Debra Tillinger Email & Phone Number

- Assist in teaching online courses in Climate Change and Oceanography- Provide scientific support to educators

- Developed and taught “Our Earth’s Future,” a five-class series on climate change and communication for adults with no formal science background.- Adapted the course for Coursera, where it currently has a 4.7 star rating, 9,000+ active learners, and 1,600+ course completers.- Developed and taught annual one-day intensives on climate change.

- Co-taught “Weather, Climate & Climate Change” for students in the Master ofArts in Teaching Urban Residency Program.- Updated course to reflect recent scientific understanding and student needs.

- Co-taught middle school students the fundamentals of climate change using python to analyze and visualize data.- Facilitated student access to NASA satellite data

- Developed an online undergraduate course in Oceanography based on the AMNH Seminars on Science class.- Taught oceanography to non-science majors

- Taught Physics I and II with recitation and lab.- Taught Geology with lab, Natural Disasters, and Controversies inEnvironmental Science.- Supervised independent study honors thesis that combined physics and dance.- Co-taught and developed "The Art and Geology of Southern Italy," a winter semester abroad in with an art history professor.

- Taught Physics I and II with recitation and lab.- Labs: Rewrote as needed, added computer programming and hands ondemonstrations.- Lecture/recitation: incorporated Concept Tests and other interactive assessmenttools to the curriculum.- Taught Human Biology, Geology, and Natural Disasters to non-science majors

- Analyzed statistical and physical relationships between sea ice and meteorological data.- Produced figures for sea ice research team- Collaborated with international team to compare observational and model results

- Taught human biology to non-science majors - Developed online “virtual lab” section

New York

- Taught introductory geology to students from diverse backgrounds.- Developed and modernized geology curriculum

- provided statistical support for masters and doctoral candidates- taught physics, mathematics, statistics, environmental science, and related subjects- prepared adults and teenagers for standardized tests

New York, New York, United States

- Taught science through hands-on demonstrations and fieldwork to economically disadvantaged students in public school.- Worked with teachers to develop activities for science class and after school science club.- Maintained educational blog while at sea

At Lamont, graduate students work as research assistants. Since we go to an office every day, do work, and get paid, I'm listing it as a job, rather than just part of my education.

- Studied Indonesian Throughflow (ITF), the transport of water from Indian to Pacific Ocean, which is critical to study of global ocean circulation and climate- Developed statistical algorithm for calculating long term ITF variability based on remote hydrographic data- Examined and quantified the role of El Niño-Southern Oscillation, monsoonal wind forcing, and the Indian Ocean Dipole on the ITF- Calculated ITF internal energy transport and transport-weighted temperatureAt Sea- Recorded velocities using lowered acoustic Doppler current profilers (LADCPs) and processed results to obtain velocity profiles- Contributed to shipboard operations by monitoring instruments, deploying and recovering CTDs and moorings, and producing plots and figures of real time data- Assembled and maintained equipment at sea, and trained other scientists in LADCP use- Maintained blog for education and public outreachLarsen Ice Shelf System, AntarcticaSouthern Ocean, January-March 2010, R/V Nathaniel B. PalmerPhilippine Straits Dynamics Experiment, Office of Naval ResearchPhilippine Seas, February-March 2009, R/V MelvillePhilippine Seas, January-February 2008, R/V MelvillePhilippine Seas, June-July 2007, R/V MelvilleClimate Variability and Predictability, World Climate Research Programme Indian Ocean (I9N), March-April 2006, R/V Roger RevellePacific Ocean (P16N), March-April 2006, R/V Thomas G. Thompson

- Designed experimental procedure for testing the hydrological impacts of greenroofs- Modeled hydrological impacts of greenroofs in New York City - Published senior thesis as a chapter in a NASA publication

I did lab work at the Gardens for a summer as part of a public service internship.

Phd, Ocean & Climate Physics

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences Ph.D. received May 2010; M.A. received May 2006 Dissertation: Indonesian Throughflow.

Ba, Environmental Sciences

Activities and Societies: Debate team, environmental societyGraduated cum laude with departmental honors. Awarded Anne Davidson Fellowship.

Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences

Earth semester: project-based integrated geology, ecology, & environmental policy classes