email: pkeys at bu.edu

About Prof. Keys

Postdoctoral researcher
email: malbrigh at bu.edu

website: marygracealbright.com 

Mary Grace Albright (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. She received her PhD in Geological Sciences from the University of Connecticut, where her research focused on paleoclimate and atmospheric science. Using data-model comparisons and high-resolution climate models, she investigated how equilibrium climate sensitivity and mesoscale convective systems change across different climate states. She is interested in understanding how climate and weather extremes evolve in a warmer world, as well as the potential impacts of climate intervention.

PhD student

email: nrim at bu.edu

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

Nari Im (she/her) is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University. With a background in Atmospheric Sciences and Science, Technology, and Society (STS), her research explores climate extremes, such as compound events involving heatwaves and heavy rainfall, focusing on their underlying mechanisms. She applies machine learning methods to enhance climate predictions and ultimately seeks to connect scientific findings with environmental policymaking.

PhD student

email: mmelius at bu.edu

Mckenzie Melius (she/her) is a PhD student in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University. She is interested in climate change mitigation and adaptation, effective global cooperation, and in the interaction between land use, human health, and climate change. Prior to her current position, Mckenzie has worked in renewable energy engineering, energy system futures modeling, and corporate sustainability. She holds a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering. 

MS student

email: jroberti at bu.edu

website: http://jackieroberti.com/ 

Jackie Roberti (she/her) is a Masters candidate in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where she studies the effectiveness of science communication on conservation work, particularly among people who participate in outdoor recreation. She is an artist and writer, and her creative work related to environmentalism has been published with the Mt. St. Helens Institute and Reckoning magazine, among other places. Before coming to BU she worked for over ten years in software development at places like the Broad Institute and the MBTA. You can follow her work on Instagram at @jackieroberti or Patreon at @pleinjus, or at jackieroberti.com.

Postdoctoral researcher

email: asie at bu.edu

website: https://amandasie.com/

Amanda (she/her) is an environmental sociologist who studies how science and technology affect social and political action for climate change. Her research is focused on the scientific and research community around solar geoengineering and climate intervention and interrogates their role in the production of climate and technological risk for climate governance and society. She is interested in further exploring theories of risk and uncertainty, scientific and knowledge production, and governance for geoengineering and climate technologies. She completed her PhD at Rutgers University New Brunswick in the Department of Sociology in 2026. 

PhD student

email: zxvv at bu.edu

Zach Van Vechten (he/him) is a PhD student in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. He received his B.S. in Environmental Science, with a concentration in Data Science, from the University of California, Davis. As an undergraduate, his research focused on investigating the impacts of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) on agricultural yields in the U.S. He is interested in using machine learning methods to emulate SAI schemes and better understand their consequences.