email: pkeys at bu.edu

About Prof. Keys

PhD student

email: nari.im at colostate.edu

website: https://sites.google.com/view/nari-im/ 

Nari Im (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. She obtained her B.S. from Yonsei University, South Korea, with dual majors in Atmospheric Sciences and Science Technology and Society (STS) in 2020, and completed her M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences at the same university in 2022. 

Her current Ph.D. pursuits involve applying Machine Learning techniques to enhance climate predictions. Specifically, she is interested in climate extremes, such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall, as well as water cycle patterns influenced by soil moisture-precipitation feedback. Her ultimate goal is to bridge climatic insights with environmental policy development.

PhD student

email: james.larson at colostate.edu

website: https://sites.google.com/view/larsonclimate 

James Larson (he/him) is a PhD student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He is interested in societal-climate interactions and how they can be represented in models. Prior to this project, during his master’s degree, James explored how ocean currents leave their signature on climate variability. Outside of research, James is involved in community-based solutions to food insecurity. Please feel welcome to reach out with any questions and inquiries to collaborate!

PhD candidate at INPE, Brazil

email: marcus.silveira at inpe.br

website: https://sites.google.com/view/marcusvfsilveira

Marcus Silveira is a PhD candidate in Remote Sensing at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE). He also holds a M.Sc. in Remote Sensing at INPE and received his B.S. in Forestry from the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. His research is focused on climate impacts of Amazon deforestation and the implications for agricultural sustainability. Marcus developed a collaboration with Dr. Patrick Keys to investigate moisture recycling from the Amazon to agricultural regions in Brazil and how deforestation can affect this moisture transport. Marcus' research background involves large-scale analyses of environmental change and its drivers, and his broad research interest includes land use/land cover change, climate change, and ecosystem services.