Monitoring and Projecting the Impacts of Climate Change with Emerging Environmental Datasets and Machine Learning (PhD ’20)
Ian works to provide decision-makers with quantitative, high-resolution projections of the socioeconomic impacts of climate change, focusing on damaging extreme events like tropical cyclones. His research blends dynamic modeling, large socio-environmental datasets, and emerging econometric and machine learning methods to quantify the complex interactions between society and a changing climate. Ian is a Berkeley Graduate Fellow and a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow. He holds Master’s degrees in both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley. He received his BS in Applied Mathematics, with a focus on Earth and Planetary Science, from Harvard University.
Publications:
- The Effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic
- The Effect of Large-Scale Anti-Contagion Policies on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
- New Jersey’s Rising Coastal Risk
- Clear, Present, and Underpriced: The Physical Risks of Climate Change
- Ground Control to Major Tom: the importance of field surveys in remotely sensed data analysis
- Destructive Behavior, Judgment, and Economic Decision-making under Thermal Stress
- Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
- Burden of Road Injuries in Sub-Saharan Africa
- The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases
- The Global Burden of Skin Disease in 2010: An Analysis of the Prevalence and Impact of Skin Conditions
- The state of US health, 1990-2010: Burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990—2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990—2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Analysis of 3D numerical simulations of subsolidus thermal convection: application to Venus and Europa
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and YLDs for acute and chronic conditions for 188 countries
- The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years, and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
- Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and YLDs for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries for 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
- Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Links:
- CV
- Global Policy Laboratory Profile
- The Inertia Blog Series on Environmental Change and Adventure Sports
- Energy Collective blog: Chinese Solar Makers’ Strategies to Overcome Trade Conflicts
Education:
- PhD, Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley, expected May 2020
- MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Civil Systems), University of California, Berkeley, 2017
- MS, Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley, 2016
- AB, Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 2011
Honors/Awards:
- AGU Celebrate 100 Award (2019)
- 3rd place – Energy and Resource Alternatives Category, Big Ideas @ Berkeley Competition (2017, 2018)
- CITRIS Tech for Social Good, Tech Development Award (2017)
- “People’s Choice” – Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Innovation Expo Poster Competition (2017)
- Charles K. Birdsall Fellowship (2016)
- 2nd place – Sacramento Municipal Utility District Off-Grid Tiny House Competition (2016)
- Semi-Finalist – MIT Climate Co-Lab Competition (2016)
- 3rd place – Patagonia Eco-Innovation Case Competition (2016)
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (2015)
- Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Study (2014)
- Best Manuscript – Spring Issue of the Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal (2012)
- Harvard Club of Seattle Summer Community Service Fellowship (2008)
Teaching:
- GSI – PP275: Spatial Data Analysis – Solomon Hsiang – UC Berkeley – Fall 2017
- Teaching Fellow – APMTH 21a: Mathematical Methods in the Sciences – Michael Manapat – Fall 2010
References:
- Solomon Hsiang (co-advisor)
Professor: Goldman School of Public Policy;
UC Berkeley Email: shsiang@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 643-5751 - Daniel Kammen (co-advisor)
Professor; Energy and Resources Group, Goldman School of Public Policy, Nuclear Engineering
UC Berkeley Email: kammen@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 642-1640 - Trevor Houser
Director, Rhodium Group
Email: tghouser@rhg.com
Phone: (212) 532-1157 - Benjamin Recht
Professor, Computer Science
Email: brecht@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 643-1455
Contact:
bolliger@berkeley.edu