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Chumley, T., Cook, S., Cox, C., & Feres, R. (2020). Rolling and no-slip bouncing in cylinders. Journal of Geometric Mechanics, 12 (1), 53-84. doi: 10.3934/jgm.2020004
Was featured in the Mathematical Moments program of the American Mathematical Society. In the video interview, titled Exploring Thermodynamics with Billiards, he explains the connections between random billiards and the science of heat and energy transfer. https://www.ams.org/publicoutreach/mathmoments/mm160-billiards
Was featured in the Latinxs and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences (Lathisms) calendar in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Osborne, T., Cifuentes, S., et. al. (2024). Climate justice, forests, and Indigenous Peoples: toward an alternative to REDD+ for the Amazon. Climatic Change, 177(8), 1-28.
Cifuentes, S. (2023). Co-producing autonomy? Forest monitoring programs, territorial ontologies, and Indigenous politics in Amazonia. Digital Geography and Society, 5, 100068.
Ciufo, T. 2025, The Rising Moon (CD), Neuma Records and all major streaming platforms
Ciufo, T. (2024) Editorial Collective, Chapter Co-Author. Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument, University of Michigan Press, Music and Social Justice Series. https://press.umich.edu/Books/I/Improvising-Across-Abilities3
Ciufo, T. 2025, Lines and Circles (solo analog synthesis performance), International Computer Music Conference, 50th Anniversary, Boston, MA
Thomas Ciufo presented, "Teaching Acoustic Ecology: Social Engagement in a Time of Crisis" at the Eighteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society, New Aesthetic Expressions: The Social Role of Art.
