HMEI-STEP Fellows

HMEI-STEP Fellows: Awarded Ford

• Lockwood, Joseph

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Geosciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Public-Private Strategies to Reduce Coastal Flood Risk in a Changing Climate

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Ning Lin

  Thesis Topic

  Modeling Compound Flood Hazard in an Era of Sea-level Rise and Storm Climatology Change

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

• Chung, Maya

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Integrating Climate and Disease Modeling to Forecast Airborne-disease Risk

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Bryan Grenfell, Jessica Metcalf

  Thesis Topic

  Effects of Sea-surface Salinity and Climate Change on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Gabriel Vecchi

• Jacobson, Anna

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Examining Reforestation Potential of Agricultural Land in the Continental United States

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  Optimization of Energy Systems Models

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Simon Levin, Stephen Pacala

• Chua, Glen

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Ways to Mitigate Potential Risks of a Hydrogen Economy from a Chemistry-Climate Perspective

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  Studying the Climate and Composition Impacts and Feedbacks of Methane Emissions in a Chemistry-Climate Model

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Larry Horowitz

• Feng, Kairui

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Empiric and Diagnostic Policies to Tame Hurricane and Climate Change Risks

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Adaptive Decision-Making for Infrastructure-Human Systems Affected by Hurricanes and Climate Change

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Ning Lin

• Brunner, Claudia

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Offshore Wind Energy in the United States — From Burgeoning Technology to Competitive Market Force?

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Alex Glaser

  Thesis Topic

  Unsteady Airfoil Aerodynamics with Applications to Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Marcus Hultmark

• Smyth, Jane

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Assessing Vulnerabilities of the Brazilian Energy System to Projected Changes in the South American Monsoon

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Investigating the Physical Mechanisms of Monsoon Variability with a Hierarchy of Climate Models

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Yi Ming

• Tao, Yiheng

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Projecting the Energy Landscape in the Midwestern United States in the Next Two Decades

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  Modeling Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Michael Celia

• Luxum, Katja

  Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Geosciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Transferring Expertise From Geoscientists to Decision-Makers: Applying Choice Architecture to Design Optimal Factsheets

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Elke Weber

  Thesis Topic

  Converting Nitrogen Gas into Fertilizer: Physiological Implications of Mo-Independent Nitrogen Fixation

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Xinning Zhang