Teaching Portfolio

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Goals/Philosophy
Courses Offered
Supervisees and research projects
isolab 2011

Goals and Philosophy

In teaching I try to ensure that all courses have clear goals and offer a toolbox of skills which students can directly transfer to their research.  My topical interests include global change for non-majors, meteorology and climatology, climate and society, dynamics and paleoclimatology of ENSO, physics of climate, Quaternary paleoclimatology and paleoecology, spatiotemporal statistics and data analysis, and field and isotope laboratory practica. 

As a research mentor I encourage an informal, respectful, collaborative environment.  If I have done my job properly, group members emerge with a deep understanding of the nature of paleodata, strong analytical and quantitative skills, exposure to a hierarchy of climatological models, and a global perspective.  They can manage long-term tasks, publish in the peer-reviewed literature, win research and training grants, and speak clearly about their work.

Courses Offered

Number/schedule link
Title/link to course homepage
Last offering/assessment
AOSC/GEOG/GEOL123
Introduction to Global Change
Spr 2011 @ Maryland
GEOL 489V/789V
Statistics for Geoscientists
Fall 2010 @ Maryland
GEOL 437
Global Climate Change Spr 2011 @ Maryland
GEOL 489G/789G Geoscientific Modeling
Fall 2009 @ Maryland
ATMO/GEOS597e Spatiotemporal Data Analysis Workshop Fall 2008 @ Arizona
ATMO/GEOS 595c Patterns and Mechanisms of decadal climate variability Spr 2008 @ Arizona
NATS101 Introduction to Global Change/Honors
Fall 2007 @ Arizona
NATS101
Intro to Global Change, "AIT" section Fall 2007 @ Arizona
GEOS595e Journal Club: Topics in Dendrochronology Spr 2007 @ Arizona
ATMO/GEOS513 ENSO: Past, Present, Future Spr 2006 @ Arizona
GEO101IN Weather and Climate Spr 2005 @ TOCC
GEOS595e
Topics, Tools and Techniques in Paleoclimate Research Spr 2004 @ Arizona


Supervisees and their research projects

Name
Dept.
Topic
Degree
Kristina Taylor
UMD/Biochem
ENSO paleoclimatology in Queensland, Australia B.S. (exp) 2013
Leandra Bitterfeld
UMD/Ecol. & Evol. Biol.
ENSO paleoclimatology in Queensland, Australia B.S. (exp) 2014
Heagan Ahmed
Eleanor Roosevelt HS (2011)
Small sample analysis of carbonates by high throughput CF-IRMS; soon to be at Cornell University, Class of 2014
NSF-sponsored HS internship
Adam Farrell
UMD/Geology
Carbon sequestration in basalts
B.S. (2011)
Austin Green
UMD/Geology-Honors
ENSO paleoclimatology in Queensland, Australia; JHU Applied Research Laboratory intern
B.S. (exp) 2013
Grant Jiang
UMD/Geology-Honors
Development of cellulose standards; ENSO paleoclimatology in Queensland, Australia; Woods Hole intern; study abroad in Norway, AY 2011-2012
B.S. (exp) 2013
Andrew Gonyo
UMD/GEOL
Small sample analysis of carbonates by high throughput CF-IRMS
Ph.D. program 2010-2011
Diane Thompson
UA/Geosciences
process modeling of coral climate proxy records (w/ J.E. Cole)
co-supervised for 2010-2011 project; Ph.D. 2012 (exp)
Nick Gava
UMD/GEOL
ENSO paleoclimatology in Queensland, Australia
M.S. (exp) 2011
Matt Glazewski
UMD/GEOL
Forecasting bias in a greenhouse world; now with National Weather Service
M.S. program, part-time 2009-2010
Suz Tolwinski
UA/Applied Math
Bayesian hierarchical modeling of paleoclimates
Ph.D. (exp) 2011
Adam Csank
UA/GEOS/LTRR
Arctic paleoclimatology (w/ S.W. Leavitt); Papua New Guinea stable isotope dendroclimatology; now postdoc at U Alaska-Anchorage
Ph.D. (exp) 2010
Ruth Penniston
UA/ENVS
Australian isotope dendroclimatology; Fulbright Fellow (Norway) 2011-2012
B.S. (exp) 2010
Megan Rheaume
UA/GEOS
Australian isotope dendroclimatology; now consulting
B.S. (exp) 2009
Ana Kursinski
UA/ATMO
GPSRO water vapor retrievals and ENSO prediction
Postdoc 2008-09
Micheal Hailey
UA/GEOS/LTRR
stable isotope laboratory technician
B.S. 2007
Sarah White
UA/EEB
stable isotope laboratory manager; now M.S. candidate, Univ. of Arizona
M.S. (exp) 2010
R. Scott St. George
UA/GEOL/LTRR
south central Canadian hydrology (w/ D.M. Meko); now Assistant Professor, Geography, Univ. Minnesota-Twin Cities
Ph.D. 2007
Kevin Anchukaitis
UA/GEOS/LTRR
Cloud forest paleoclimatology; now Lamont Assistant Research Prof, LDEO-Columbia University
Ph.D. 2007
Brooke Rabe
UA/Math
tree-ring and climate modeling; now in Ph.D. program in Statistics at Ohio State
B.S. 2009
Mau-Chuang Foo
UA/ECE
Cloud forest paleoclimatology B.S. 2008
Jonathan Buchanan
UA/Physics
stable isotope laboratory manager; now with Raytheon Missile Systems
B.S. 2007
Erin Gleeson
UA/GEOS
Peruvian dendroclimatology
B.S. 2006
Cristina Luis UA/GEOS
State space analysis of ENSO activity; now flying for the USAF
M.S. 2004
Brianna Muhlenkamp
UA/Engineering
tree-ring and climate modeling, now with Shell Exploration and Production
B.S. 2005
Praveen Kundurthy
UA/Astrophys-Biol
Peruvian dendroclimatology
B.S. 2005

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