In a recently published paper with advisor David Battisti, we explore the patterns and causes of severe drought in the Rio Yaqui watershed of northwest Mexico using a suite of observational and paleoclimate data. This project was part of a larger collaboration with a Stanford-based interdisciplinary team conducting a long-term study of sustainable development in the Yaqui Valley.

My current work focuses on the seasonal cycle of rainfall in Jiangxi Province, an important rice-growing region in southeastern China. We will use a combination of dynamical and empirical-statistical models in an effort to make improved projections (compared to those provided by GCM simulations alone) of seasonal rainfall for the region under global warming in the 21st century.