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publications
Climate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones
Published in Critical Issues in Climate Change Science, 2021
Review of tropical cyclone and climate change science for the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow. Featured in Forbes.
Citation: Knutson, T. R., Chung, M. V., Vecchi, G., Sun, J., Hsieh, T-L. and Smith, A. J. P., 2021: ScienceBrief Review: Climate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones. In: Critical Issues in Climate Change Science, edited by: Corinne Le Quéré, Peter Liss & Piers Forster. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4570334
Runaway Cooling from Large Solar Reductions Modulated by Ocean Overturning Circulation and Heat Uptake
Published in ESS Open Archive, 2025
Under extreme cooling, inter-model differences in the development of a Pacific Ocean overturning circulation influence sea ice cover and global climate.
Citation: Maya V. Chung, Wenchang Yang, Gabriel Vecchi. Runaway Cooling from Large Solar Reductions Modulated by Ocean Overturning Circulation and Heat Uptake. ESS Open Archive. July 07, 2025. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.175190999.97949534/v1
Intersecting Memories of Immunity and Climate: Potential Multiyear Impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on Infectious Disease Spread
Published in GeoHealth, 2025
Impacts of climate variability on infectious disease outbreaks. Featured in Eos magazine.
Citation: Chung, M. V., Vecchi, G. A., Yang, W., Grenfell, B., & Metcalf, C. J. (2025). Intersecting memories of immunity and climate: Potential multiyear impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on infectious disease spread. GeoHealth, 9, e2024GH001193. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001193
research
How will hurricanes change with climate change?
Our review of 90 peer-reviewed articles summarizes projected changes in tropical cyclones due to climate change. Created to inform the COP26 climate negotiations.
How does the El Niño–Southern Oscillation influence airborne disease spread?
Many infectious diseases are sensitive to changes in weather and climate, and year-to-year variations in climate may have long-term impacts on infectious disease outbreaks through complex interactions with population immunity.
How does salinity impact year-to-year climate variability?
Ocean salinity may help us better understand and predict the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, which causes year-to-year variations in global climate.
How do climate models represent cooling?
Most climate research focuses on warming, but we investigate climate model disagreements under global cooling, which are relevant to geoengineering and connecting past climates to future changes.
talks
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teaching
Applied Math 120: Applied Linear Algebra and Big Data
University Course, Harvard University, 2018
Teaching Assistant (office hours, grading homework and exams). Topics: singular value decomposition, spectral clustering, neural networks, applications to economics & science.
USW 35: Dilemmas of Equity and Excellence in American K-12 Education
University Course, Harvard College Program in General Education, 2018
Course Assistant, helped lead weekly teaching section and helped students write essays on the history of US public education, current issues, and education reform.
Children’s School of Science
K-12 Teaching, Children's School of Science, Woods Hole, MA, 2019
Designed curricula and taught hands-on, field-based summer courses for students ages 8-12. Courses: Marine Biology, Invertebrate Zoology.
City Year Greater Boston
K-12 Teaching, Henry Grew Elementary School, Boston Public Schools, 2019
Provided holistic support and tracked student data in a 5th grade classroom, including individual and small-group tutoring in math and reading, social-emotional coaching, after-school enrichment, and school-wide programming.
GEO/MAE 425: Introduction to Ocean Physics for Climate
University Course, Princeton University, Department of Geosciences and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2022
TA for the course (office hours, grading) and delivered five guest lectures:
- Surface heat fluxes / ocean heat budget
- Mixed layer dynamics
- Deep ocean circulation and global overturning climate impacts
- ENSO observations
- ENSO theory
Summer Intern / Senior Thesis Advisor
Mentoring, High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, 2024
Advised undergraduate researcher Emma Dornseif during the summer and senior thesis project on extreme temperature and mortality, joint with the Department of Anthropology
SPI 586D: Global Environmental Governance
University Course, Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, New York University School of Law, 2025
Guest lecturer on geoengineering and solar radiation management, the state of the science, climate modeling, and international governance frameworks. Provided feedback on policy negotiation simulations.