Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2026-2027

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Statistics

Research Summary: I work at the intersection of Statistics and Environmental Science to improve how scientists study the earth system. Climate models help us understand processes like Arctic sea ice, but they are extremely expensive to run and depend on many uncertain inputs. I develop statistical methods that act as fast “stand-ins” for these models, allowing researchers to explore many scenarios without the full computational cost. Using data from Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) sea ice simulations and collaborating with scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, I build tools to better understand and predict changes in Arctic sea ice.

Advisor: Yawen Guan and Ander Wilson