human-land-atmosphere interaction; methods for blending physical models and data; tools for collaboration; how we select, communicate, and analyze assumptions in Earth science.

• Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2022
  
• M.S. in Atmospheric Science, University at Albany, 2016
  
• B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Washington, cum laude, 2014

• Presidential Fellow, Columbia University, 2019-2022
• Senior Lead Teaching Fellowship, Columbia University, 2020-2021
• Lead Teaching Fellowship, Columbia University, 2019-2020
• PI, XSEDE Startup Allocation: "A moist static energy approach to understanding wet and dry season transitions in the Amazon rainforest," 2016-2018
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2015-2019
• AMS Student Travel Grant, 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, 2014
• Annual Dean's List, University of Washington, 2012-2014
• Ruth and Richard Meese Endowed Scholarship, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, 2013-2014
• Mary Gates Research Scholarship, University of Washington, 2013
• John Arthur Elliot Endowed Scholarship, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, 2013

• CCOPE-2015 Field Campaign (2015), Chile: field operations lead
• Pre-OLYMPEX Field Campaign (2014), Washington State: site design, testing and deployment (snow depth)
• Snoqualmie Pass Snow Energy Balance Research Site (2013-2014), Washington State:
  primary field technician; software design for data archival and quality control

• Innovative Teaching Summer Institute, Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning, June 2019
• Implicit Bias Workshop, Columbia University, March 2019
• Fluid Dynamics of Sustainability and the Environment, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, September 2016

• Co-organized the 2021 Columbia University Environmental Engineering Summer Seminar Series
• "Getting a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering" information session (led by Ian Billinge), Nov. 2020
• Collegiate athletics and academic career Q&A, Northwest Water Polo Club, May 2020
• STEM Starters Outreach, Education Lab, Columbia University, Sept. 2019
• Volunteer, New York Scientific Data Summit; June, 2019
• Essay reader: Washington State Opportunity Scholarship; Mar. 2019
• 6th Grade Science Interviewee; Realm School (Berkeley, CA); Sept. 2016
• UAlbany Weather Camp Volunteer; University at Albany; Aug. 2016
• Science Outreach to Voorheesville HS students; University at Albany; Mar. 2016
• Science Outreach at Liceo Mariano Latorre; Curanilahue, Chile; Aug. 2015
• Engineering Discovery Day; University of Washington; 2013, 2014
• Volunteer Board Member, Northwest Youth Water Polo, Oct. 2013 - Aug. 2014
• Past reviewer for JGR - Biogeosciences, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of Climate, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Water Resources Research, Weather and Forecasting

• Massmann, A., 2022. Estimating ecosystem evaporation response to aridity with theory and causality. Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University. doi:10.7916/m1gy-x889.
  • Chapter 4, "Estimating the ecosystem evaporation response to interventions on soil moisture: confounding and causal modeling in a simulated world", is new material that has not been published elsewhere; Olya Skulovich and Pierre Gentine collaborated on this project.
• Massmann, A., Gentine, P. and Runge, J., 2021. Causal inference for process understanding in Earth sciences. arXiv:2105.00912.
• Rojas, Y., Minder, J.R., Campbell, L.S., Massmann, A. and Garreaud, R., 2021. Assessment of GPM IMERG satellite precipitation estimation and its dependence on microphysical rain regimes over the mountains of south-central Chile. Atmospheric Research, 253, p.105454. doi.org:10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105454.
• Massmann, A., Gentine, P. and Lin, C., 2019. When does vapor pressure deficit drive or reduce evapotranspiration? Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11. doi:10.1029/2019MS001790 arXiv:1805.05444. * Top Downloaded Paper (10%), 2018-2019
• Gentine, P., Massmann, A., Lintner B.R., Alemohammad, S.H., Fu, R., Green, J.K., Kennedy, D. and Vilà-Guerau de Arellano J., 2019. Land Atmosphere Interaction in the Tropics. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. doi:10.5194/hess-2019-12.
• Fults, L.S., Massmann, A.K., Montecinos, A., Andrews, E., Kingsmill, D.E., Minder, J.R., Garreaud, R.D. and Snider, J.R., 2019. Wintertime Aerosol Measurements during the Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. doi:10.5194/acp-2019-185.
• Massmann, A.K., Minder, J.R., Garreaud, R.D., Kingsmill, D.E., Valenzuela, R.A., Montecinos, A., Fults, S.L. and Snider, J.R., 2017. The Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment: Observing the influence of microphysical rain regimes on coastal orographic precipitation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(10), pp.2723-2743. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-17-0005.1.
• Wayand, N.E., Massmann, A., Butler, C., Keenan, E., Stimberis, J. and Lundquist, J.D., 2015. A meteorological and snow observational data set from Snoqualmie Pass (921 m), Washington Cascades, USA. Water Resources Research, 51(12), pp.10092-10103. doi:10.1002/2015WR017773.
• Lapo, K.E., Hinkelman, L.M., Landry, C.C., Massmann, A.K. and Lundquist, J.D., 2015. A simple algorithm for identifying periods of snow accumulation on a radiometer. Water Resources Research, 51(9), pp.7820-7828. doi:10.1002/2015WR017590.
• Lundquist, J.D., Wayand, N.E., Massmann, A., Clark, M.P., Lott, F. and Cristea, N.C., 2015. Diagnosis of insidious data disasters. Water Resources Research, 51(5), pp.3815-3827. doi:10.1002/2014WR016585.

