Samuel Bartusek
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist , Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School
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Oceanography
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964
USA
BIOGRAPHY:
Sam is a Ph.D. candidate working with Mingfang Ting and Yutian Wu. He studies climate and atmospheric dynamics, with a focus on extreme heat events and their physical causes. His work also involves atmospheric chemistry and the intersection between extreme heat and surface air pollution.
2 PUBLICATIONS ON COLUMBIA | ACADEMIC COMMONS
Only select publications listed below| Name | Published Date |
| Extreme Heat in a Warming World: Causes, Changes, and Air Quality Connections | 2025 |
| Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations | 2024 |
PUBLICATIONS
Bartusek, S. T., Seo, H., Ummenhofer, C. C., & Steffen, J. (2021). The role of nearshore air‐sea interactions for landfalling atmospheric rivers on the US West Coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), e2020GL091388.
CONTACT
EXPERTISE
climate science atmospheric dynamics extreme eventsEDUCATION
Columbia University (2022) | M.A. | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Princeton University (2020) | A.B. | Department of Geosciences
HONORS & AWARDS
NASA | Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST)