presentation): Why is it difficult to resolve future projections of Arctic-midlatitude linkages?, Fort Collins, CO. Remote presentation. [SlideShare]
21 October 2020…
Cornell Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (Invited): Professional Series (Academic Sector). Panelist-Remote.
20 October 2020…
AMS Early Career Leadership Academy (Invited): Session on Climate Change Communications. Panelist-Remote.
14 October 2020…
University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Invited): Trends and regional variability of observed Arctic sea ice thickness, Fairbanks, AK. Remote presentation. [SlideShare][Webinar]
10 September 2020…
Yale University (Invited): Refining projections of the ‘warm Arctic, cold Siberia’ pattern in climate model simulations, New Haven, CT. Remote presentation. [SlideShare]
5 May 2020…
Irvine Valley College (Invited): Observations and climate model projections of Arctic climate change, Irvine, CA. Remote presentation. [SlideShare]
6 March 2020…
Climate, Literacy, Empowerment And iNquiry (CLEAN) (Presentation): The Cryosphere Outreach event, MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA.
5 February 2020…
Irvine Unified School District’s 39th Annual Science Fair (Volunteer): Judge for physical science projects, Irvine, CA.
15 January 2020…
100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (Chair): Side Panel : Using Social Media to Communicate Climate Science, Boston, MA. [Abstract][SlideShare]
2019
15 November 2019…
Department of Earth System Science (Presentation): Improving scientific graphics of climate (change) data, University of California, Irvine, CA. [SlideShare]
16 October 2019…
Irvine Unified School District (Volunteer): Ask-A-Scientist/Engineer Night at Creekside High School, Orange County, CA.
23 September 2019…
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (Contributed Art): Geoscience Communication in the Modern Age – “A Changing Arctic”, Phoenix, AZ. [Geologic Art Show]
20 September 2019…
UC Irvine Graduate Orientation (Panelist): Session Title – Healthy Student Life – The Current Student Perspective, Irvine, CA.
15 May 2019…
MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School (Presenter): College and Career Day Experience, Santa Ana, CA.
14 May 2019…
Irvine Valley College (Invited): Projections of a future Arctic climate, Irvine, CA. Oral presentation.
29 April 2019…
Vista Verde School (Presentation): Weather and climate booth at an Earth Science Day fair, Irvine, CA.
8 March 2019…
Climate, Literacy, Empowerment And iNquiry (CLEAN) (Presentation): Weather and Climate Outreach event, MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA.
9 February 2019…
Orange County Regional Science Olympiad (Event Supervisor): Climate Science-Meteorology exam writer and proctor, Irvine, CA.
1 February 2019…
Climate, Literacy, Empowerment And iNquiry (CLEAN) (Presentation): The Cryosphere Outreach event, MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA.
2018
11 December 2018…
NOAA (Supplied Graphics): Arctic Report Card – Update for 2018. [Video Media]
30 October 2018…
Brews and Brains: TED-Style Talk (Presentation): Our Changing Arctic, Fireside Tavern, Costa Mesa, CA. Oral presentation. [Recording]
10 October 2018…
Irvine Unified School District (Volunteer): Ask-A-Scientist/Engineer Night at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Orange County, CA.
21 September 2018…
UC Irvine Graduate Orientation (Panelist): Session Title – Student Panel – Embracing Your New Graduate Life, Irvine, CA.
4 June 2018…
ESS Python Tutorial (Presentation): Data workflows and science visualization, Irvine, CA. [SlideShare]
2 May 2018…
Vista Verde School (Presentation): Weather and climate booth at an Earth Day fair, Irvine, CA.
3 April 2018…
Irvine Valley College (Invited): Disentangling Arctic climate change and variability, Irvine, CA. Oral presentation.
27 February 2018…
Irvine Unified School District’s 37th Annual Science Fair (Volunteer): Judge for physical science projects, Irvine, CA.
22 February 2018…
Climate, Literacy, Empowerment And iNquiry (CLEAN) (Presentation): Weather and Climate Outreach event, MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA.
10 February 2018…
Orange County Regional Science Olympiad (Event Supervisor): Climate Science-Meteorology exam writer and proctor, Irvine, CA.
2 February 2018…
Climate, Literacy, Empowerment And iNquiry (CLEAN) (Presentation): The Cryosphere Outreach event, MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School, Santa Ana, CA.
2017
28 September 2017…
Irvine Unified School District (Volunteer): Ask-A-Scientist/Engineer Night at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Orange County, CA.
August 2017…
Expert Contributor to the NCAR Climate Data Guide: “Sea Ice Thickness Data Sets: Overview & Comparison Table” [Website]
31 August 2017…
Irvine Unified School District (Volunteer): Ask-A-Scientist/Engineer Night at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Orange County, CA.
18 August 2017…
NASA DIRECT-STEM Program (Invited Presenter): Assessing a changing Arctic, Irvine, CA. Oral presentation.
29-30 April 2017…
Climate Data Hackathon (Invited Presenter): Looking for clues to changes in Arctic sea ice, Irvine, CA. [Syllabus/GitHub]
28 February 2017…
Irvine Unified School District’s 36th Annual Science Fair (Volunteer): Judge for physical science projects, Irvine, CA.
11 February 2017…
Orange County Regional Science Olympiad (Event Supervisor): Severe Storms-Meteorology exam writer and proctor, Irvine, CA.
2016
8 November 2016…
Fullerton College (Invited): Communicating the Future of Arctic Climate Change, Natural Sciences Division, Fullerton, CA. Oral presentation.
13 October 2016…
Irvine Unified School District (Volunteer): Ask-A-Scientist/Engineer Night at Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, Orange County, CA.
16-17 August 2016…
NASA DIRECT-STEM Climate Workshop (Instructor): Data and Analysis of Arctic Climate Change Using Python, Irvine, CA. [Syllabus/GitHub]
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