Daria Halkides


Affiliate
1107 NE 45th St., Suite 320
Seattle, WA. 98105-4656, USA

Research focus: Tropical climate phenomena (MJO, IOZDM, ENSO, Asian Monsoon), Air-sea interactions, Ocean surface mixed layer processes, Climate-ice sheet interactions, Tropical -high latitude exchange.

Daria Halkides received her PhD in Astrophysical, Planetary & Atmospheric Sciences with an emphasis in Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics from the University of Colorado (CU) in 2005. Her graduate work focused on tropical air-sea interactions linked to the evolution and life cycle of Indian Ocean Zonal/Dipole Mode (IOZDM) events, and on multi-scale climate impacts on Asian-Australian Monsoon rainfall variability and distribution. She also completed an Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Environmental Policy (Masters equivalent) while at CU. She completed a Caltech Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, in 2009, then remained at JPL as a contract researcher employed by University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)/JPL Joint Institute For Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE) until 2015.  She worked as Research Scientist at ESR from 2015 until the end of 2022, and is now currently an affiliate. Her current research interests range from ocean surface mixed-layer processes and air-sea interactions, to low latitude- high latitude exchange and climate impacts on the polar ice sheets. She also has strong interests in social policy and education, having participated in a variety of outreach programs over the years and taught Astronomy, Geology, Geographic Information Systems and Earth System Science at the undergraduate level.

Education:

Ph.D. 2005 Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (Atmos./Ocean Dynamics)
I.G.C. 2004 Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (Environmental Policy)
M.S. 2001 Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (Atmos./Ocean Dynamics)
B.A. 1998 Bryn Mawr & Haverford Colleges (Physics and Astrophysics)

Current Research Projects:

  • Investigating science impacts of future (simulated) remote sensing measurements of ocean surface mixed-layer properties on analysis, state estimation and prediction of upper ocean variability and climate
  • Curriculum development lead for the NASA Ice Sheet System Model’s Virtual Ice Sheet Lab (VISL) (prototype under development)

Publications:

For a complete publication list, see Daria Halkides on Google Scholar.