Dillon Amaya is a research physical scientist at the Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories in Boulder, Colorado. Dillon came to PSL as a CIRES postdoctoral research fellow from 2020 to 2021. His main interests involve the physical understanding of climate variability on seasonal-decadal timescales with an emphasis on ocean-atmosphere interactions and extremes. Most recently, Dillon has researched the dynamical drivers behind Northeast Pacific marine heatwaves. He has also worked to understand climate predictability in the past, present, and future, with the goal of assisting decision makers responsible for managing sensitive marine ecosystems along the U.S. west coast.