We are enthusiastic about educating young and adult members of the community on topics related to the science of climate change, climate impacts, and clean energy opportunities. Through lectures, hands-on workshops and online forums, we frequently engage in educational activities. Below is a flavor of some of these activities:
Youth Science Engagement
Over the years, Deepti have engaged in tutoring and mentoring activities with high-school students through various programs including – the college-bound program of the Boys and Girls Girls Club of the Peninsula (2010-2015), Stanford Medical Youth Program (2011), and the Lamont Secondary School Field Research program (2016). Many of the students I interacted with through these programs became first generation college students. I have also been a panelist for Early Career Researcher panel discussions for high-school groups visiting Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Workshops
I enjoy developing hands-on activities get younger students excited about science and engineering. With the Purdue Energy Club, I conducted a number of workshops for students in the Lafayette, Indiana area to educate them about clean energy technologies like solar, wind, and hydro, when I was a graduate student at Purdue (2008-2010). At Stanford, I organized workshops for middle and high-school students during Stanford Splash events. With members of the Women in Earth Sciences group at Stanford, I organized a workshop on Climate Change and Clean Energy for the Girls in Science Day in 2015 organized by the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula.
Public Talks and Panels
I gave two talks at the Stanford Science Circle for High-School Students in 2014 with over 50 participants from schools around the Bay Area: Generation Anthropocene: the age of human-induced changes in the Earth System and Indian Summer Monsoon and its Changing Character. With Dr. Diffenbaugh and other graduate students, I was a panelist for the Stanford Continuing Studies Program (2015) widely attended by members of the Bay Area community Earth Matters: A Matter of Degrees. With Daniel Horton, I organized a breakout session at Stanford Connecting the Dots (2014), a popular event for the Stanford and wider community: Weather going wild: Will global warming lead to more extremes? .