Media

Press coverage

Climate and ecological constraints of cultivating bioenergy crops for climate mitigation in tropical regions, PNAS Nexus (2026)

• Bioenergy constraints in the tropics, EurekAlert!, May 12, 2026
• Carbon-capture technology could trigger the deforestation it was designed to prevent, Phys.org, May 2026

Ownership of power plants stranded by climate mitigation, Nature Sustainability (2025)

• Attributing responsibility, Nature Sustainability, News & Views, 2025
• A $770 Billion Climate Cost Lands on Just 25 Power Companies, Tocco, January 13, 2026

A Path Towards Tribal Energy Sovereignty, Science (2025)

• New article in Science focuses on empowering Tribes through just extraction of energy resources on their lands, Colorado School of Mines, 2025

Climate change and global agriculture

• The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change, WIRED, December 29, 2023

Committed emissions of the U.S. power sector, AGU Advances (2020)

• New Study Casts Doubt On The Climate Benefits Of Natural Gas Power Plants, HuffPost, October 9, 2020
• Committed U.S. Power Emissions Incompatible with Paris Agreement, Eos, September 3, 2020

Future CO₂ emissions and electricity generation from proposed coal-fired power plants in India, Earth’s Future (2017)

• India’s Plans to Build 370 Coal Plants Will Screw Up the Paris Climate Agreement, VICE, April 26, 2017
• India’s Proposed Coal Plants Alone Would Threaten the 1.5°C Target, Yale Environment 360, April 26, 2017
• India’s coal plant plans conflict with climate commitments, American Geophysical Union, April 25, 2017
• India’s planned coal plants could ‘single-handedly jeopardise’ 1.5C target, Carbon Brief, 2017
• India’s coal plants are being shelved at a rapid pace, E&E News, 2017
• India’s proposed coal power plants a hurdle to meeting Paris treaty targets, Hindustan Times, 2017

Invited talks and keynotes

• Quantifying the Drivers and Damages of Climate Change, invited seminar, Department of Environmental Science, University of California, Riverside, 2026.
• Pursuing a Postdoc Proactively, invited talk, Virginia Tech, 2025.
• The Role of Community Colleges in the Fight Against Climate Change, keynote address, Los Angeles Community College Regional Consortium Conference, 2025.
• Bridging Climate Science & Sustainability: Transdisciplinary Models for Climate Change Mitigation, invited talk, IE University, Madrid, Spain, 2025.
• Confronting Climate Change Mitigation Challenges, invited talk, Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 2024.
• Decarbonizing Economies: Why Do We Need Green and Blue Jobs?, keynote address, California Center for Climate Change Education, West Los Angeles College, 2023. Event · Los Angeles Sentinel coverage
• Decarbonizing Contemporary Society, invited talk, Climate Solutions Conference, UCI Ridge to Reef & Newport Bay Conservancy, 2020. Video
• Infrastructural Inertia in Energy-Emissions Scenarios, invited talk, UC Office of the President Global Climate Leadership Council Annual Meeting, 2019.
• What Community College Can Do For You, invited talk, Creative Edge Conference, West Los Angeles College, 2018.

Public talks and recorded events

• Navigating Climate Change Mitigation and Economic Transition Risks, UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education, October 25, 2024. Event · Video
• Challenges to Mitigating Climate Change Drivers and Associated Risks of Surpassing Lower Emission Targets, UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education, May 31, 2024. Event

Professional and institutional news

• UC to keep postdoctoral hiring incentive program it previously said would be cut, Daily Bruin, November 19, 2025
• NPA Appoints Engagement Committee Leadership, National Postdoctoral Association, March 17, 2025
• Welcome New Postdoctoral Fellow, Robert Fofrich, Rutgers University