Buffalo is infamous for its winter, and that certainly is not an overstatement. I have to acknowledge, however, that at times the view from my office can be eerily spectacular — gloomy, brooding, secretive, with a little touch of coziness (knowing that you are inside, not outside). Love doing math on the big glass window, with the entire campus fading into the backdrop.
My research is computational (left), meaning hours of sitting at my work station (right). A little fairy lights and maps make it much more agreeable.
Beside taking courses and doing research in glaciology, I teach three introductory courses/sessions every week on Natural Hazards and Climate Change. This is a sketch I drew to summarize classes we had on tectonics, igneous process and metamorphism, and how interconnected the earth system is. Talking to 70+ students and delivering materials (in my own unique ways) loud and clear is challenging yet rewarding. The happiest moment is when a student emailed me at the end of the semester how much she enjoyed the class and having me as the instructor. Days and nights of prep work paid off.
The happiest moment is when a student emailed me at the end of the semester how much she enjoyed the class and having me as the instructor