Named as Science News10 - In the cohort of top scientists under the age of 40

(Illustration by Sam Falconer, I am the scientist in green on the top left :)

Science News spotlights a group of early- and mid-career scientists who are breaking ground. “It’s a confident, tough group. Try to set limits or box these people in and they bristle. Some had childhood experiences that opened their minds to the possibilities of scientific research. Others dug in their heels to do something that an adult said would be too difficult.”

Honored to be in this cohort. Here is a wonderful profile by Bruce Bower.

Heading to the Headlands

Heading to the Headlands Center for the Arts to participate in a thematic residency addressing climate change. The purpose of the convening is to bring together artists, scientists, policy makers, activists and advocates to exchange ideas and working processes centering on addressing climate change.

Postcards from my last days in CA

Driving through the Carr fire in Redding CA

Talk at the Interval at Long Now - June 26, 02018. See you there.

Talk at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

I will be talking about new lines of research at LLNL on June 13th. My talk will be on fusing facts and feelings to motivate action on climate change. See you there. 

Postcard from Tomales Point Trail - Point Reyes National Seashore

Shahzeen wins 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship!

Excited to receive the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellows scholarship to support my work on fusing facts and feelings to motivate climate solutions. Huge congrats to all the other recipients! More here. 

Join our wonderful lab! Postdoc opening..

We have a postdoc opening on The future of energy systems - Human psychology and the possibilities of deep decarbonization. Let me know if you have any questions. Apply here!  

Behavioral Scientist - Op Ed

Banana slug..

This beautiful creature just made my day. Thought it would make yours! Spotted hiking on the Berry Creek Falls Trail in the Big Basin Redwoods State Park. 

Postcards from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Amazing CASBS fellows 2017-2018

Loving this year. More about the fellows and the fellows program here.

Janine heading to China!

As a part of the Chinese Flagship program at IU, Janine will be studying overseas for the next academic year in China. For the first half of the year, she will be finishing up her Chinese studies with classes at Nanjing University and will be looking for an internship for the second semester in either Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, or Shenzhen. She is excited to meet many new people and continue on her journey of language learning and exploration while eating amazing food in China.

This summer, Janine will be interning with IU’s Office of Sustainability as their Sustainable IT intern. She will be involved in helping organize and inventory donated technology from the Hoosier to Hoosier sale, collecting data about what types of appliances and technology students are discarding. Furthermore, she will be involved in developing communications to help educate the student body on tech waste and impact. Lastly, she will have the opportunity to use her language skills to help translate Hoosier to Hoosier sale promotions for the international student body. She is excited to be spending her summer in Bloomington tackling these projects with IUOS! 

Congrats, Janine!!

New paper out - Farmer Perceptions of Conflict Related to Water in Zambia

Our work on smallholder farmer perceptions of water related conflict and violence in Southern Zambia just published in Sustainability. You can read the paper here. Below are the sources of conflict and violence reported by our farmer participants. Congrats to Drew Marcantonio (now PhD student at U. of Notre Dame) and Tom Evans (Professor at U of Arizona). Also a great thanks to IU Office of Sustainability and NSF's Water Sustainability Climate initiative for funding this research. 

Wonderful visit to the Ohio State University

Visited OSU's John Glenn College of Public Affairs to discuss new research on climate change communication. Here is a picture with Mike DeKay, professor of psychology, who was on my PhD committee. Got to see a piece of the moon up close :)

Tyler Marghetis presents our research at the Society for Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM)

Tyler Marghetis presents our work on "Estimating and correcting misperceptions of energy use" at the annual Society for Judgment and Decision Making conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation, Decision, Risk and Management Science program.   

Talk for CASBS Board of Directors

(Photo courtsey of CASBS communications director - Mike Gaetani)

Shahzeen presents her research to the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Board of Directors. She discussed her work on perceptions and biases of energy and water use as well as new lines of research she is starting at CASBS.

Yosemite!

Breathtaking and rejuvinating. 

Wonderful visit to UC Merced

Visited the Environmental Systems group to discuss our research on water use and water systems. Many thanks to my wonderful host Jessica Blois. Fantastic discussions with students and water leaders in California.