Professional Service
- Remote Sensing of Environment. Associate Editor. 05/01/2020 - present
- Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (DOE SAIL) . Role: Aerosol Team. Team Member. 03/15/2020 - present
- International Commission on Snow and Ice Hydrology . Role: Vice President. Elected Leadership. 07/2019 - present
- NASA/CUAHSI . Role: Lead Instructor. Annual Snow School Planning and Instruction. 01/2019 - present
- Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI). University Representative. 10/2018 - present
- NASA Snow International Working Group (SINTER). Role: Elected Leadership. Incoming President. 08/2018 - present
- Western Snow Conference. Role: Chair. South Continental Committee. 04/2018 - present
- American Geophysical Union. Role: Cryosphere Focus Group Representative. Fall Meeting Program Committee. 12/18/2017 - present
- International Network for Alpine Research and Catchment Hydrology (INARCH). Scientific Steering Committee. 12/01/2017 - present
- Western Snow Conference. Role: Secretary. South Continental Area Committee. 08/15/2017 - 04/2018
- American Geophysical Union. Sharing Science Champion. 01/15/2016 - 01/15/2018
- American Geophysical Union. Role: Early Career Representative. Cryosphere Focus Group Executive Committee. 03/01/2015 - 12/2017
Internal Service
- College Council. Department Representative, 08/2019 - present. College service.
- Undergraduate Committee. 08/2019 - 05/2020. Department service.
- GIS Committee. 08/2019 - 05/2020. Department service.
- Remote Sensing curriculum planning. 07/01/2017 - 07/2018. Department service.
Community Partnership
- Protect Our Winters (Climate Advocacy) Role: Science Alliance, guest speaker, panelist. 05/2019 - present
Outreach
- Ambassador, Community Snow Observations. 02/01/2019 - present
Honors & Awards
- Superior Research Award (Tenure Line Junior Category). College of Social and Behavioral Science, 03/21/2022
- Superior Research Award Finalist (Tenure Line Junior Category). College of Social and Behavioral Science, 03/29/2021
- Junior Faculty Research Leave Award (Spring 2021). College of Social and Behavioral Science, 01/08/2020
In the Media
- Dust Clouds are killing people out West- and the dangers could spread (Popular Science). 02/24/2022. https://www.popsci.com/environment/dust-clouds-dan...
- How climate change could affect snow at the Winter Olympics by 2080. 02/2022. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-climate-change...
- Utah’s Olympics prospects amid shrinking snowpack (Utah Public Radio). 01/14/2022.
- Snowpack in the West: Will there be enough to ski in 50 years? (Deseret News). 12/09/2021.
- A Long View of Sierra Snow (NASA Earth Observatory). 07/08/2021. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148595/a-...
- Wildlife, Air Quality at Risk as Great Salt Lake Nears Low (Associated Press). 06/06/2021. https://apnews.com/article/great-salt-lake-air-qua...
- NASA Snow Campaign Digs Deep in 2021. 02/24/2021. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-sno...
- ‘Dirty snow could impact spring snowmelt’ KSL News Radio. 02/08/2021. https://kslnewsradio.com/1942695/dirty-snow-could-...
- ‘The Future of the Outdoor State’ Protect Our Winters. 09/22/2020. https://protectourwinters.org/video/the-future-of-...
- ‘The Outdoor State of Mind’ Protect Our Winters. 05/12/2020. https://protectourwinters.org/video/the-outdoor-st...
- ‘Our Changing Mountain Snowpack’ The Avalanche Review. 04/01/2020.
- ‘Dust on Snow’ Community Snow Observations. 05/19/2019. http://communitysnowobs.org/dust-snow-mckenzie-ski...
- ‘Save our Winters’ Utah Business. 04/16/2019. https://www.utahbusiness.com/greatest-snow-on-eart...
- Fire & Ice Podcast: What’s Killing the Great Salt Lake? 03/15/2019. https://fox13now.com/2019/03/05/new-podcast-whats-...
- ‘6 University of Utah professors studying air quality issues in Utah’ Salt Lake Tribune. 02/16/2019. https://www.ksl.com/article/46492387/6-university-...
- This Green Earth Podcast. 01/22/2019. https://player.fm/series/kpcw-this-green-earth/thi...
- 'Dust Is Speeding Up Snow Melt, Threatening Utah's Greatest Snow On Earth' Utah Public Radio. 01/07/2019. https://www.upr.org/post/dust-speeding-snow-melt-t...
- 'Tribune editorial: Can the Great Salt Lake be great again?' Salt Lake Tribune. 12/29/2018. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/29/tribune-edi...
- 'Dust from Great Salt Lake threatens Wasatch Mountains' Earth.com . 12/23/2018. https://www.earth.com/news/dust-threatens-wasatch-...
- 'Dust is causing Utah's snowpack to melt faster, new U. study says' KSL. 12/21/2018. https://www.ksl.com/article/46453307/dust-is-causi...
- 'University of Utah study suggests dust threatens ‘Greatest Snow on Earth’' Fox13. 12/21/2018. https://fox13now.com/2018/12/21/university-of-utah...
- 'Researchers find dust is threatening Utah's 'Greatest Snow on Earth'' ABC4. 12/21/2018. https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/researchers-f...
- 'Study: Great Salt Lake dust causing earlier mountain snowmelt' Deseret News. 12/21/2018. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900047624/stud...
- 'Dust blowing off the shrinking Great Salt Lake is eroding Wasatch snowpack and that could eventually threaten drinking water' Salt Lake Tribune . 12/21/2018. https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2018/12/22...
- 'The Rocky Mountains Have A Dust Problem' National Public Radio (NPR). 04/22/2018. https://www.npr.org/2018/04/22/604580743/the-rocky...
- '‘X-Snow’ Project Looking To Unlock The Secrets of Snow', WeatherNation. 02/28/2018. http://www.weathernationtv.com/news/x-snow-project...
- 'Dust on Snow Controls Springtime River Rise in West', WeatherNation. 01/30/2018. http://www.weathernationtv.com/news/dust-snow-cont...
- 'Dust — more than hot air — is making snow melt in the Rockies', Southern California Public Radio. 01/25/2018. https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/01/25/80094/jpl-stu...
- 'Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in West', Phys.org. 01/24/2018. https://phys.org/news/2018-01-springtime-river-wes...
- 'Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in West', KSL NewsRadio. 01/2018.
- 'Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in West', Utah Public Radio. 01/2018.