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Sam Anderson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Simon Fraser University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Simon Fraser University I research how climate change impacts water resources in Western North America, where snow and glaciers play profound roles in shaping how our society functions. During my PhD I published research about community vulnerability to the loss of glacier ice, as well as several additional papers about how data science and deep machine learning can reveal the changing role of ice in our water systems. As a postdoctoral research fellow, I investigate how extreme events like heatwaves impacts river flows. My research has been published in outlets such as Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, and Hydrology and Earth System Science. Beyond scientific research, I have published multiple essays in The Globe and Mail about the parallels between climate change impacts on ice and snow, and personal experiences such as healing from grief and fostering community.