Anthony D. Cak, PhD

Conference presentations

[2024] N. Maxfield, C.J. Vörösmarty, P.M. Groffman, J.E. Hickman, Y. Hong, A.K. Jain, K.C. McDonald, N. Steiner, M. Tzortziou, D. Greenfield, and A.D. Cak. Climate-event Framework for Analysis of Macro-Environmental Systems (C-FrAMES). Talk SY41A-07 presented at the 2024 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, December 9-13. Link.

[2024] C. Martinez Espinosa, C.J. Vörösmarty, P. Groffman, N. Maxfield, J.E. Hickman, K.C. McDonald, M. Tzortziou, N. Steiner, D. Greenfield, A.D. Cak, F. Corsi, Y. Hong, and A.K. Jain. From Fertilizer to Atmosphere: Mapping Wetland Denitrification Dynamics in the Mississippi Basin. Talk B33K-04 presented at the 2024 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, December 9-13. Link.

[2022] A.D. Cak, Y. Pokhrel, N. Moore, N. Haghtalab, B. Heerspink, O. Bagheri, S. Chaudhari, E. Moran, D. Hyndman, and B. Fekete. A multi-model ensemble approach to assess climate and hydrological changes across the Amazon Basin at different scales. Talk presented at the NSF INFEWS PI Workshop, Princeton University/online, Princeton, NJ, USA, February 9-11. Link.

[2020] C.J. Vörösmarty, M. Tzortziou, K.C. McDonald, L. Hutyra, X. Tang, A.D. Cak, P.A. Green, F. Corsi, B.M. Fekete, D. Greenfield, Z.D. Tessler, A. Maharjan, P. Groffman, A. Menendez, and C. Scher, Coastal hypoxia analysis and risk tracking (CHART) through remote sensing and process-based modeling in South and Southeast Asia: Review of research strategy and results. Poster GC052-004 presented at the 2020 AGU Fall Meeting, online, December 1-17. Link.

[2019] A.D. Cak and D.L. Hocker. Identifying land cover across the Amazon Basin using Earth Engine with convolutional neural networks. Talk presented at the Google Geo for Good Summit 2019, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, September 18. Link.

[2018] A.D. Cak and D.L. Hocker. Capturing land use and land cover change across the Amazon Basin using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Poster B31I-2600 presented at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, December 10-14. Link.

[2018] B.P. Heerspink, N. Haghtalab, A.D. Cak, A.D. Kendall, N.J. Moore, and D.W. Hyndman. Investigating the effects of hydropower development, deforestation, and climate change on the hydrology of rivers in the Brazilian Amazon. Poster GC51I-0904 presented at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, December 10-14. Link.

[2018] C.J. Vörösmarty, P.A. Green, V. Rodríguez Osuna, A.D. Cak, A. Bhaduri, S. Bunn, and B. Stewart-Koster. Sustaining human water use in the 21st century hydrosystem: Assessing the roles of traditional engineering and natural capital. Poster H33R-2306 presented at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, December 10-14. Link.

[2018] C.J. Vörösmarty, P.A. Green, V. Rodríguez Osuna, A.D. Cak, Z.D. Tessler, V. Rodríguez Osuna, and F. Corsi. Engaging business into the SDG process through opportunity mapping for sustainable impact investing: The role of Earth Science. Talk PA22A-07 at the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, December 10-14. Link.

[2017] A.D. Cak, L.J. Vigdor, C.J. Vörösmarty, B.M. Giebel, C. Santistevan, and C. Chasteau. Catalyzing cross-disciplinary research and education within and beyond the environmental and geosciences to address emerging, societally-relevant issues. Poster PA31B-0342 presented at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 11-15. Link.

[2017] A.D. Cak. Characterizing temporal and spatial changes in land surface temperature across the Amazon Basin using thermal and infrared satellite data. Poster GC51E-0854 presented at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 11-15. Link.

[2017] V. Rodríguez Osuna, C.J. Vörösmarty, D. Koehler, P. Klop, J. Spengler, J. Buonocore, A.D. Cak, Z.D. Tessler, F. Corsi, P.A. Green, and R. Sánchez. Science shaping sustainable finance. Poster PA31B-0333 presented at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 11-15. Link.

[2017] B. Rosenzweig and A.D. Cak. Teaching climate change through data analytics: Updates on the TRELLIS project at the City University of New York. Talk ED11E-04 presented at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 11-15. Link.

[2012] A.D. Cak and E.F. Moran. Agriculture, urbanization, and small households in the Brazilian Amazon: Relationships between residents and the water chemistry of small streams. Talk presented at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting, New York, NY, USA, February 24-28. Link.

[2011] A.D. Cak and E.F. Moran. The changing Amazon landscape: Dynamics of land use and land cover in small watersheds of the Brazilian Amazon. Talk presented at the North American Benthological Society (NABS) (now known as the Society for Freshwater Science) annual meeting, Providence, RI, USA, May 22-26. Link.

[2007] A.D. Cak and E.F. Moran. Riparian land use and management in an agricultural settlement area of the Brazilian Amazon. Talk presented at the XVth International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, October 4-7. Link.

