People

Group Leader

Dr. Zhen Qu

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
B.S., Physics, Peking University

Zhen is an Assistant Professor in Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and a faculty fellow of the Center for Geospatial Analytics. She had her postdoc training at Harvard University. She utilizes statistics, high-performance computing, and satellite observations to investigate how human activities are altering atmospheric composition and chemistry, and how these changes interact with climate change. She develops algorithms and modeling approaches to expand our process-level understanding of man-made and natural emissions and the sensitivity of air pollution exposure to the emissions.

Graduate Students

Adam Bloom

B.A., Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Adam’s research focuses on the application of remote sensing, high-performance computing, and data-driven modeling to challenges in atmospheric chemistry. Specific areas of interest include investigating the sources, ground-level exposures, and impacts of both air pollution and greenhouse gases. In his free time, he enjoys spending time outdoors camping or hiking with friends and family.

Maisha Binte Saif

M.S., Statistics, University of Dhaka
B.S., Statistics, University of Dhaka

Maisha is interested in data assimilation, statistical modeling, and Bayesian inference. Her research focuses on using Bayesian inference in the field of atmospheric chemistry. She applies statistical methods and analytical inversion for estimating the emissions of greenhouse gas. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, hanging out with friends and cooking.

Yuqin Song

M.S., Environmental Science, Nankai University
B.S., Environmental Science, Sichuan University

Yuqin’s research interest lies in air quality modeling to connect emissions, atmospheric processes and observations. She applies data-driven models to investigate spatial patterns of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, and trace the sources and changes of their anthropogenic emissions.

Joshua Kumm

B.S., Meteorology & Computational Mathematics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Josh applies chemical transport model and data assimilation to study the origins of air pollution and its sensitivity to emissions. Data assimilation and atmospheric modeling have been his passions since he worked with the NOAA Environmental Modeling Center as part of the Lapenta internship program. In his free time, he enjoys running, working out, cooking, going to the beach, and hanging out with friends.

Alumni

Kevin Luo (2021-2024, visiting undergraduate student from Harvard College, next: Hudson River Trading)

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