• Massmann, A., 2020. What do we know? Or, how we need a framework for consolidating and collaborating on climate knowledge. Columbia University Earth and Environmental Engineering Summer Seminar Series, New York, NY.
• Massmann, A., 2019. Causality and predictions; engineering and science: the applicability of causal methods to earth science and the potential for progress at the human-environment interface. Oral presentation, Columbia University Earth and Environmental Engineering Graduate Symposium, New York, NY.
• Massmann, A., 2019. Probabilistic graphical models, causality and software. Oral presentation, Workshop on Data Analytics for Climate and Earth (DANCE), Arrowhead Lake, CA.
• Massmann, A., Gentine, P. and Wild, M., 2018. Propagator networks and truth maintenance systems: blending physical constraints and data to understand land-atmosphere interaction in the pre-satellite and pre-FLUXNET era. Title modified post-submission to: "Causal Bayesian networks in earth science research: an example examination of North American dimming in the 1950s-1970s". Poster presentation, AGU 2018 Fall Meeting, Washington D.C.
• Massmann, A., Gentine, P. and Lin, C., 2017. When does vapor pressure deficit drive or reduce evapotranspiration? Oral presentation, AGU 2017 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• Massmann, A., Gentine, P. and Lin C., 2017. When does vapor pressure deficit drive or reduce evapotranspiration? Oral presentation, Columbia University Earth and Environmental Engineering Graduate Symposium, New York, NY.
• Massmann, A.K., Minder, J.R., Kingsmill, D.E., Garreaud, R., Montecinos, A., Snider, J.R., Fults, S., Valenzuela, R. and Falvey, M. 2016. The Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment Pilot Project. Overview and Preliminary Results. Oral presentation, 17th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Burlington, VT.
• Massmann, A., Minder, J., Montecinos, A. and Fults, S., 2015 (invited). CCOPE-15 Trabajo Preliminar: Usando Perfiles de Radares para Clasificar Lluvia en la Cordillera Nahuelbuta [CCOPE-15 Preliminary Work: Using Radar Profiles to Classify Rain in the Nahuelbuta Mountains]. Seminario de Geofísica, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

• Massmann, A.K. and Minder, J.R., 2015. Utilizing a Semi-idealized Modeling Framework to Understand Meso- and Convective-scale dynamics of severe Lake-effect Snowstorms. Poster presentation, 16th Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology, Boston, MA.
• Massmann, A.K. and Minder, J.R., 2015. Utilizing a Semi-idealized Modeling Framework to Understand Observed Lake-effect Snowstorm Dynamics. Poster presentation, 40th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.
• Massmann, A.K., Lundquist, J.D., and Raleigh, M.S., 2013. Using Inexpensive Temperature Sensors to Estimate Incoming Radiation and Snow Surface Albedo. Poster presentation, University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, Seattle, WA.

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