Teaching

University of Tübingen: Environmental Impact Assessments at the Local & Global Levels (Winter, 2023-2024), The Science and Practice of Environmental Communication in Global Context (Winter 2023-2024), Disaster Risk Reduction for a Resilient World (Winter 2023-2024), and Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Research (Winter 2024)
University of Central Asia: Geodynamics & Structural Geology (Fall 2020 & 2021); Introduction to Earth and Environmental Sciences (Fall 2021); Sediments, Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon (Fall 2020); Environmental Impact & Risk Assessment (Spring 2021)
Guest Lecturer: University of Central Asia: Science Communication (2 lectures, Spring 2022); Environmental Communication (4 lectures, Spring 2021), Natural Hazards and Risk Management in Mountain Regions (4 lectures, Spring 2021); Advanced GIS & Remote Sensing (1 lecture, Spring 2021)
University of Tübingen: Applied Tectonics & Surface Processes (co-developed course curriculum, 2016)
University of Montana: Introduction to Geology Lab (2006-2007)
University of Washington: Inner Pipeline Education Seminars (EDUC 401, 2001-2004)

Outreach

My outreach activities range from developing educational videos and training school teachers to working closely with policymakers to inform the disaster risk reduction decision-making process and strengthen the resulting policies. Some of my activities are highlighted below.

2022 - AKMA OceanSenses Expedition, Member
since 2021 - EGU Mentoring and Outreach, Program Committee Officer
2021-2022 - AGU Voices for Science (Policy track), Member
since 2020 - EGU Outreach Committee, Member & Vice Chair
2020-2021 - Geosciences PhD/Postdoc Representatives, University of Tübingen, Member
2019 - European Union Parliament, Science adviser Read more
2019 - UN Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation, NY, USA, UN Delegate Read more
since 2011 - Founder of ParsQuake Project
since 2008 - Curriculum design, teacher professional development and education research

Blogs

2023 - How to make your geoscience communication publishable Read more
2023 - Sign up for EGU’s Mentoring Program: here’s why! Read more
2022 - A Pedagogical Dance: EGU’s Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme Read more
2022 - Mentoring could be just what your career needs Read more
2021 - INTEGRATE: a complete higher-education teaching package for climate science Read more
2021 - Teacher-Scientist Pairing Scheme Read more
2020 - GeoPolicy: My experience with the EGU’s science-policy pairing scheme Read more
2016 - Soil is not dirt cheap: Soils, Sustainable Development Goals, and Geomorphologists Read more
2016 - Unwind your EGU stress with a geomorphology memory game Read more
2016 - Exploring the Sustainable Development Goals at the University of Tübingen, Germany Read more

Videos

2020 - What is science for policy and how can you get involved? EGU short course Watch video
2019 - Natural Hazards: Preparing today to protect tomorrow, Oxford, UK Watch video
2016 - How to Disarm Earthquakes, TEDx, Stuttgart, Germany Watch video
2008 - Between Bulls and Mosquitoes: Earthquake education in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Watch video

Outreach Publications

2021 - Using paired teaching for earthquake education in schools, Geoscience Communication Download PDF
2020 - Paired teaching approach to earthquake education: a cross-country comparison between Dushanbe, Tajikistan and London, United Kingdom, EGU General Assembly Read more
2019 - Overcoming challenges in earthquake education: A case study from Tajikistan, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Read more
2018 - Using paired teaching for earthquake education in schools, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Read more | Download poster
2010 - Earthquake Emergency Education in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Journal of Geoscience Education Download PDF