High School Summer Scholar 2015, RDCEP
Danica Jayco is a Chicago-born Filipina and a student at the Lindblom Math and Science Academy. She's lived by the lake her entire life and is an avid swimmer. Her educational interests are in medicine, biology and engineering.
Masters Student, Department of Public Policy, University of Hawaii
Undergraduate, Department of Physics, University of Chicago
Research Assistant, RDCEP
Undergraduate, Illinois Institute of Technology
Research Assistant, RDCEP
John is currently an undergraduate at the Illinois Institute of Technology studying Computer Science. Prior to joining as a Research Assistant, John was also a Summer REU intern in 2014 and a Summer Scholar from 2012-2013. His past projects included a renewable portfolio standards webtool, which was designed to calculate the mandated amount of electricity that is to come from renewable sources, and city energy usage, which analyzed city data to determine what areas and buildings in Chicago used the most energy.
Currently, John is working for RDCEP as a research assistant on a city data validation project.
Research Assistant, RDCEP
Undergraduate, Dept. of Political Science, University of Chicago
Undergraduate, Depts. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Chicago
Mark currently works as a Research Associate at the Neuroscience Department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Center for Functional Imaging). He studied math and statistics at the University of Chicago previously and is still in the process of wrapping up his research at RDCEP in his spare time.
Undergraduate, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Chicago
Undergraduate, DePaul University
Camille is an undergraduate at DePaul University working towards a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Interactive and Social Media.
Undergraduate, University of Chicago
Research Assistant, RDCEP
Austin Herrick is a third year undergraduate economics student at the University of Chicago. He is currently a Research Assistant at RDCEP developing potential strategies and models for large-scale utility data visualization. In addition to his work at RDCEP, Austin leads the Phoenix Sustainability Initiative and works to coordinate environmentally-minded projects in the University of Chicago community.
Undergraduate, DePaul University
Research Assistant, RDCEP
Madeline is pursuing a Bachelor in Science in Interactive and Social Media with a minor in Computer Science at DePaul University.
Undergraduate, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago
Chris is a fourth year mathematics/statistics undergraduate student at the University of Chicago. He is writing an honors thesis with Michael Stein on modeling the vector time series of soil moisture at a government field site.
Undergraduate, Department of Science and Technology, University of Naples, Parthenope, Italy
Visiting Research Assistant, RDCEP, University of Chicago
Undergraduate, Program in Environmental Sciences, Northwestern University
Summer Research Assistant, RDCEP
Chris is a senior environmental science major at Northwestern University, working as a research intern for RDCEP in the summer of 2017. His research interests are varied, ranging from general climate statistics to more specific areas like the attribution of extreme events.
Undergraduate, University of Chicago
Research Assistant, RDCEP
Devshi is a student at the University of Chicago who hopes to engage in a combined study of computer science and public policy during her undergraduate experience. She is interested in exploring the ways in which technology can be leveraged to better inform policy decisions, ultimately affecting social change. In addition to her work as a Research Assistant at RDCEP, she is involved in Mock Trial, ChoMUN, Student Government, and the Community Service Center.
Undergraduate, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago
Sydney is an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago. She is a rising second-year anticipating a major in Computational and Applied Math and a minor in Molecular Engineering. In her free time, she works with University Theater in various capacities. This is her first year working with RDCEP.
Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
Research Assistant, RDCEP
Aidan is a third year undergraduate computer science major at the University of Chicago. He is currently a Research Assistant, and previously served as a RDCEP Summer Scholar in 2012. His current area of research is climate model emulation
Yenching Academy, Peking University
Pre-doc, RDCEP
Kevin has a BA in Physics and Public Policy from the University Chicago and a Master's in China Studies at Peking University, where he researched the effect of Chinese fiscal structures on urban expansion. His research focuses on analyzing climate model output, projected changes in climate variability, and the impact of climate variability on society. In his spare time, he co-runs an interdisciplinary meet-up group designed to connect young natural and social scientists researching climate and energy matters and blogs about urban policy.
Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
With RDCEP:
Pete is an undergraduate at the University of Chicago majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Environmental Studies, projected to graduate in 2015. He's excited to be using his skills as a software engineer to contribute to such important research.
Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science Harvard University
Research Intern, RDCEP
Amanda Zhang is a graduate of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, and was a RDCEP Summer Scholar and Winter Quarter RA in 2014. She is now attending Harvard University majoring in Computer Science. During her free time, she enjoys baking and visiting art museums. She is excited to expand her computer science skills and contribute to influential research at RDCEP.
Graduate Student, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
