Contact Information
1301 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Areas
Biography
David is a Ph.D. student working with Professor Ryan Sriver in the Climate Dynamics and Variability Group.
David's research focuses on uncertainty quantification in coupled human-environment systems. He works on the representation of climate extremes and their impacts on sectors such as agriculture.
Education
- M.Sc. in Physics, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, 2018
- B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, University of Glasgow, UK, 2016
Awards and Honors
LAS Impact Award for hosting the first virtual Midwest Student Conference on Atmospheric Research.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Secretary, Department of Atmospheric Sciences Student Organization, 2021-2022
Co-Chair, Midwest Student Conference on Atmospheric Research, 2020
Recent Publications
Uncertainty analysis in multi-sector systems: Considerations for risk analysis, projection, and planning for complex systems; V. Srikrishnan, D.C. Lafferty, T.E. Wong, J.R. Lamontagne, J.D. Quinn, S. Sharma, J.M. Nusrat, J.D. Herman, R.L. Sriver, J.F. Morris, B.S. Lee; Earth’s Future (2022) https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002644
Statistically bias-corrected and downscaled climate models underestimate the adverse effects of extreme heat on U.S. maize yields; Lafferty, D.C., Sriver, R.L., Haqiqi, I., Keller, K., Nicholas, R.; Commun Earth Environ 2, 196 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00266-9