Research Interest
Transdisciplinary research; Climate Policy; Mitigation and Adaption to Climate Change; Vulnerability assessment; Building adaptive capacity; Weather-related hazards; Sustainability; Human-environment interactions; Spatial Social Research; Resiliency and decision-making; Fieldwork, and Mix-method approaches (qualitative and quantitative).
Selected Previous Work
PostDoc Research Associate: January 2019-September 2019
Location: The Sustainability Innovation Lab (SILC) at the University of Colorado-Boulder
Description:
Transdisciplinary focuses on impact-oriented research by combining interdisciplinarity with a participatory approach. It involves non-academic participants as equal participants in the process to finding a solution to a problem of society at large.
Location: The Sustainability Innovation Lab (SILC) at the University of Colorado-Boulder
Description:
Transdisciplinary focuses on impact-oriented research by combining interdisciplinarity with a participatory approach. It involves non-academic participants as equal participants in the process to finding a solution to a problem of society at large.
- Questions of Interest
- How transdisciplinary is understood and executed?
- How to train the next generation of Transdisciplinary Researchers/Practitioners?
- Who is collaborating on these projects? Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Researcher: September 2011-December 2018
Location: Geography Department University of California-Santa Barbara Description: Managed a multi-year-long project from beginning to end Mapped social vulnerability to weather events Worked with qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess vulnerability Performed spatial analysis Identified research gaps and created analysis related to impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation topics |
Fieldwork: January 2016 to March 2017
Location: Peruvian Altiplano (Puno's Region) Description: Asset-based vulnerability assessments help identify the available resources that can aid human agency. However, structured survey methodologies cannot capture a contextual understanding of local realities by themselves. Operationalizing social vulnerability requires understanding the structural factors involved, the uncertainties that individuals deal with, and the external constraints placed on assets. These assessments must attend to context and recognize that resources do not exist or are developed uniformly across groups. This fieldwork was part of a Ph.D. dissertation that aimed to illuminate the importance of local context in aiding efforts to assess and reduce vulnerability. Some tools for data collection were ethnographic observation, informal and formal interviews, and a secondary database. |
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Research Assistant: Summer 2014
Prof. Javiera Barandiarán
Prof. Affiliation: Global and International Studies- UCSB
Location: Center for Nanotechnology in Society UCSB
Description:
Working on fieldwork logistics, literature review, and research design about Environmental and Society changes due to the Lithium industry: Bolivia, Chile and Argentina Case Studies
Prof. Javiera Barandiarán
Prof. Affiliation: Global and International Studies- UCSB
Location: Center for Nanotechnology in Society UCSB
Description:
Working on fieldwork logistics, literature review, and research design about Environmental and Society changes due to the Lithium industry: Bolivia, Chile and Argentina Case Studies
Collaboration: Spring 2012 and Spring 2018)
Dr. Narcisa Pricope and Prof. David Lopez-Carr
Location: Geography Department- UCSB
Description:
Vulnerability to Climate Change (2012)
Geographic Vulnerability to Climate Change (2018)
Dr. Narcisa Pricope and Prof. David Lopez-Carr
Location: Geography Department- UCSB
Description:
Vulnerability to Climate Change (2012)
Geographic Vulnerability to Climate Change (2018)
Research Assistant: October 2010 until August 2011
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig and Dr. Radley Horton Location: UCCRN Columbia University/NASA-GISS Description: Assisted in Background literature and Document preparation for "PROVIA- Research Priorities on Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation " and "Climate Change and Cities: First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network". |
SOARS Protégé: Summer 2009 (National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Boulder, Colorado)
Title: Lightning activity in Atlantic tropical cyclones: Using the Long-range Lightning Detection Network Science Mentors: Joseph Golden (retired) NOAA/CIRES Bill Woodley (ret.) CIRES Writing & Communication Mentor: Amy Stevermer- UCAR/COMET Computing: Mike Page- NCAR To read the Full paper (UCAR library) click image for all abstracts SOARS 2009 |
SOARS Protégé: Summer 2008 (National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Boulder, Colorado)
Title: Convective transport of chemical constituents at Northern Alabama and Central Oklahoma; A numerical analysis. Science Mentor: Mary Barth ACD/NCAR Writing and Communication Mentor: Daniel Marsh- ACD/NCAR To read the Full Paper (UCAR library) click image for all abstracts SOARS 2008 |
SOARS Protégé: Summer 2007 (National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Boulder, Colorado)
Title: Improving data quality when sampling oxygen-18 isotopes in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Science Mentors: James White INSTAAR/CU-Boulder Bruce Vaughn INSTAAR/CU-Boulder Writing & Communication Mentor: Brian Bevirt-UCAR To read the Full Paper (UCAR library) click image for all abstracts SOARS 2007 |