Dr. Natasha Sekhon

Dr. Natasha Sekhon

Postdoctoral Fellow

Service

Disciplinary Service

Seminar series designed to showcase the research of Early Career Researchers (ECR) in all fields of paleo sciences (-ntology, -ecology, -ceanography, -climate, etc). As part of the current committee, my roles include weekly seminar meetings, maintaining the website, and discussions related to speakers, schedules, funding.

Worked with members of the North America regional team, led by Dr. Jessica Oster, to organize, compile, and interpret existing published stalagmite records from North and Central America. SISAL is a PAGES funded initiative to increase interaction between researchers interested in paleoclimatology, karst, and stalagmites.

Hubbard Avenue Elementary School, CA - Climate Change for Elementary School Students - French

L’Ecole Catholique, CA - Caves and Climate Change for Middle School Students - French

Dana Hall School, USA - Climate Change for High School Students - English

Shawsheen Elementary School, USA - Caves and Climate for Elementary School Student - English

Linden Meadows School, USA - Geology for Elementary School Students - English

Part of the organizing committee that consisted of speleothem graduate students from across the world. Our aim was to organize a successful and engaging Summer School in Speleothem Sciences held at CE- NIEH, Burgos, Spain.

Departmental and University Service

Editorial Board member for UT Austin’s Geoscience Blog. Pitch and write stories for the Blog that cover a wide range of geoscience topics, geared towards a wider audience.

Co-organizer with fellow graduate student, Alison Tune, for geoscience seminars focused on Water, Climate, and Environment research.

May 2017 assisted with Intro to Data Analysis and Graphics Using R. May 2019 assisted with Intro- duction to SQL and Relational Database Design. May 2020 was cancelled due to Covid-19.

Community Service