Morgan Gorris

Education

• Ph.D., Earth System Science
• University of California, Irvine
• 2019

• M.S., Earth System Science
• University of California, Irvine
• 2016

• B.S.E., Earth System Science and Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics
• University of Michigan
• 2014

Positions

• 2020 - Present | Director's Postdoc Fellow

Awards

• Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award, Large Group, 2020
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Postdoc Performance Award, Small Group, 2020
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Director’s Postdoc Fellowship, 2020
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Spot Award, 2020
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Center for Nonlinear Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2019
• University of California, Irvine, Earth System Science Faculty Endowed Fellowship, 2019
• Outstanding Student Presentation Award: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2019
• Best Student Oral Presentation Award: American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2017
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2016
• University of California, Irvine, Data Science Initiative Fellowship, 2015

Professional Societies

• American Geophysical Union
• American Meteorological Society

Publications

• Gorris, M. E., Bartlow, A. W., Temple, S. D., Romero-Alvarez, D., Shutt, D. P., Fair, J. M., Kaufeld, K. A., Del Valle, S. Y., Manore, C. A. (In review, 2021). Species distribution maps across the Americas of Culex mosquitoes, disease vectors for human pathogens. Parasites & Vectors.
• Keyel, A. C., Gorris, M. E., et al. (In Press, 2021). A qualitative evaluation of West Nile virus models and their application to local public health decision-making. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
• Gorris, M. E., Caballero Van Dyke, M. C., Carey, A., Hamm, P. S., Mead, H. L., Uehling, J. K. (2021). A Review of Coccidioides Research, Outstanding Questions in the Field, and Contributions by Women Scientists. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports.
• Treseder, K. K., Alster, C. J., Cat, L. A., Gorris, M. E., Kuhn, A. L., Lovero, K. G., Hagedorn, F., Kerekes, J. F., McHugh, T. A., Solly, E. F. (2021). Nutrient and stress tolerance traits linked to fungal responses to global change: Four case studies. Elementa, 9(1), 00144.
• Carey, A., Gorris, M. E., Chiller, T., Jackson, B., Beadles, W., Webb, B. J. (2021), Coccidioidomycosis in Utah 2006-2015: Epidemiology, clinical features & outcomes. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(9).
• Gorris, M. E., Neumann, J. E., Kinney, P. L., Sheahan, M., Sarofim, M. C. (2021), Economic valuation of coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) projections in the United States in response to climate change. Weather, Climate, and Society, 13(1), 107-123.
• Germann, T. C., Smith, M. Z., Dauelsberg, L., Fairchild, G., Turton, T., Gorris, M. E., Watson Ross, C., Ahrens, J. P., Hemphill, D. D., Manore, C. A., Del Valle, S. Y. (2020), Using an agent-based model to assess K-12 school re-openings under different COVID-19 spread scenarios—United States, school year 2020-21, preprint in medRxiv, 2020.10.09.20208876.
• Gorris, M. E., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., & Randerson, J. T. (2019), Expansion of coccidioidomycosis endemic regions in response to climate change in the United States, GeoHealth, 3, 308-327.
• Cat, L. A., Gorris, M. E., Randerson, J. T., Riquelme, M., & Treseder, K. K. (2019), Crossing the Line: Human Disease and Climate Change Across Borders, Journal of Environmental Health, 81(8), 14-22.
• Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A., Zender, C. S., Treseder, K. K., & Randerson, J. T. (2018), Coccidioidomycosis dynamics in relation to climate in the southwestern United States, GeoHealth, 2, 6-24.

All Publications

Center for Nonlinear Studies