Dr. Catherine (Casey) Ivanovich is a climate scientist interested in the physical and social drivers of climate variability and change. She is passionate about investigating the dynamics and impacts of climate extremes, and communicating scientific concepts in a way that is engaging and accessible to the public.
Catherine Christine Ivanovich
(NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow)
| Email: | catherine.c.ivanovich@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 611 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 611 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | NPP POST-DOC CONTRACT |
Brief Bio
Research Interests
Impacts of climate variability and change
Positions/Employment
NPP Fellow
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies - New York, NY
August 2024 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant
Columbia University - New York, NY
August 2019 - July 2024
High Meadows Climate Science Fellow
Environmental Defense Fund - Washington, DC
August 2017 - August 2019
Teaching Experience
Course Leads
Columbia University, Science Honors Program
Co-lead teacher for the high school course titled, “Understanding Earth’s Climate System and Climate Change,” sponsored by Columbia University’s Science Honors Program. Fall 2021-Spring 2022.
Teaching Assistantships
Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Teaching assistant for "Science for Sustainable Development." Fall 2022.
Teaching assistant for "Earth's Environmental Systems: The Climate System." Fall 2021.
Guest Lectures
Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Guest lecturer for "Sustainability in the Face of Natural Disaster." Fall 2023.
Guest lecturer for "Climate Thermodynamics and Energy Transfer." Spring 2023.
Guest lecturer for "Climate Impacts in New York City." Spring 2022.
Education
Columbia University, New York, NY
Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences (July 2024)
Dissertation Title: Characterizing the Local, Regional, and Global Drivers of Extreme Humid Heat
M.Phil. in Earth and Environmental Sciences (2022)
M.A. in Earth and Environmental Sciences (2021)
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
B.A. in Geosciences, summa cum laude (June 2017)
Awards
Selected Awards:
Peter B. Wagner Memorial Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences. Desert Research Institute, July 2024.
Columbia Global Center Rio: Climate Hub Rio Award. Columbia University, 2024.
AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA), for presentation titled “Future Warming from Global Food Consumption.” March 2024.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation, 2021.
1st Place Oral Presentation/Student Paper Award, AMS Ninth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and SubSeasonal Monsoon Variability, American Meteorological Society, 2021.
American Meteorological Society Graduate Fellowship. American Meteorological Society, 2019 (Declined).
Edward Sampson Prize in Environmental Geosciences, for Senior Thesis, Princeton University, 2017.
Selected Publications
Refereed
2024. "Stickiness: A New Variable to Characterize the Temperature and Humidity Contributions toward Humid Heat." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 81 (5): 819-837 [10.1175/jas-d-23-0072.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Subseasonal Variability of Humid Heat During the South Asian Summer Monsoon." Geophysical Research Letters 51 (6): [10.1029/2023gl107382] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Future warming from global food consumption." Nature Climate Change 13 (3): 297-302 [10.1038/s41558-023-01605-8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "The Influence of Intraseasonal Oscillations on Humid Heat in the Persian Gulf and South Asia." Journal of Climate 35 (13): 4309-4329 [10.1175/jcli-d-21-0488.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Concentrated and Intensifying Humid Heat Extremes in the IPCC AR6 Regions." Geophysical Research Letters 49 (5): [10.1029/2021gl097261] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "On the Controlling Factors for Globally Extreme Humid Heat." Geophysical Research Letters 48 (23): [10.1029/2021gl096082] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Climate benefits of proposed carbon dioxide mitigation strategies for international shipping and aviation." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (23): 14949-14965 [10.5194/acp-19-14949-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]