CV
Education
- B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
- M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
- Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
Work experience
- Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- Github University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git
- Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- Github University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
Skills
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
- Skill 3
Publications
Evaluating model outputs using integrated global speleothem records of climate change since the last glacial.
Atsawawanunt, K, L. Comas-Bru, S. A. Mozhdehi, M. Deininger, S. P. Harrison, A. Baker, and SISAL Working Group Members (2019). "The SISAL database: a global resource to document oxygen and carbon isotope records from speleothems." Earth System Science Data.
Speleothem Paleoclimatology for the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.
Oster, J. L., S. F. Warken, N. Sekhon, M. M. Arienzo, and M. Lachniet. (2019). "Speleothem Paleoclimatology for the Caribbean, Central America, and North America." Quarternary.
Evaluating model outputs using integrated global speleothem records of climate change since the last glacial.
Comas-Bru, L., S.P. Harrison, M. Werner, K. Rehfeld, N. Scroxton, C. Veiga-Pires, and SISAL Working Group Members (2019). "Evaluating model outputs using integrated global speleothem records of climate change since the last glacial." Climate of the Past.
End of Green Sahara amplified mid- to late Holocene megadroughts in mainland Southeast Asia.
Griffiths, M.L., K.R. Johnson, F.S.R. Pausata, J.C. White, G.M. Henderson, C.T. Wood, H. Yang, V. Ersek, C. Conrad and N. Sekhon. (2020). "End of Green Sahara amplified mid- to late Holocene megadroughts in mainland Southeast Asia." Quarternary.
Understanding climate trends in Central America through practical problem-based learning
Sekhon, N., Beach, T., Krause, S., and Eshleman, S. (2021). "Understanding climate trends in Central America through practical problem-based learning." Journal of Geography in Higher Education.
Diurnal to seasonal ventilation in Brazilian caves
Sekhon, N., Novello, V. F., Cruz, F. W., Wortham, B. E., Ribeiro, T. G., and Breecker, D. O. (2021). "Diurnal to seasonal ventilation in Brazilian caves." Global and Planetary Change.
Talks
Southeast Asian Monsoon Variability during the Holocene Based on Speleothems from Laos.
Conference Proceedings Poster at Goldschmidt", Sacremento CA, USA
Holocene tropical hydroclimate reconstruction from speleothem oxygen isotopes.
Poster at UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium, Irvine CA, USA
Proposed work to investigate recent SPCZ rainfall changes using cave deposits from the South Pacific.
Research Symposium Poster at Annual Jackson School Research Symposium, Austin TX, USA
Investigating recent SPCZ rainfall variability using a Stalagmite from the Solomon Islands: Initial Report.
Summer School Poster at Summer School on Speleothem Sciences, Oxford, UK
Assessing multi-decadal rainfall variability in the South Pacific Convergence Zone using the geochemistry of stalagmites from the Solomon Islands.
Conference Proceedings Poster at AGU, San Francisco CA, USA
Multidecadal rainfall variability in the South Pacific Convergence Zone using the geochemistry of stalagmites from theSolomon Islands.
AGS Annual Poster Session at Austin Geological Society (AGS), Austin TX, USA
Near entrance Speleothems: Archives of seasonality?
Conference Proceedings Talk at GSA South-Central, San Antonio TX, USA
Global Stacking of Speleothem Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Records.
Conference Proceedings Talk at Karst Record 8th International Conference , Austin TX, USA
Seasonally-resolved trace element concentrations in stalagmites from a shallow cave in New Mexico.
Conference Proceedings Poster at AGU, New Orleans LA, USA
Insights From The Geochemistry of Stalagmite: Examining Local Hydroclimate Variability In Semi-Arid New Mexico.
Seminar Series Talk at University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX, USA
High-Resolution Stalagmite Reconstruction Examining Local Hydroclimate Variability From A Shallow Cave in Semi-Arid New Mexico
Conference Proceedings Talks at GSA, Phoenix AZ, USA
Composite data set of last glacial Dansgaard/Oeschger events obtained from stable oxygen isotopes in speleothems
Conference Proceedings Poster at EGU, Online
A two-year source to sink monitoring study to interpret elemental and isotopic variability in a karst system in southeastern New-Mexico
Conference proceedings talk at GSA 2020, Online
A study of seasonal hydroclimate variability in southwestern United States: Geochemical insights from stalagmites and karst monitoring.
Palmer Geology Lecture Series at Kent State Univeristy, Online
Transition metal concentrations as recorders of drought terminations: An assessment using the geochemistry of two coeval stalagmites that grew between 1930 and 2009 C.E. from semi-arid New Mexico.
School of Geosciences Seminar Series at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Online
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams