SENIOR PERSONNEL

Candace Agonafir
Associate Research Scientist, Data Science + Civil Engineering, Columbia University

Dhruv Balwada
Lamont Assistant Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) / Columbia Climate School

Katie Dagon
Project Scientist II - Climate Change Research Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory

David John Gagne II
Machine Learning Scientist II & Head of the Machine Integration and Learning for Earth Systems Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR)

Marco Giometto
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University

Linnia Hawkins
Associate Research Scientist, Earth + Environmental Engineering, Columbia University

Jonathan Kingslake
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences (DEES), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) / Columbia Climate School

Samory Kpotufe
Professor, Department of Statistics, Columbia University

Vipin Kumar
Regents Professor and William Norris Endowed Chair, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota; Director of the CSE Data Science Initiative

Charles Lang
Senior Executive Director of the Digital Futures Institute, Teachers College of Columbia University

Stephan Mandt
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, University of California, Irvine

Galen McKinley
Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) / Columbia University; LEAP Deputy Director (2021-2023)

Brian Medeiros
Project Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory

Oren Pizmony-Levy
Associate Professor of International & Comparative Education, Teachers College of Columbia University; Director of the Center for Sustainable Futures

David Porter
Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) / Columbia Climate School

Addisu Semie
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University; National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR)

Sara Shamekh
Assistant Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Marcus van Lier-Walqui
Associate Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), Columbia Climate School

Ensheng Weng
Associate Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), Columbia Climate School

Qingyuan Yang
Associate Research Scientist, Earth + Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
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