Dan Short Gianotti

Hydroclimate

Greater Boston

About

I am an academic hydro-climatologist focusing on the *metabolism* of the land surface. I use tools from ecohydrology, remote sensing, and probability theory to uncover fundamental relationships in the global water/energy/carbon cycles. My perspectives and findings synthesize global scale land- and space-based Earth observation systems. Large themes in my work include terrestrial water as a control on the water/energy/carbon cycles, partitioning variability into processes on weather vs climate time scales, and continental aridification.

Experience

  • Post-Doctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    2016 - Present · 10 yrs 7 mos

  • PhD at Boston University
    Jun 2011 - Aug 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Studied hydroclimate, with research in local stochastic modeling, precipitation variability, potential predictability, statistical time-series analysis and scaling processes, and topics in the terrestrial biogeosciences. Dissertation title: "The Potential Predictability of Precipitation across the Continental United States"

  • Math Teacher at Boston Public Schools
    Jan 2011 - Jun 2011 · 6 mos

    Taught high school mathematics.

  • Tutor at Dan Gianotti
    Nov 2006 - Sep 2010 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Tutored math, all sciences, writing, test prep, history, and English for students of all ages and backgrounds.

  • Lab Technician at California Institute of Technology
    2007 - 2008 · 1 yr