DI LORENZO RESEARCH GROUP
CURRENT MEMBERS
Xinyi Huang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Machine Learning and Emulators
Sol Cooperdock
Research Associate
Lead, Brown Environmental Sensing Technology Network
Ryan Eng
Undergraduate Student
Machine Learning and RADAR Precipitation Dynamics
Camillo Tamayo Rousseau
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science & AI
Tanishka Aglave
Research Intern (2025-present)
Ocean, Climate, & Ecosystem Data Science
Chandler Morris
Ph.D. Graduate Student
ENSO and Paleo Climate
Pierre Chabert
Postdoctoral Researcher
Coastal climate and ocean modeling
Gregoria Posada
Undergraduate Student
Climate and Extreme Events
Raymond Kao
Undergraduate Student
Computer Science & AI
Lorenzo Davidson
Undergraduate Student
Ecological Modeling
Sophia Gao
Research Intern (2025-present)
Ocean, Climate, & Ecosystem Data Science
Yusen Liu
Ph.D. Graduate Student
Large-scale climate dynamics of ocean and atmosphere
Avery Park
Undergraduate Student
Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and mCDR
Nicholas Park
Undergraduate Student
AI Data Layers for Environmental Sensing
Lucy Bryce
Undergraduate Student
Isotope Modeling and Climate
Kate Pearse
Research Intern (2025-present)
Ocean, Climate, & Ecosystem Data Science
RECENT PAST MEMBERS
Caitlyn Carpenter
Undergraduate Student
Coastal reilience
Sarah Lummis
Research Associate
Lead, Community-Driven Coastal Climate Research and Solutions (3CRS) Hub
Isadora Findlay
Research Intern (2024-2025)
Ocean, Climate, & Ecosystem Data Science
PAST MEMBERS
Graduate Students:
Yusen Liu (Ph.D.), 2023-present
Emma Witanowski (Ph.D.), 2025-present (co-advising)
Chandler Morris (Ph.D.), 2022-present (co-advising)
Elise Beaudin (Ph.D.), 2019-2025 (graduated)
Younhjun Sun (Ph.D.), 2017-2023 (graduated)
Karim Lakhani (Ph.D, co-advised), 2017-2023 (graduated)
Kelsey Perez (M.S.), 2020-2022 (graduated)
Kyungmin Park (Ph.D.), 2018-2022 (graduated)
Giangiacomo Navarra (Ph.D.), 2017-2022 (graduated)
Erin Guderian (Ph.D.), 2019-2021 (transferred to UC Boulder)
Tongtong Xu (Ph.D.), 2017-2021 (graduated)
Youngji Joh (Ph.D.), 2015-2020 (graduated)
Ahn Soengho (Ph.D.), 2017-2019 (graduated, co-advised)
Paige Copenhaver (Ph.D.), 2018-2019
Donghua Cai (M.S.), 2014-2017 (graduated)
Jade Sainz (Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara, co-advising), 2016-2021
Giovanni Liquori (Ph.D.), 2013-2018 (graduated)
Maria Mercedes Pozo Buil (Ph.D.), 2012-2017 (graduated)
Alex Ke (Ph.D.), 2014-2015 (not finished)
Andrew Davis (Ph.D.), 2009-2014 (graduated)
Lina Ceballos (Ph.D.), 2006-2009 (not graduated)
Vincent Combes (Ph.D.), 2005-2010 (graduated)
Jason Furtado (Ph.D.), 2005-2010 (graduated)
Carina Saxton, (M.S.), 2006-2009 (graduated)
Dana Ionita (M.S. co-advising), 2005-2007 (graduated)
Sara Vieira (Ph.D. co-advising), 2005-2007 (graduated)
Lokesh Padhye (Ph.D.), 2004-2005 (graduated)
Undergraduate Students:
Lucinda Bryce, Environmental Sciences, 2025-present
Gregorio Posada, Earth Sciences, 2025-present
Raymond Kao, Computer Sciences, 2024-present
Camilo Tamayo-Rousseau, Computer Sciences, 2024-present
Patrick Connor, Computer Sciences, 2024-2025
Lorenzo Davidson, Earth Sciences, 2023-2025
Caitlyn Carpenter, Policy Fellow, 2022-2023
Anna Handley, Dean Fellowship College of Science, 2018
Mengqiao Gao, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2018
Alexandra Sitar, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 2017-2018
Namrata Kolla, Public Policy and Earth Science, 2015-2017
Andrew Smith, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 2012-2014
Eleanor Middlemas, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 2012-2014
Hunter Clausen, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 2010-2012
Carina Saxton, Math, 2004-2006
Dian Putrasahan, Chemical Engineering, 2005
Visiting Scholars & Students:
Sheng Wu (Peking University, Beijing, China), 2018-2019
Gulia Bonino (University of Bologna, Italy), 2017-2019
Yingying Zhao (Peking University, Beijing, China), 2016-2018
David Donoso (SCOR Fellow, University Cattolica, Chile), 2015
Romeo Saldivar (Center for Marine Science, La Paz), 2014
Raffaele Ruggio (Applied Math, University of Lecce), 2012-2013
Maria Mercedes Pozo Buil (Oceanography, University of Cadiz) 2010-2012
Patrick Kilduff (Biology, University of California Davis ), 2011
Neri Mariani (Statistics, University of Florence), 2008-2009
Cesare Mosca (Civil Engineering, University of Pisa), 2006-2007
Tom Kilparick (Oceanography, University of Hawaii) 2006-2007
Postdoctoral Students and Research Scientists
Yingying Zhao (Ph.D. Peking University), 2019-present
Ata Suanda (Ph.D. from Oregon State), 2016-2017
Xiufeng Xang (Ph.D. from Georgia Tech), 2014-2016
Laurie Trenary (Ph.D. from University of Colorado Boulder), 2012-2013
Hao Luo (Ph.D. from University of Arizona), 2009-2014
Hazem Nagy (Ph.D. University of Turkey, Fulbright Scholar), 2010-2011
Ketty Chhak (Ph. D. from University of Colorado), 2006-2008
Administrative Personnel:
Daniela Estrada, 2018-present, OSE Program Coordinator
Shellby Miller, 2016-2018, OSE Program Coordinator
Matteo Miller, 2012-2014, Programmer and OCES Computing System Admin
Janet McGraw, 2008-2015, Group Administrative Support
Keith Mercer, 2016-2017, Programmer and Computing System Admin