[Edge-faculty] Upcoming talk by Dr. Cynthia Randles Dec 8th, 3pm

[Theresa Kane]

Dear All--

I have a colleague that will give a seminar on Thursday Dec 8 3-4 PM in the NASA Conference Room (Geology 2460H).  Her talk title and abstract are below.

I'd like to highlight that Cynthia will not only discuss her work on climate science (focused on aerosols and methane), but she will also talk about her career path, which has featured time at NASA, Exxon and now UNEP.

She should have an interesting perspective for current PhD students...regardless of the specific field.


Talk Title:


>From Aerosols to Greenhouse Gasses:  A completely unintentional path from academia to industry to leading the Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) – a major new initiative from UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory



Cynthia A. Randles, Ph. D.

UNEP IMEO MARS Program Manager and National Inventory Advisor



Abstract:


This talk will take you on a journey that will highlight the many alternative career paths outside academia available to those earning degrees in Earth sciences today – from a person who has experienced three of them.  Along the way, I’ll highlight some of the interesting things I’ve worked on, and lessons learned. Post-graduate school I started out as a government researcher working on aerosol modeling and remote sensing at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for nearly a decade.  Wanting a new challenge, I surprisingly found myself applying for a position as a climate scientist for ExxonMobil.  I spent six years helping the company to better understand climate science; managing external research with major partners such as UCR, Harvard, and Columbia University; acting as an author for the IPCC greenhouse gas inventory report; and helping the company better use remote sensing technologies – especially satellites – to monitor and manage their own emissions.  Finally, hoping to make a bigger difference (and to get out of the office), earlier this year I made the transition to the international stage – working with UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory to translate satellite detections of methane to actionable data and ultimately on-the-ground mitigation.  I will give a brief overview of MARS and share how interested researchers can get involved with the IMEO, particularly with our sponsored science studies.

--
Robert J Allen
Associate Professor
Graduate Advisor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California Riverside
https://rjallen3.wixsite.com/acdc/




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ucr.edu/pipermail/edge-faculty/attachments/20221118/ebbb6eb5/attachment.html>