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Education

• Ph.D. in Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, In progress
• M.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, 2019
• B.S. Mathematics, University of Kansas, 2009

Research Interests

Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Data Assimilation, Geomagnetism.

Research Experience

Graduate Intern, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Awards

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF)

Publications

• K. Gwirtz, M. Morzfeld, A. Fournier and G. Hulot, Can one use Earth’s magnetic axial dipole field intensity to predict reversals?, Geophysical Journal International, 225(1), 277-297 (2021).

• M. Brio, J.G. Caputo, K. Gwirtz, J. Liu and A. Maimistov, Scattering of a short electromagnetic pulse from a Lorentz-Duffing film: theoretical and numerical analysis, Wave Motion, 89, 43-56 (2019).

Talks & Presentations

• Siam - Mathematics of Planet Earth (Summer 2020)
  Title of Talk: Data assimilation experiments with a reduced-order model of the geodynamo

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Paleomagnetism Seminar (Summer 2020)
  Title of Talk: Can one use Earth’s magnetic axial dipole field intensity to predict reversals?

• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly (Summer 2019)
  Title of Poster: Geomagnetic data assimilation: numerical experiments with a reduced-scale model

• American Geophysical Union (Fall 2018 Meeting)
  Title of Poster: Localization and bias correction in geomagnetic data assimilation: systematic numerical experiments with reduced-scale models

• U2 can UQ, University of Arizona (Spring 2018)
  Title of Talk: Geomagnetic data assimilation

• RTG workshop, University of Arizona (Fall 2017)
  Title of Talk: Invariant densities for maps with noise

• RTG workshop, University of Arizona (Spring 2017)
  Title of Talk: Thin ferroelectric films