Seth Severns

Education Director, RDCEP

Computation Institute 

University of Chicago

severns@uchicago.edu 

Seth engages students in scientific research and helps to decipher the center’s work for a general audience.

KeJuan Smith

KeJuan Smith, RDCEP Intern

My name is KeJuan Smith. I'm 16 and a computer geek. I do many volunteer projects and I love to write to poetry. I am also a bike mechanic at Blackstone bicycle shop, working with kids and teaching them how to fix bikes. I love to ride bikes downtown and on the lakefront trail.  Apart from RDCEP, I'm a sophomore at Tilden Career Community Academy High School.

Jacobi King

RDCEP Energy Engineer

High School Student

Jacobi King is a Junior attending the UCCS Woodlawn Campus.  He has interest in Computer Programming, Mathematics and Chemistry. His hobbies are Basketball, Music and Comedy.

Seungmok Baek

RDCEP Summer Scholar

Adlai Stevenson High School Student

Yuria Haraguchi

Walter Payton High School Student

RDCEP Summer Scholar

Connie Machuca

Lane Tech High School Student

RDCEP Summer Scholar

Keira Johnson-Scott

RDCEP Energy Engineer

Woodlawn High School Student

Keira Johnson is a upcoming Junior at University of Chicago Charter School Woodlawn Campus and is expected graduation 2018. Keira's favorite subject in school is Science and wants to study it and Engineering in college. Outside of school, Keira's hobbies are Performing Arts. She is very focus and creative of what she does and is willing to learn new things.

Amaya Hunter

RDCEP Energy Engineer

Woodlawn High School Student

Amaya Hunter is a upcoming Junior at University Of Chicago WoodLawn Charter School. She is interested in reading books, swimming, listening to music, and hanging out with friends. Her favorite subjects are math and science.

Hsin Yi "Uma" Chen

Masters Student, Department of Public Policy, University of Hawaii

Camille Celone

Undergraduate, DePaul University

Camille is an undergraduate at DePaul University working towards a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Interactive and Social Media. 

Madeline Grodek

Undergraduate, DePaul University

Research Assistant, RDCEP

Madeline is pursuing a Bachelor in Science in Interactive and Social Media with a minor in Computer Science at DePaul University.

Sergio Apreda

Undergraduate, Department of Science and Technology, University of Naples, Parthenope, Italy

Visiting Research Assistant, RDCEP, University of Chicago

Christopher Callahan

Undergraduate, Program in Environmental Sciences, Northwestern University

Summer Research Assistant, RDCEP

Chris is a senior environmental science major at Northwestern University, working as a research intern for RDCEP in the summer of 2017. His research interests are varied, ranging from general climate statistics to more specific areas like the attribution of extreme events.

Kevin Schwarzwald

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.

Tyler Skluzacek

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computer Science

University of Chicago

Jose R. Lopez

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dartmouth