SDS Lab and AI4CaS Drive Global Climate Policy Impact
Researchers from the Sustainability and Data Sciences Laboratory (SDS Lab) and the AI for Climate and Sustainability (AI4CaS) group at the Institute for Experiential AI are achieving significant milestones in policy and career advancement. Aayushi Mishra, a PhD candidate and the inaugural Lizzy Warner Fellow at the SDS Lab, recently discussed urban climate risks on an invited episode of the Muni Lowdown podcast. Her research, which integrates physics and data science, was also presented to state officials in California and Washington, as well as at the Center for Climate Studies of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. These presentations were based on her joint work with Evan Kodra, an alumnus of the SDS Lab and founder of the climate-risk startup risQ.
The impact of these groups continues with several prestigious career milestones for their members. Puja Das, a recent PhD graduate from the SDS Lab and current postdoc at the AI4CaS group, has accepted a position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Additionally, August Posch, a data scientist at the AI4CaS group, is joining Zeus AI, a weather-technology startup co-founded by SDS Lab alumni TJ Vandal and Kate Duffy.
Providing expert perspective on the broader field, Auroop Ganguly, who directs both the SDS Lab and the AI4CaS group, was recently featured on an invited podcast titled “What AI means for Sustainability“.