Takuya Kurihana
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Ph.D. Student, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
Takuya Kurihana
Robert Suits
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Graduate Student, University of Chicago
Robert is a sixth year PhD student in environmental history at the University of Chicago. His research explores historical energy use in the United States, especially its effects on industrialization, labor, and society. He received his BA in History and Music from Amherst College in 2012
Ziwei Wang
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Research Focus: Air pollution and climate variability
Bio: I came from Qinhuangdao, China, which is a seaside city quite near to Beijing. I got my bachelors' degree in Atmospheric Science at Peking University. I was admitted as PhD student at University of Chicago in 2018.
Shambhavi Mohan
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MSc Computational Analysis and Public Policy
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Shambhavi has a bachelor's degree from BITS Pilani in India in Computer Science and masters in Economics. She is currently pursuing her masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy. Her current research focuses on mapping the Energy Inventory of the USA. Her research interest is in use of predictive analytics and big data in climate change.
Jim Franke
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Jim Franke graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a degree in mechanical engineering. After working in industry as an energy engineer for 5 years, he joined the PhD program in Geophysical Science at the University of Chicago in 2017. He is currently studying climate change impacts on human populations.
Research interests: climate change impacts and food security
Ben Skrainka
/Postdoctoral Researcher, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago.
Lei Wang
/Dept. of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
Wei Yang Wang
/Graduate Student, Dept. of Statistics, University of Chicago
Joseph Weston Jr.
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Graduate Student, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Mark Woolley
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Current Position:
Energy and Climate Policy Fellow, LMI
with RDCEP:
Graduate Student, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Hsin Yi "Uma" Chen
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Masters Student, Department of Public Policy, University of Hawaii
Kevin Schwarzwald
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Yenching Academy, Peking University
Pre-doc, RDCEP
Kevin has a BA in Physics and Public Policy from the University Chicago and a Master's in China Studies at Peking University, where he researched the effect of Chinese fiscal structures on urban expansion. His research focuses on analyzing climate model output, projected changes in climate variability, and the impact of climate variability on society. In his spare time, he co-runs an interdisciplinary meet-up group designed to connect young natural and social scientists researching climate and energy matters and blogs about urban policy.
Misung Ahn
/Graduate Student, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Jingyu Bao
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Visiting Student, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago
Adriana Ciccone
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Research Assistant, RDCEP
MSESP Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Jillian Durkin
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Research Assistant, RDCEP
MPP Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
MBA Candidate, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
Jillian Durkin is a second year M.P.P./M.B.A. student at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy and Booth School of Business. Her research interests are in environmental and energy policy issues in developing countries. She has previously earned a B.A. in Economics and International Studies at Northwestern University.
At RDCEP, Jillian is involved in Chicago Climate Online, which seeks to become a preeminent policy resource for researchers. C2O is designed to serve a broad audience including such groups as undergraduate and graduate students conducting research for a thesis, journalists, and staff members for policymakers.
Tyler Skluzacek
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Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computer Science
University of Chicago
Whitney Huang
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Graduate Student, Department of Statistics at Purdue University
Whitney Huang is a fouth year PhD Student in the Department of Statistics at Purdue University. He is working on Spatial Extremes and Spatio-Temporal Statistics under Prof. Hao Zhang. He received his Bachelors degree in Mechanical engineering from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan and his Master degree in Statistics from University of Akron, Ohio.
