Travis Allen O'Brien ORCID: 0000-0002-6643-1175 ResearcherID: M-5250-2013 1001 East 10th St Bloomington, IN 47405 (812) 856-6298 [email protected] PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION University of California, Santa Cruz B. S. Physics 2001-2005 University of California, Santa Cruz M. S. Earth Science 2006-2008 University of California, Santa Cruz Ph. D. Earth Science 2008-2011 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Postdoc, Climate Science 2011-2013 ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD 2020-present Assistant Professor, IU Bloomington 2020-present Visiting Faculty, LBNL 2017-2019 Career Earth Research Scientist, LBNL 2015-2019 Climate and Atmosphere Process Program Lead, LBNL 2015-2018 Assistant Adjunct Professor, UC Davis 2014-2017 Career-Track Earth Research Scientist, LBNL 2011-2013 Geological Postdoctoral Fellow, LBNL 2010 Associate in Atmospheric Sciences, UC Davis 2009-2011 Ph. D. Candidate, UC Santa Cruz 2006-2009 Graduate Student Researcher, UC Santa Cruz 2006 Research Consultant, LANL 2004-2005 Research Assistant, UC Santa Cruz 2004 Student Intern, SLAC 5 SELECT REFEREED PUBLICATIONS O'Brien, T. A., Risser, M. D., Loring, B., Elbashandy, A. A., Krishnan, H., Johnson, J., Patri- cola, C. M., *O'Brien, J. P., *Mahesh, A., *Arriaga Ramirez, S., Rhoades, A. M., Charn, A., *Inda D´ıaz,H., and Collins, W. D. (2020b). Detection of atmospheric rivers with inline uncer- tainty quantification: TECA-BARD v1.0.1. Geoscientific Model Development, 13(12):6131{6148 *O'Brien, J. P., O'Brien, T. A., Patricola, C. M., and Wang, S.-Y. (2019). Metrics for under- standing large-scale controls of multivariate temperature and precipitation variability. Climate Dynamics, 53(7-8):3805{3823 O'Brien, T. A., Collins, W. D., Kashinath, K., R¨ubel, O., Byna, S., Gu, J., Krishnan, H., and Ullrich, P. A. (2016c). Resolution dependence of precipitation statistical fidelity in hindcast simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8(2):976{990 O'Brien, T. A., Li, F., Collins, W. D., Rauscher, S. A., Ringler, T. D., Taylor, M., Hagos, S. M., and Leung, L. R. (2013d). Observed scaling in clouds and precipitation and scale incognizance in regional to global atmospheric models. Journal of Climate, 26(23):9313{9333 O'Brien, T. A., Sloan, L. C., Chuang, P. Y., Faloona, I. C., and Johnstone, J. A. (2013f). Multi- decadal simulation of coastal fog with a regional climate model. Climate Dynamics, 40:2801{2812 5 SELECT INVITED TALKS O'Brien, T. A. (2019b). Probabilistic Detection of Extreme Weather Systems. Workshop on Risk Analysis for Extremes in the Earth System, Berkeley, CA. (Invited) O'Brien, T. A. (2017c). A Case for Missing Physics in Climate Models. San Jose State University Climate and Meteorology Seminar, San Jose, CA. (Invited) O'Brien, T. A., Collins, W., Rauscher, S., Kashinath, K., R¨ubel, O., S, B., Gu, J., Krishnan, H., and Ullrich, P. (2016a). Understanding the resolution dependence of precipitation statistical fidelity in hindcast simulations. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA. (Invited) O'Brien, T. A. (2015). Climate modeling of extremes: state of the science. Climate Change Impacts & Integrated Assessment Workshop XXI, Snowmass CO. (Invited) O'Brien, T. A. and Collins, W. (2015a). Analyzing and leveraging self-similarity in climate models. EGU Spring Meeting, Vienna, Austria. (Invited) COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE • Organizing committee member, 2020 DOE PI Meeting, Fall 2020 • Panelist, "K-12 Live Science Presents Science in the Sky July 31, 2020", Berke- ley, CA • Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP) com- mittee member (2019-present) • Host and Organizer, 3rd ARTMIP Workshop, October 16 { 18, 2019 • Co-organizer, 2018 DOE PI Meeting, Fall 2018 • Steering committee member and report co-author: DOE/NOAA Workshop on High-Resolution Coupling and Initialization to Improve Predictability and Pre- dictions in Climate Models, September 30 { October 2, 2015 (report available online) • Organizing committee, 2016 DOE/RGCM PI Meeting, Fall 2016 • Organizing committee, 2015 DOE/RGCM Team Leads Meeting, Fall 2015 • Invited participant in interdisciplinary Fog as a System workshop, 2013 • Guest on KQED Forum { discussed heatwaves and climate, 23 June, 2017 (http://bit.ly/2t4wIad) • Referee for: JGR - Atmospheres, J. Clim., J. Atmos. Sci., Clim. Dyn., Earth Interact., Atmos. Sci. Lett., Science Advances, Geosci. Model Devel., and GRL • Session co-convener for AGU Fall Meetings: { A199 (2020): Atmospheric Rivers: Processes, Impacts, and Uncertainty Quantification { A33N (2019): Fog: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Ocean, and Land Interactions { A026 (2018): Boundary Layer Clouds: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Ocean, and Land Interactions { A23E (2016): Fog: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Ocean, and Land Interactions { A32E (2015): Fog: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Ocean, and Land