Danielle Touma

I am a Research Assistant Professor at the UT Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin.

I study the impact of climate variability and human activity on the characteristics of extreme climate events, specifically extreme fire weather and extreme precipitation. I use observational datasets and large ensemble Earth system model simulations to quantify changes and underlying uncertainties of extreme climate events and compounding events under a warming climate.

I also work with ecologists and anthropologists to understand the impacts of extreme climate events on local to regional scales and how communities adapt to and mitigate their effects.