CV

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Education

• Bachelor of the Arts (A.B.) in Physics, Public Policy (concentration in Economics), University of Chicago, 2015
• Master of Law in China Studies (concentration in Politics and International Relations), Yenching Academy, Peking University, 2017
• Ph.D in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, 2024 (expected)

Selected Publications

Multiyear La Niña Events and Multiseason Drought in the Horn of Africa

Anderson, Weston, Benjamin I. Cook, Kim Slinski, Kevin Schwarzwald, Amy McNally, and Chris Funk. 2023. “Multiyear La Niña Events and Multiseason Drought in the Horn of Africa.” Journal of Hydrometeorology 24 (1): 119–31. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0043.1.

Large-scale stability and the Greater Horn of Africa long and short rains

Schwarzwald, Kevin, Richard Seager, Mingfang Ting, and Alessandra Giannini. 2023. “Large-Scale Stability and the Greater Horn of Africa Long and Short Rains.” Journal of Climate Early Online Release (aop): 1–45. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0126.1.

Understanding CMIP6 biases in the representation of the Greater Horn of Africa long and short rains

Schwarzwald, Kevin, Lisa Goddard, Richard Seager, Mingfang Ting, and Kate Marvel. 2023. “Understanding CMIP6 Biases in the Representation of the Greater Horn of Africa Long and Short Rains.” Climate Dynamics 61 (3): 1229–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06622-5.

The importance of internal climate variability in climate impact projections

Schwarzwald, Kevin, and Nathan Lenssen. 2022. “The Importance of Internal Climate Variability in Climate Impact Projections.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (42): e2208095119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208095119.

Changes in Future Precipitation Mean and Variability across Scales

Schwarzwald, Kevin, Andrew Poppick, Maria Rugenstein, Jonah Bloch-Johnson, Jiali Wang, David McInerney, and Elisabeth J. Moyer. 2021. “Changes in Future Precipitation Mean and Variability across Scales.” Journal of Climate 34 (7): 2741–58. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0001.1.