Safa MoteSafa Mote is Assistant Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Portland State University and Visiting Assistant Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Maryland who has worked on a wide range of challenging inerdisciplinary problems. He has two Ph.D. degrees in Physics and in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, and Scientific Computing from the University of Maryland. He designs mathematical models to propose and assess holistic policies that lead to sustainability in interconnected environmental, economic, climate, and health systems. He develops computational methods based on Dynamical Systems, Machine Learning, and Data Assimilation to forecast extreme weather and climate events, improve subseasonal to seasonal predictions, and create projections for the coupled energy–water–food nexus. Read More Read Less