Curriculum Vitae
The full PDF version of my CV is available here: CV.
PhD Dissertation
| Title: The Past, Present and Future of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation |
| Advisor: B. Fox-Kemper (CU-Boulder) |
| Committee: A. Capotondi (NOAA ESRL), W. Han (CU-Boulder), M. Jochum (NCAR), B. Rajagopalan (CU-Boulder) |
Education and Work Experience
| 1/2012-present | University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI | Postdoctoral fellow | |
| 8/2007-12/2011 | University of Colorado, Boulder, CO | PhD, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences | |
| 8/2006-8/2007 | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | PhD student, Planetary Science | |
| 10/2003-7/2006 | IT Specialist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | ||
| 9/2000-5/2003 | Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT | MA, Astronomy | |
| 1995-2000 | Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT | BA, Mathematics |
Grants and Fellowships
| CIRES: | Innovative Research Program seed grant for research in Australia | 4/2010 |
| "Statistics of ENSO Past and Present: Comparing Climate Models to Coral Reconstructions",$15k | ||
| NASA: | Earth & Space Science Fellowship | 9/2009-1/2012 |
| "Understanding Decadal ENSO Variability in a Warming World", $30k/yr | ||
| CIRES: | Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Colorado | 5/2008-1/2009 |
| "Climate Change Sensitivity of an Accurately Modeled El Nino: Using Improved ENSO Physics for El Nino Prediction",100% | ||
| University of Arizona: | Graduate College Fellowship | 6/2006-5/2007 |
| Merit fellowship to one incoming graduate student in each department,100% |
Honors and Awards
| ESF: | Grant to attend European Science Foundation conference on climate variability | 2/2012 |
| WCRP: | Outstanding student presentation, World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference, Denver, CO | 10/2011 |
| Sigma Xi member | ||
| ATOC: | Departmental travel award to attend CLIVAR Pacific panel workshop | 11/2010 |
| CIRES: | Best presentation, CIRES Graduate Student Seminar Series | 1/2009 |
| NASA: | Public Service Group Achievement Award | 6/2005 |
| Connecticut General Assembly: | Citations for academic achievement from the state Congress | 6/2003, 6/2000 |
| WCSU: | The Dean's Award |
Oral Presentations
Invited (seminar) Talks
| Scripps Institute of Oceanography | May 2012 | |
| International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii | March 2012 | |
| Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales | March 2011 | |
| Climate and Global Dynamics division, National Center for Atmospheric Research | December 2010 | |
| Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University | May 2010 |
Conference Talks
| CLIVAR Pacific panel workshop, "Evaluation of ENSO Processes in Climate Models" | January 2013 | |
| Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium (PODS VII) | October 2012 | |
| European Science Foundation workshop "Modes of Variability in the Climate System"> | May 2012 | |
| American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences division meeting, Salt Lake City, UT | February 2012 | |
| World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Open Science Conference, Denver, CO Winner: Outstanding Scientific Presentation | October 2011 | |
| Ocean Model Working Group, NCAR CESM workshop,Breckenridge, CO | June 2011 | |
| European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria | May 2010 | |
| Ocean Model Working Group meeting, NCAR, Boulder, CO | December 2009 | |
| CIRES graduate student seminar series, University of Colorado Winner: best student presentation in series | October 2008 |
Poster Presentations
| Stevenson, S. 2012, "ENSO Strength and Impacts in the CMIP5 Models", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting |
| Stevenson, S., Fox-Kemper, B. & Jochum, M. 2010, Quantitative Statistical Estimates of ENSO Response to Climate Change in the CCSM", workshop held by the CLIVAR Pacific panel ("New Strategies for Evaluating ENSO Processes in Climate Models"), Paris, France |
| Stevenson, S., Fox-Kemper, B. & Jochum, M. 2010, A New Method for Diagnosing Natural ENSO Variability on Decadal to Centennial Timescales, meeting of the Ocean Sciences division of the American Geophysical Union |
| Stevenson, S., Fox-Kemper, B. & Jochum, M. 2009, Mechanisms of Decadal and Centennial ENSO Variability, American Geophysical Union fall meeting |
| Stevenson, S, Wilkes, B.J., Ghosh, H., Smith, P., Schmidt, G. et al.: 2006, The X-Ray Properties of Red AGN at Low/Intermediate Redshift, American Astronomical Society meeting |
| Stevenson, S. & Melbourne, J. 2005, X-ray Properties of Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies in the GOODS-N Area, American Astronomical Society meeting |
Teaching Experience
| Substitute lecturer | ATOC 3600, upper-level undergraduate course on climate | 10-11/2011 |
| Substitute lecturer | ATOC 3070, upper-level undergraduate oceanography course | 9-10/2010 |
| Teaching assistant | ATOC 1070, introductory weather laboratory course Developed lectures, ran laboratory sessions | 9/2007-5/2008 |