Interactions { A52B (2014): Innovative Insights into the Climate System and Climate Models: Exploring Scales and Parameter Spaces { A14B (2014): Fog: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Ocean, and Land Interactions { A033 (2013): Fog: Atmosphere, Biosphere, land, and ocean interactions { A025 (2012): Coastal Fog: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Ocean, and Land In- teractions { A066 (2012): Scale Dependence, Scale Invariance, and Scale Aware Pa- rameterization • Developer of free, multidimensional probability estimation tool, fastKDE • Community contributor to the ICTP RegCM regional climate model INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE • 2021, Undergraduate Studies Committee, IU Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Dept. • 2021, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, IU Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Dept. • 2020, Diversity & Inclusion pre-Committee, IU Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Dept. • 2015-2019, Area Council, LBNL Earth and Environmental Sciences Area • 2015-2019, Division Council, LBNL Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division • 2015-2019, Lead, LBNL Climate and Atmospheric Process Program Domain • 2017-2018, Committee on Undergraduate Courses and Majors and Courses, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • 2017, Internal Fellowship Review Committee, UC Davis Graduate Studies • 2015-2017, Diversity and Inclusion Council, LBNL • 2015-2016, Graduate Admission Committee, UC Davis Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Group • 2014-2015, Deputy Lead, LBNL Climate Modeling Program • Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member: { 2017, Alan Rhoades, UC Davis, Understanding 21st Century Hydroclimatic Trends in Western USA Mountain Ranges Using Variable-Resolution CESM { 2016, Xingying Huang, UC Davis, Studying Regional Climate with Variable- Resolution CESM • Qualifying Examination Committee Member: { 2019, H´ectorInda D´ıaz,UC Davis, Toward theory-based detection of at- mospheric rivers: Characterizing the size, Lagrangian properties, and co- herent Lagrangian structures of atmospheric rivers { 2018, Elizabeth McClenny, UC Davis, Atmospheric Rivers in a Hierarchy of Models: Biases, Sensitivities, and Usability Insights { 2017, John P. O'Brien, UC Santa Cruz, The Quantification of Anthro- pogenic Contribution to Co-occurring Meteorological Extremes { 2015, Meina Wang, UC Davis, Observations and Regional Climate Simu- lations of Changes in Sea-Breeze and Coastal Fog TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professor EAS E-122 Earth's Dynamic Atmosphere IU Spring 2021 Professor EAS E-474 Current and Future Trends in Extreme Weather IU Fall 2020 Professor EAS E-574 Current and Future Trends in Extreme Weather IU Fall 2020 Professor EAS E-122 Earth's Dynamic Atmosphere IU Spring 2020 Professor ATM298 Python for Environmental Sciences UCD Spring 2017 Professor ATM290 Atmospheric Science Seminar UCD Spring 2017 Professor ATM298 Python for Environmental Sciences UCD Spring 2016 Instructor LATEXfor Science LBNL Summer 2013 T.A. ES110B Earth as a Chemical System UCSC Winter 2011 Assoc. in Atm. Sci. ATM120 Atm. Thermodyn. & Cloud Phys. UCD Fall 2010 T.A. ES80C Introduction to Weather and Climate UCSC Fall 2009 T.A. ES110B Earth as a Chemical System UCSC Winter 2009 T.A. ES10 California Geology UCSC Fall 2007 T.A. ES80D Earth Sciences in the Cinema UCSC Spring 2007 CURRENT, PENDING, & PAST SUPPORT Current 04/20{03/23 Co-PI, DOD RC19-F3-1391 Process-based Evaluation of Temperature ($250K ) and Precipitation Projections and Downscal- ing Methods over the CONUS 10/18{09/21 Co-PI, DOE DE-FOA-0001862 Monsoon Extremes: Impacts, Metrics, and ($349K ) Synoptic-Scale Drivers 10/19{09/22 Co-I, DOE Scientific Focus Area Calibrated And Systematic Characteriza- ($8.25M ) tion, Attribution, and Detection of Extremes (CASCADE) 07/18{06/21 Co-I, DOE SC-FOA-0001862 Tropical Cyclone-Climate Interactions using ($216K ) E3SM Pending 10/21{09/23 Co-I, NOAA AdSci ($300K ) Enhancing Community-Led Adaptation and Resilience to Storms in the Great Lakes Past 10/16{09/19 Co-PI, DOE Scientific Focus Calibrated And Systematic Characteriza- Area ($7.4M ) tion, Attribution, and Detection of Extremes (CASCADE) 10/16{09/19 Co-I, DOE DE-FOA-0001531 An Integrated Evaluation of the Simulated ($1.5M ) Hydroclimate System of the Continental US (Hyperion) 10/16{09/19 Co-I, NSF CoastalSEES ($90K ) Coastal fog-mediated interactions between climate change, upwelling, and coast redwood resilience: Projecting vulnerabilities and the human response (Summen Project) 10/15{09/18 Co-I, DOE DE-FOA-0001036 Developing Metrics to Evaluate the Skill and ($150K ) Credibility of Downscaling 10/13{09/16 Co-I, DOE Scientific Focus Area Calibrated And Systematic Characteriza- ($6.3M ) tion, Attribution, and Detection of Extremes (CASCADE) AWARDS: • 2020 Department of Energy Certificate of Excellence "In appreciation of your leadership in