CBC News Canada, 2024. After an epic year of wildfires, Canada’s air isn’t as clean as it used to be. Article link

Natural Capital Project, 2023. To make better land-use decisions, we must consider air quality too. Article link

MinnPost, 2022. Even after years of improving air quality, pollution remains a problem in some Minnesota communities. Article link

The Associated Press, 2021. Vehicle emission declines decreased deaths, study finds. AP link; LA Times link

Forbes, 2021. The Business of Climate Change. Video link

The Minnesota Daily, 2020. 100,000 deaths attributable to air pollution, UMN study finds. Article link

U.S. News, 2020. Look Beyond Fossil Fuels to Curb Air Pollution. Article link

Teaching

Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet (as Lead Instructor)
3rd year undergraduate class, required as part of the Sustainability Minor
University of Minnesota, Spring semester 2023

Guest Lecturer for: Non-Communicable Diseases in a Global Context (University of Edinburgh, Summer 2023), Special Topics in Biological Engineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2022), Life, Death, and Economics (University of Minnesota, Fall 2020).

Postgraduate Student Supervisor for: Environmental Sustainability MSc: (2 students), University of Edinburgh, 2023.

Presentations

Symposia & Workshops Organized:

with UNEP-WCMC and UNDP, “Nature Transition Support Programme (NTSP) Ghana: Mapping Research Priorities”. Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra, Ghana. August 2024

with National Renewable Energy Laboratory & USAID, “Basic Training on the Global InMAP Model: A 2-Day Workshop”. ASEAN Centre for Energy, Jakarta, Indonesia. March 2022

with Shan Kothari, “Ecosystem Response to Solar Radiation Management: How do plants respond if we dim the sun to stop climate change?”. Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota. Nov 2019

Verbal Presentations & Seminars:

Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra, Ghana. August 2024. Nature Transition Support Programme: Modelling tools and opportunities in Ghana

Pennsylvania State University (C.E.E. Dept.). May 2024. Integrated Global Models for Sustainable Development

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Feb 2024. Linking Models for Air Quality, Human Health, Land Use, and Food Systems

Clean Air Networks Conference, University of Birmingham. Jul 2023. Democratising Air Quality Models Slides link

Democratizing air pollution models in India, CSTEP, Bangalore. Jun 2023. Reduced-Complexity Air Quality Models in India Video summary

Global Change Seminar, University of Edinburgh. Apr 2023. Food Systems, Land Use, Air Quality, and Human Health

Nature Transitions Support Programme, UNEP-WCMC. Apr 2023. Global Earth-Economy Modelling using GTAP-InVEST Video link

Invited participant: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Sustainability Science: A Workshop 2020, NASEM

Edinburgh Environment and Development Network, Edinburgh, UK. Jan 2023. Democratizing models and measurements to inform global policy decisions Slides link

Air Quality Modeling Webinar, ASEAN Centre for Energy, Jakarta. Sept 2021. Global, High Resolution Air Quality Modeling Using InMAP Video link

Center for Air, Climate & Energy Solutions (CACES) Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. Jun 2019. Air Quality Intervention “Wedges”

CAPER Meeting, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK: May 2019. Avoided Air Quality-Induced Premature Mortality from Agricultural Interventions

Climate Action Day, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH. Apr 2019. Air pollution: A Grand Challenge for Human Health and Environmental Justice