CV

Below are the academic highlights from the most recent version of my CV. You can download a full copy of my CV here.

(In Progress) Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. Advisor: Joshua S. Apte.
(02/2018) Master of Engineering in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thesis: The phase separation inlet for droplets, ice residuals, and interstitial aerosols (link). Advisor: Daniel J. Cziczo.
(02/2017) Bachelor of Science in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thesis: Characterization of a 3D printed pumped counterflow virtual impactor and an aerodynamic lens concentrator (link). Advisor: Daniel J. Cziczo. Minor: Atmospheric Chemistry. Concentration: Music and Theater Arts.

(2024) American Geophysical Union, Outstanding Student Presentation Award.
(2023) Hearts to Humanity Eternal Graduate Fellowship
(2023) Health Effects Institute, Jane Warren Award.
(2021) University of California, Berkeley Chancellor's Fellowship.
(2019) Ramboll Extraordinary Individual Contribution to the Business Unit Award.
(2016) MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science Achievement Award.

(12/2024-present) Meghana Raj: Comparing Methodologies for Air Pollution Health Impact Assessments in Open-Source Modeling for Equity in California
(12/2024-present) Benjamin Salop: Future-Proofing Open-Source, Accessible Air Pollution Modeling Pipelines for Increased Usability
(04/2024-09/2024) Amy Yao: Developing Automated Techniques for Processing Complex Population Data
(01/2023-06/2024) Clara Rong: Decomposing California's Agricultural Sector for Insights Towards Equitable Air Quality (abstract, iPoster)
(09/2022-05/2023) Thomas Le: Increasing Accessibility for Modeling Point Source Emissions

(09/2022-present) MIT Terrascope Alumni Mentor (link): provide support and guidance for undergraduate program that challenges freshmen to develop engineering solutions to global environmental problems.
(09/2022-present) GWE x SWE Mentoring: provide research and career advice to undergraduate women and non-binary engineers.

(05/2024-present) Wildfire Smoke Filtration Workshops for La Clinica de la Raza (link) and Stockton Unified School District: coordinated educational materials and in-person workshop about wildfire smoke, health effects of air pollution, and how to build low-cost filters
(09/2021-present) Community Resources for Science (link): wildfire smoke outreach participant and 2023-2024 coordinator

Graduate student instructor for graduate-level course at UC Berkeley on Exposure Assessments (PBHLTH 270A) in Fall 2022.
Teaching Assistant for MIT’s Discover Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Extreme Weather Freshman Program in Fall 2017 and 2018.
7th grade chemistry instructor for MIT’s Office of Engineering Outreach Program’s middle school STEM program for Summer 2015.
Volunteer and guest teacher as part of MIT and Teach for America’s Four Weeks for America teaching program for Winter 2015.
Undergraduate Teaching Fellow for the Solving Complex Problems course through MIT’s “Mission 2018” cohort of the Terrascope program for Fall 2014.

University of California, Berkeley

Graduate Student Researcher and PhD Candidate (08/2021-present)

Identifies critical policy strategies for mitigating exposure disparities.
Develops computational pipelines for estimating PM_2.5 exposure disparities associated with changes in emissions.
Coordinates with California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessments and environmental justice groups to provide useful tools for iterating through emissions scenarios.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Graduate Research Fellow (02/2017-01/2018)

Designed and constructed a first of its kind comprehensive phase-separation inlet system for studying the aerosols that activate water droplet and ice crystal nucleation in mixed-phase clouds.
Demonstrated proof of concept during a field campaign at the summit of Mt. Washington by measuring mixed-phase clouds using the inlet.
Constructed 3D models of individual unique instrument components and fabricated them using a stereolithographic 3D printer.
Wrote computational pipelines in Matlab for analyzing large amounts of particle concentration data collected through laboratory and field studies.
Developed computational models for understanding droplet evaporation and breakup to inform air flows through the instrument.

Undergraduate Researcher (09/2015-12/2016)

Designed and tested the first 3D printed prototype of both an aerosol size-selecting device and a particle concentrator to allow for a more thorough investigation of cloud nucleating particle properties.
Investigated an important unknown in the climate system by testing affinity for contact freezing of super-cooled atmospheric water droplets under various atmospheric conditions simulated in a chamber.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Undergraduate Researcher (08/2014-12/2014)

Compared levels of ozone and particulate matter in different policy scenarios with overall costs of implementation, contributing to a report to the EPA that advises them on which policy to pursue.
Performed BenMAP simulations, contributing to results published in a paper entitled “U.S. Air Quality and Health Benefits from Avoided Climate Change under Greenhouse Gas Mitigation” (Garcia-Menendez 2015).