My Work

I lead and contribute to cross-sector climate and technology initiatives that turn complex research into actionable tools, programs, and policy-relevant insights. Explore selected projects, publications, and collaborations below — or view my CV for a full overview of experience and roles.
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Community & Stakeholder Engagement

 

Create, Host, and Lead Climate Events

Conduct UI/UX Research

Co-Lead Indigenous Workshops

Moderate National Career Panels

Present Technical Talks

Host Virtual Events

Climate Science & Technical Proficiency

Research & Field Work

 

Project Management

 

  • Climate Science & Modeling: WRF & CMIP/ERA5 data, climate change, risk, suitability
  • Data Analysis & Management: Spatiotemporal statistical analysis of large geophysical datasets (vector & raster),  Geospatial analysis & visualization
  • Technical Proficiency: MATLAB, ArcPro, GIS, Linux OS, GrADS, R, NVivo, NCAR supercomputing
  • Research Focus: Human-Centered Design (HCD), design thinking, UI/UX, user research, climate services, digital climate advisory services (DCAS), applied climatology, climate change, suitability, risk, adaptation, resilience
  • Survey/Interview Development & Collection: Local & international, in-depth interviews, focus groups, trainings, Qualtrics, NVivo
  • Indigenous Relations: Climate symposiums, fire stewardship workshops, funding and project management, short-film production
  •  Prototyping: Replit
  • LLMs: Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT
  • Project Management Software: ClickUp, Notion, Trello, Asana, Slack
  • Communication & Engagement: University-level teaching, virtual & in-person hosting & moderating, symposiums, workshops, alumni relations
  • Content Creation: Canva (newsletters, blogs, LinkedIn articles, infographics)
  • Web Design: WordPress, Wix
  • Collaboration: Multi-disciplinary, adaptable, strategic & creative thinking, mentoring

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    ⬅️ User-centered UI/UX updates for an AI-enabled heat stress app supporting farmworker safety

    ⬅️Mitigating heat risk for farmworkers policy brief

    ⬅️Supporting Indigenous Fire Stewardship in Central California

     

    ⬅️ San Diego farming studied for insights on regenerative agriculture, climate change

    ⬅️Southern California winegrowers are seeing earlier vineyard events due to climate shifts, emphasizing the need for long-term resilience strategies

    ⬅️The Southern Border Coalition’s workshops unite tribes, environmental groups, and stakeholders for community-led discussions and research, focusing on equitable economic development and climate resilience in San Diego and Imperial Counties

    ⬅️Uses high-resolution WRF-SSIB climate model projections to assess future winegrape cultivation suitability in Southern California, predicting significant impacts on grapevine ripening and wine quality due to a projected mid-21st-century temperature increase of 1.2°C and an 11% decrease in precipitation

    ⬅️Highlights from the latest IPCC report attribute current global warming to human actions, prompting global mitigation and adaptation efforts. Research in San Diego County, CA, recommends enhancing cross-sector communication, prioritizing adaptation equally with mitigation, and incorporating environmental and climate justice

    ⬅️Evaluates 13 CMIP6 climate models on the Brazilian Amazon’s hydrological cycle using spatial pattern mapping, Taylor diagram, and EOF analysis. Identifies top performers and aids in understanding precipitation projections crucial for agriculture, energy, and water security, supporting reliable future climate scenarios

    🏆Won best paper of the year for the journal

    ⬅️Deforestation in Rondônia’s protected Amazon areas could reduce dry season rainfall by up to 30%, create warmer, drier local climates, increase vapor deficit stress on vegetation, and enhance rainfall over newly cleared areas, negatively impacting agricultural productivity

    ⬅️Deforestation in the Legal Amazon Region, driven by cattle ranching, agriculture, and weakened policies, threatens 832,000 km² of unprotected rainforest. Despite covering only 15% of the Amazon, it accounted for 36% of last year’s illegal deforestation. WRF simulations show forest loss impacts regional climate, altering surface energy balance, wind circulation, temperature, and dry season rainfall

    ⬅️With climate change, sea levels continue to rise and erode the California coastline; events like El Niño only work to exacerbate the situation. This research explores efficient ways to decelerate the loss of coastline, suggesting areas that are more likely to be affected by these events and processes, such that effective measures and properly allocated money can ensure the safety of the shoreline and surrounding areas.

    NOAA-CESSRST Fellow
    Water Production Connections Researcher
    Co-Founder & President GGSA