Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Earth and Climate Sciences Division
·
2018 - Present
Earth and Climate Sciences,
Nicholas School of the Environment
Recent Publications
Projected changes in sub-daily extreme precipitation: comparing temperature-scaling approaches and convection-permitting models across an Alpine gradient
Journal Article Journal of Hydrology · June 1, 2026 Quantifying future changes in sub-daily extreme precipitation in mountainous basins is essential for adapting to increasingly intense flash floods and debris flows. Often, extreme precipitation-temperature scaling rates are used to anticipate future extrem ... Full text CiteSea Lavender Reimagined: Keystone Halophytes in Salt Marsh Blue Carbon Dynamics
Journal Article Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · January 1, 2026 Salt marshes are ecologically and socio-economically valuable intertidal ecosystems that have suffered rapid losses worldwide. As a blue carbon ecosystem (BCE), they are efficient sinks and long-term reservoirs of organic carbon (OC), with vital roles in t ... Full text CiteThermodynamic Versus Large-Scale Controls on Extreme Precipitation: Temporal Scale Dependence and Clausius-Clapeyron Scaling Redefined
Journal Article Geophysical Research Letters · November 16, 2025 Precipitation extremes are expected to intensify under climate warming, but substantial uncertainty remains in quantifying this intensification. A widely used approach, Clausius-Clapeyron (CC) scaling, is limited by an inexplicit definition of extremes and ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Optimal Satellite-based Estimation of Extreme Rainfall at the Global Scale
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2017 - 2020The Direct and Indirect Effect of Plantation Forestry Expansion on Usable Water in the Southeastern US
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2019Collaborative Research: Watershed, estuarine, and local drivers of coastal marsh establishment and resilience
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2018View All Grants
Education
University of Padua (Italy) ·
1997
Ph.D.