| Teaching fellow | introductory astronomy course, Harvard Department of Astronomy Assisted with lectures in astronomy to first-year undergraduates | 6/2005-8/2005 |
| Instructor | Brookline Adult & Community Education | 1/2005-5/2005 |
| Teaching assistant | various courses, Wesleyan University Department of Astronomy Ran study sessions and hands-on telescope observing sessions for undergraduates | 9/2000-5/2003 |
Educational Outreach
| Panelist | "Making Waves" ocean symposium sponsored by the Colorado Ocean Coalition NSF-funded outreach program for the general public | 11/2011 |
| Invited speaker | Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) workshop NSF-funded professional development program for science teachers | 7/2011 |
| Member | Faces of Science outreach program for undergraduates | 3/2010 |
| Judge | Peak to Peak secondary school science fair, Lafayette, CO | 1/2010 |
| Planetarium presenter | Charles Hayden Planetarium, Boston Museum of Science Ran planetarium shows for the general public, assisted with telescope open houses | 9/2003-5/2004 |
Academic Service
| Reviewer | Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Atmospheric Research Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal | 10/2010-present |
| Member | Student advisory committee for ATOC comprehensive examination | 10/2009-1/2010 |
| Member | CIRES Graduate Student Association | 9/2008-8/2009 |
| Member | Student advisory committee for ATOC faculty search | 1/2009-3/2009 |
| Member | Prospective graduate student welcoming committee, ATOC | 1/2009-5/2009 |
| Member | Graduate student social committee, ATOC | 9/2007-8/2008 |
Professional Development
| Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology (USSP), Urbino, Italy | 7/2008 |
| Certificate in Oceanography | 5/2009 |
| Certificate in College Teaching (Graduate Teacher Program) at CU-Boulder Videotaped consultations on teaching technique Teaching & pedagogy workshops including teaching for diversity, teaching science labs, games in teaching science & engineering, organizing small-group classroom work | 1/2008-12/2011 |
Field/Lab Experience
| Study on biologically generated noise in Hawaiian Island reef environments, 2012, Maui Hydrophone deployment/retrieval | 9/2012 | |
| Temporary research assistant in McGregor lab, 2011, Wollongong, Australia Processing of coral paleoclimate samples | 2/2011 | |
| Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific (ITOP) cold-wake cruise, Taiwan CTD and vertical microstructure profiler operations, data analysis | 9/2010-10/2010 |
Synergistic Activities
| Session convener, AGU Fall Meeting | 12/2012 |
| Member, Ocean2k Pacific synthesis group | 1/2012-present |
| Member, NOAA Pacific RISA |
| Stevenson, S., Timmermann, A. & Chikamoto, Y. 2013, "Stochastically Generated North American Megadroughts", Geophysical Research Letters, in preparation |
| Chikamoto, Y., Timmermann, A. & Stevenson, S., "Potential decadal predictability of land surface processes over North America in the Community Earth System Model", Geophysical Research Letters, in preparation |
| Haney, S., Bachman, S., Cooper, B., Kupper, S., McCaffrey, K., van Roekel, L., Stevenson, S., Webb, A., Fox-Kemper, B. & Ferrari, R. 2013, "Hurricane Wake Restratification Rates of 1, 2, and 3-Dimensional Processes", Journal of Marine Research, submitted |
| Stevenson, S., McGregor, H.V., Phipps, S. & Fox-Kemper, B. 2013, "Quantifying Errors in Coral-Based ENSO Estimates: Towards Improved Forward Modeling of Oxygen-18", Paleoceanography, submitted |
| Stevenson, S. 2012, "The Response of ENSO Strength and Impacts to Climate Change in the CMIP5 Models", Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L17703 |
| Phipps, S., Ackerley, D., Brown, J., Fischer, M., Gallant, A., Gergis, J., Lorrey, D., McGregor, H.V., Stevenson, S. & van Ommen, T. 2012, "Palaeoclimate data-model integration: Concepts and application to the climate of the past 2,000 years", Journal of Climate Aus2K special issue, in revision |
| Stevenson, S.,, Rajagopalan, B. & Fox-Kemper, B. 2012, "Generalized Linear Modeling of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation with Application to Seasonal Forecasting and Climate Change Projections", Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, in revision |
| Stevenson, S., Fox-Kemper, B. & Jochum, M. 2012, "Understanding the ENSO-CO2 Link Using Stabilized Climate Simulations", Journal of Climate, 25 (22), 7917-7936 |
| Stevenson, S., Fox-Kemper, B., Jochum, M., Neale, R., Deser, C. & Meehl, G. 2012, "Will There Be A Significant Change to El Nino in the 21st Century?", Journal of Climate CCSM4 special issue, 25, 2129-2145 (doi:10.1175:JCLI-D-11-00252.1) |
| Bates, S.C., Fox-Kemper, B., Jayne, S., Large, W.G., Stevenson, S. & Yeager, S.G. "Seasonal to Interannual Variability in Air-Sea Fluxes and the Upper Ocean", Journal of Climate CCSM4 special issue, 25 (22), 7781-7801 |
| Stevenson, S., Fox-Kemper, B., Jochum, M., Rajagopalan, B. & Yeager, S. 2010, "ENSO Model Validation Using Wavelet Probability Analysis", Journal of Climate", 23, 5540-5547 |