Climate research & applications
Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
I study climate variability and extremes, with applications to tropical cyclones, marine heatwaves, and wildfire, alongside water availability and river navigation.
Latest preprint
Connecting river forecasts with navigation-disruption risk and illustrative insurance applications.
I am seeking funding and industry partners, with particular interest in transport operators, brokers, insurers, and reinsurers.
Projects, catalogs, and simulations
AI FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FORECASTING
My water-resources research has used Chronos-2, a time-series foundation model, to evaluate streamflow forecasts and their applications to Mississippi River navigation risk.
I am also developing proposals that use the atmospheric chemistry version of Microsoft Aurora to model smoke transport.
OCEAN TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
Co-PI working with Mingfang Ting on the drivers and persistence of marine heatwaves. The collaboration combines observations, climate-model experiments, and machine learning to investigate extreme ocean warming.
Upcoming presentations · AGU 2026
Related past presentation · AGU 2025
TROPICAL CYCLONES
A global 10,000-year stochastic tropical cyclone track and wind catalog.
Explore the catalogWATER AVAILABILITY
Winter-Summer Drought and Monsoon Modeling for Mines.
Visit the projectEASTERN U.S. WILDFIRE
Co-PI studying connections between climate variability and wildfire in the eastern United States.
Visit the projectUpcoming presentation · AGU 2026
Understanding wildfire drivers in the eastern U.S.
Erica A. H. Smithwick et al. · Coauthor
INTERACTIVE SIMULATION
Hurricane Interactive Track Simulator for the North Atlantic basin.
Explore the simulatorRESEARCH GROUP
Research in the Division of Ocean and Climate Physics at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Visit the groupMISSISSIPPI RIVER HYDROCLIMATE
Collaboration on Mississippi River hydroclimate and flow extremes, including historical floods and hydrologic modeling. The working-group page brings together climate datasets, analysis, and modeling resources.
Explore the working-group resourcesPapers, background, and connections