Conferences/Events
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2024
December 9, 2024 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
I presented a talk on "Building a modeling framework to untangle the influence of suppression on wildfire growth in California" on Monday morning (9:45-9:55 AM), December 9 (abstract, profile).
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
October 8, 2024 in La Jolla, CA
I presented a talk on "Building a data-driven framework for modeling large wildfire growth: Mapping fire progression and understanding the role of suppression and other drivers of fire spread" for the Scripps Climate and Atmosphere Seminar Series.
CUHK, SUSTech, and NUIST
September 16-23, 2024 in Hong Kong; Shenzhen and Nanjing, China
I presented a talk on "Fires and Society: Connections to Air Quality, Public Health, and Land Use and Management: Excerpts from India, Equatorial Asia, and North America" at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST).
Spatial Informatics Group Webinar Series
September 13, 2024 (virtual)
I presented a talk on "The SMOKE Policy Tool: Scientific framework for evaluating public health impacts from fires" for the webinar series hosted by the Spatial Informatics Group (SIG) on "Lessons learned on Wildfire Risk Mapping, Integrated Fire Management Systems and Value Chain Assessments from Northern Thailand (and Globally)."
Papers/Writing
The Washington Post highlights our research on agricultural fires and air pollution in north India
November 22, 2024
Our research on agricultural fires and air pollution in north India over the past few years is highlighted in an article in The Washington Post by Karishma Mehrotra. Check it out here! Related papers include Liu et al. (2022, JGR: Atmos.), Liu et al. (2021, ERL), Liu et al. (2020, Atmos. Environ. X), Liu et al. (2018, Atmos. Environ.), Cusworth et al. (2018, ERL) Lan et al. (2022, Nat. Commun.), and Gautam et al. (2023, GRL).
A Guide for Applying to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions
October 10, 2024
Makoto Kelp and I, along with Minghao Qiu, and Dien Wu, wrote a comprehensive guide on applying to tenure-track Assistant Professor positions, mainly for Earth and Environmental Sciences. Yun Hang recently contributed some perspectives for Environmental Health positions. Check it out here!
Is the smoke aloft? Caveats regarding the use of the Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke product as a proxy for surface smoke presence across the United States
October 2, 2024
Our paper is published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire (main + SI)! Check out my HMS Smoke Explorer for visualizing the HMS smoke and fire products.
Air pollution and blood pressure: Evidence from Indonesia
July 2, 2024
Jaime Madrigano's paper is published in GeoHealth (main + SI)!