In Joshua’s most recent project, he extracted tropical cyclone precipitation (TCP) data from existing precipitation datasets for the last 68 years to characterize TCP climatology in the eastern United States. These data are both high-resolution and long-term. Most of the available data used in previous studies are either high-resolution or long-term. This high resolution and long-term data will produce a more accurate understanding of TCP climatology and can be used to calibrate paleoclimate proxies. This project will be submitted to the Journal of Climate.

Joshua has two publications, on one of which he is first author. His first publication is focused on a 2,500-year record of intense, Katrina-like storms in the Gulf of Mexico. In it, he used sediment to back-calculate storm surge heights over coastal systems. In his most recent publication, written with coauthors from the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Joshua examined changes in channel morphology in response to landslides caused by Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan.

Joshua promotes diversity and is a vocal supporter of underrepresented groups in STEM. In his own words, “climate change does not care who you are and what you do.” He also enjoys communicating science through Twitter. Beside research, Joshua loves reading, brewing beer, hiking, ultimate Frisbee, playing the piano, and video games.