[2006] A.d.O. D’Antona, A.D. Cak, T.N. Tartalha, and C.C.S. Trigo. Desmatamento em estabelecimentos rurais familiares na Amazônia: a perspectiva dos colonos. Poster presented at the III Encontro da ANPPAS, Brasília, DF, Brazil, May 23-26. Link.

[2006] A.d.O. D’Antona, A.D. Cak, L.K. VanWey, E.F. Moran, and M. Batistella. Scale-dependency of socio-demographic data in a colonization settlement area in Pará, Brazil. Poster presented at the LBA-ECO 10th Science Team Meeting, Brasília, DF, Brazil, October 4-6. Link.

[2006] A.d.O. D’Antona, L. VanWey, T.N. Tartalha, and A.D. Cak. Uso e cobertura da terra na Amazônia: o conhecimento “técnico-científico” versus o “conhecimento empírico” dos moradores de lotes rurais na rodovia Transamazônica, Pará. Poster presented at the III Encontro da ANPPAS, Brasília, DF, Brazil, May 23-26. Link.

[2004] A.D. Cak, G.A. Lamberti, and D.T. Chaloner. Estuaries and Pacific salmon: An overlooked linkage? Poster presented at the Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Sciences (ESCA) 37 – Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) 2004 Estuaries and Change meeting, Ballina, NSW, Australia, June 20-24. Link.

[2004] A.D. Cak, G.A. Lamberti, and D.T. Chaloner. Estuaries and Pacific salmon: An overlooked linkage? Talk presented at the North American Benthological Society (NABS) (now known as the Society for Freshwater Science) 52nd annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 6-10.

[2003] A.D. Cak, G.A. Lamberti, N.L. Mitchell, and D.T. Chaloner. Longitudinal effects of Pacific salmon carcasses on surface water chemistry, epilithon abundance, and nutrient export in southeastern Alaska streams. Poster presented at the North American Benthological Society (NABS) (now known as the Society for Freshwater Science), 51st annual meeting, Athens, GA, USA, May 27-31.

[2003] D.T. Chaloner, G.A. Lamberti, A.D. Cak, J.P. Hudson, J.L. Lessard, R.W. Merritt, P.H. Ostrom, J.L. Tank, and M.S. Wipfli. Do salmon carcasses and pellets of processed salmon carcasses have the same effects on streams? Talk presented at the North American Benthological Society (NABS) (now known as the Society for Freshwater Science) 51st annual meeting, Athens, GA, USA, May 27-31.

Invited talks

[2024] A.D. Cak. Can a model teach itself to sort satellite images? Presented at the Environmental Sciences Initiative’s monthly seminar series, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA, September 25.

[2019] A.D. Cak. So…what’s happening in the forests of the Amazon Basin? Presented at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY, USA, October 25. Link.

[2018] A.D. Cak. Hydropower development, deforestation, and climate change in relation to the hydrology of rivers in the Brazilian Amazon. Presented at the Environmental Sciences Initiative Biweekly Seminar Series, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA, October 15.

[2018] D. Hyndman, A.D. Cak, and B. Heerspink. Investigating the effects of hydropower development, deforestation and climate change on the hydrology of rivers in the Brazilian Amazon. Presented at the Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR), Porto Velho, RO, Brazil, September 12.

[2016] A.D. Cak. Deforestation in the Amazon: Patterns and impact. Presented at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY, USA, October 28. Link.

[2016] A.D. Cak. Environmental science is computer science. Guest talk for Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program (sponsored by the AOL Charitable Foundation), CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA, July 13.

[2016] A.D. Cak. The CUNY Advanced Science Research Center: Bringing together science across New York City (and beyond). Presented at the National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA, April 28.

[2016] A.D. Cak. Environmental science at the crossroads: Advancing interdisciplinary research at CUNY. Presented at the Strathclyde-CUNY Workshop, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, April 14.

[2015] A.D. Cak. Spatial perspectives on water cycle studies. Guest lecture for CE G8100: Macro-Hydrology, The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA, September 8.

[2015] A.D. Cak. “Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it*”: My work linking science, technology, and policy for a sustainable earth. Presented to visiting students from Ridge View High School-Columbia, SC, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA, March 4.

[2014] A.D. Cak. Proof-of-concept demonstration of Microsoft Excel as a GIS. Presented at the January Meetup of Geo DC, Washington, DC, USA, January 8.

[2014] A.D. Cak and D. Gerszewski. Approaches to data collection and visualization. Presented to the Biological Sciences Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, VA, USA, February 24.

[2013] M. Cragin and A.D. Cak. Analysis of BIO’s Data Management Plans. Presented at the Advisory Committee meeting for the Biological Sciences Directorate, NSF, Arlington, VA, USA, June 27.

[2009] A.D. Cak. The Amazon Forest 1492 to present: A legacy of land use and environmental change. Guest lecture for SPEA E162: Environment and People, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, December 10.

[2009] A.D. Cak. Aspectos biogeoquímicos de igarapés em pequenas bacias de uma fronteira agrícola da Amazônia: O caso de Altamira. Presented at the EMBRAPA-Amazônia Oriental/CPATU research facility, Belém, PA, Brazil, June 1.

[2007] A.D. Cak. Land use and land cover change: Linkages with other global change issues. Guest lecture for I202: International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, December 10.