Team

Our research team includes professors and research scientists at MIT with broad expertise covering modeling and science of weather extremes, downscaling approaches and machine learning, climate tipping points and paleoclimate, flood modeling, climate adaptation and preparedness for cities, the real estate market, urban policy and equity, renewable energy systems, and energy grid resilience. Our team also includes Dr. Andreas Prein, an external partner at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

  • Paul O’Gorman

    Paul O’Gorman

    Professor, EAPS

    Project co-lead

    Lead for the science of extremes; Precipitation extremes, rare-event sampling

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  • Miho Mazereeuw

    Associate Professor, Architecture; Director - Urban Risk Lab

    Project co-lead

    Lead for adaptation for communities; workshop and online platforms connecting federal policies to local action

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  • Kerry Emanuel

    Kerry Emanuel

    Professor Emeritus, EAPS

    Project co-lead

    Lead for atmospheric downscaling; Science and modeling of weather and climate extremes

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  • Saurabh Amin

    Associate Professor

    Resilience of power infrastructure

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  • Kristin Bergmann

    Kristin Bergmann

    Assistant Professor, EAPS

    Paleoclimate and climate tipping points

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  • Timothy Cronin

    Timothy Cronin

    Assistant Professor, EAPS

    Science and modeling of weather and climate extremes

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  • Raffaele Ferrari

    Raffaele Ferrari

    Professor, EAPS

    Ocean dynamics and modeling

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  • Xiang Gao

    Xiang Gao

    Principle Research Scientist, CGCS

    Science and modeling of weather and climate extremes

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  • Brian Goldberg

    Brian Goldberg

    Assistant Director, MIT Office of Sustainability

    Use of MIT campus as a laboratory for climate adaptation

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  • Michael Howland

    Michael Howland

    Assistant Professor, CEE

    Modeling of renewable energy systems

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  • David McGee

    David McGee

    Associate Professor, EAPS

    Paleoclimate and climate tipping points

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  • Sai Ravela

    Sai Ravela

    Principle Research Scientist, EAPS

    Machine learning; Downscaling and flood modeling

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  • Andreas Prein

    Andreas Prein

    Project Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

    High-resolution climate modeling

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  • Dan Rothman

    Dan Rothman

    Professor, EAPS

    Lead for tipping points; Paleoclimate and climate tipping points

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  • Adam Schlosser

    Adam Schlosser

    Senior Research Scientist, CGCS

    Science and modeling of weather and climate extremes; energy grid resilience

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  • Kairos Shen

    Kairos Shen

    Associate Professor of the Practice & Executive Director, MIT Center for Real Estate

    Climate adaptation and the real estate market

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  • Justin Steil

    Justin Steil

    Associate Professor, DUSP

    Urban policy and civil rights law

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  • Kenneth Strzepek

    Kenneth Strzepek

    Research Scientist, CGCS

    Lead for flood modeling; Urban stormwater modeling, hydroelectric generation, economic development

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  • Talia Tamarin-Brodsky

    Talia Tamarin-Brodsky

    Assistant Professor, EAPS

    Temperature extremes and storm tracking

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  • Jessika Trancik

    Jessika Trancik

    Professor, IDSS

    Lead for energy systems; Renewable energy and energy storage

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Postdoctoral Associates, Research Staff, and Graduate Students

  • Aditya Barve

    Aditya Barve

    Research Scientist, Urban Risk Lab (PI: Miho Mazereeuw)

    Crisis informatics tools and community-led planning for climate adaptation.

  • Maxime Bouscary

    Graduate Research Assistant (PI: Saurabh Amin)

  • Aron Brenner

    Graduate Researcher, CEE (PI: Saurabh Amin)

  • Lidia Cano Pecharroman

    PhD Candidate, SAP + Urban Risk Lab (PI: Miho Mazereeuw)

    Participatory planning for extreme weather events and Climate Adaptation Policy and Planning

  • Sandeep Chinta

    Sandeep Chinta

    Postdoctoral Associate, MIT CGCS (PI: Adam Schlosser)

  • Perrin Davidson

    Postdoctoral Associate, EAPS (PI: Daniel Rothman)

  • Iris de Vries

    Postdoctoral Scholar (PI: Paul O'Gorman and Raffaele Ferrari)

    Emulators for climate extremes

  • Erin Dougherty

    Project scientist (NCAR)

  • Justin Finkel

    Postdoctoral Associate, EAPS (PI: Paul O’Gorman)

    Dynamics of extreme weather events, rare event sampling methods for extreme precipitation events

  • Shannon Hwang

    PhD Candidate, IDSS (PI: Jessica Trancik)

  • Rahman Khorramfar

    Postdoctoral Associate, LIDS (PI: Saurabh Amin)

    Energy Optimization

  • Kerry Klemmer

    Postdoctoral Associate, CEE (PI: Saurabh Amin)

  • Funing Li

    Postdoctoral Associate, EAPS (PI:Talia Tamarin-Brodsky)

    Formation and evolution of extreme weather, including severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, extreme heat and precipitation

  • Shuchang Liu

    SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow, EAPS (PI: Paul O’Gorman)

    Reducing uncertainty in tropical precipitation projections

  • Mayank Ojha

    Mayank Ojha

    Research Scientist, Urban Risk Lab (PI: Miho Mazereeuw)

    Collective mapping and AI applications for community-led risk awareness and decision support

  • Larisa Ovalles

    Research Scientist, Urban Risk Lab (PI: Miho Mazereeuw)

    Community-led design, Climate adaptation planning

  • Jiangchao Qiu

    Postdoctoral Associate, Earth Signals and Systems Group, EAPS (PI: Sai Ravela)

  • Anamitra Saha

    Postdoctoral Associate, EAPS (PI: Sai Ravela)

  • Sami Shokrana

    Postdoctoral Associate, CGCS (PI: Ken Strzepek)

    Impacts of climate change on urban flooding in a coastal settings.

  • Robert van der Drift

    Graduate Student, EAPS (PI:Paul O'Gorman)

    Convective precipitation extremes

Alumini

  • Constantin Arnscheidt

    Graduate Researcher, EAPS (PI: Daniel Rothman)

  • Angela Loescher-Montal.

    Graduate Research Assistant, Urban Risk Lab (PI: Miho Mazereeuw)

  • Sara Porcetta

    Postdoctoral Associate (PI: Michael Howland)

  • Joaquin Salas

    Visiting Professor, EAPS (PI: Sai Ravela)

  • Ali Sarhadi

    Ali Sarhadi

    Postdoctoral Associate, EAPS (PI: Kerry Emanuel)

    Physics-based computational frameworks to understand compound hazard dynamics.

  • Micah Ziegler

    Postdoctoral Associate, IDSS (PI: Jessica Trancik)

    Energy systems: renewable energy and energy storage