Curiculum Vitae

Research Experience

• Rutgers University: Assistant Research Professor, November 2021 - January 2023

• Rutgers University: Postdoctoral Research Associate, June 2018 - November 2021

• Rutgers University: Graduate Research Assistant, June 2014 - June 2018

• Summer Intern: Stevens Institute of Technology, Summer 2013

Teaching Experience

Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business

• STA 9719  - Foundations of Statistical Inference for masters students (Assistant Professor) - Spring 2019

Rutgers University

• 01:960:211  - Statistics I (Instructor) - Fall 2014 - Summer 2016

New York City Department of Education

• High school mathematics teacher and NYC Teaching Fellow - August 2003 - June 2005

Welcome to English Institute, La Serena, Chile

• English Language teacher for Chilean professionals - Winter 2001

University of Kansas

• Calculus-based Introductory Statistics for business majors (Teaching Assistant) - 1997 - 1998

• Accounting Course Coordinator for summer program in Italy - Summer 1999

• Mathematics Tutor for introductory mathematics courses -  1996 - 1998

Professional Experience

• Accenture: Consultant, 2000 - 2003

• American Management Systems: Programmer Analyst, 1999 - 2000

Skills

Computer and Technical Skills

MATLAB, Python (numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn, matplotlib, seaborn), R Statistical Computing, High-Performance Computing (HPC), slurm scripting, shell/Batch scripting, LaTeX, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Statistical Skills

predictive models, spatio-temporal hierarchical modeling, data science, interdisciplinary collaboration, Bayesian statistics, hierarchical empirical models, experimental design, machine learning, uncertainty quantification, non-parametric statistics, Gaussian process regression

Mentoring Experience

Graduate Students

• Roger Creel - Columbia University (co-advisor with Jacky Austermann), 2018 - 2022

• Jennifer Walker - Rutgers University, 2019 - 2022

• Kristen Joyse - Rutgers University, 2017 - 2021

• Daniel Gilford - Rutgers University, 2018 - 2020

• Peter Chutcharavan - University of Florida, 2018 - 2019

• Daniel Allen - Berkeley, 2020 - 2021

Undergraduate Student

• Rutgers Research for Undergraduates (REU) Christina Williamson - Pomona University, Summer 2016

Select Conference , Meeting and Guest Lecture Presentations

1. What do historical observations, proxies, and models reveal about the magnitude of natural climate variability and future projections on sea‑level rise?  Trans-disciplinary Perspectives on Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience - Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ - virtual, September 2021. * invited talk

2. A Probabilistic Estimate of Mid‑Holocene Sea Level. PALSEA meeting - virtual, September 2021.

3. How Can Novel Statistical Methods Improve Analyses in Environmental Sciences? Mathematics and Statistics Department, Maynooth University - Maynooth, Ireland - virtual,  August 2021. * invited talk

4. Estimation of global sea level over the late Holocene. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting - virtual, October 2020. * invited talk

5. Storylines in Last Interglacial Antarctic Ice‑Sheet Mass Loss Inform Future Extreme Sea Levels. PALSEA meeting - virtual, September 2020.

6. Understanding Drivers of Holocene Relative Sea Level Change Using Gaussian Process Regression. AGU Annual Fall Meeting - San Francisco, CA - December 2019.

7. Estimating global sea level over the late Holocene using a spatio‑temporal empirical Bayesian hierarchical framework. IGCP Project 639 – Sea Level Change from Minutes to Millennia - Xiamen, China, October 2019.

8. Improving estimates of relative sea level through the use of nonparametric empirical distributions of proxy indicators. Paleo Constraints on Sea Level (PALSEA) meeting. Dublin, Ireland, July 2019.

9. Improving estimates of global sea level. HOLocene SEA levels (HOLSEA) meeting. Dublin, Ireland, July 2019. *invited talk

10. Estimating global sea level over the late Holocene using a spatio‑temporal empirical Bayesian hierarchical framework. International Quaternary Association (INQUA) Congress. Dublin, Ireland, July 2019.

11. The Amplitude and Timing of Holocene Relative Sea‑Level Changes from the Caribbean to South America. IGCP Project 639 – Sea Level Change from Minutes to Millennia. Southern Italy, September 2018.

12. Postglacial relative sea‑level histories along the Northeastern Canadian coastline. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly. Vienna, Austria, April 2019.

13. Statistical modeling of rates and trends in sea level. PALSEA2 meeting. Playa del Carman, Mexico, November 2017.

14. A hierarchical statistical framework for integrating non‑Gaussian coral archives into reconstructions of relative sea level. IGCP Project 639 – Sea Level Change from Minutes to Millennia. Durban, South Africa, September 2017.

15. Holocene Relative Sea Level from the Western Atlantic. A ‘Pole to Pole’ transect. AGU Annual Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 2016.

16. Hierarchical Statistical Modeling of sea level. HOLocene SEA levels (HOLSEA) meeting. Mt. Hood, Oregon. September 2016. *invited talk.

17. Spatial and temporal extent of the mid‑Holocene highstand in the western Atlantic. PALSEA2 meeting. Mt. Hood, Oregon. September 2016.

18. Spatio‑temporal hierarchical modeling of rates and variability of Holocene sea‑level changes. Command, Control, and Interoperability for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA) Annual Meeting. Piscataway, NJ. September 2016. *invited talk.

19. Drivers of Holocene sea‑level change – Using a global database of RSL records from the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly. Vienna, Austria. April 2016.

20. Holocene relative sea‑level changes from near‑, intermediate‑, and far‑field locations. GIA Modeling Symposium. Fairbanks, Alaska. May 2015.

21. Spatio‑temporal sea‑level modeling. Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA) Research Retreat - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. February 2015.