EDUCATION
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) – Ph.D. Program in Climate Physics & Chem. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Supervisor: John Marshall
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2016 |
| Pomona College (Claremont, California) – B.A., Applied Mathematics, Complemented with a full-time paid internship in hardware design and verification at ASIC Depot (subsequently bought out by Broadcom)
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2010 |
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO JOINING BAS
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Exeter | 2019-2023
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| Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford | 2016-2019
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| Research Assistant at the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)
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2010-2016 |
| Modeling El Niño with DDEs – Undergraduate Senior Thesis with Honors, Pomona College, Claremont, California
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2010 |
| Summer Undergraduate Researcher at the Department of Mathematics, Pomona College
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2008 |
| Summer Undergraduate Researcher at the Physics Department, Pomona College | 2006, 2007
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STUDENT MENTORSHIP & SUPERVISORY ROLES
| Sam Cornish, Postgraduate, University of Oxford Official co-supervision of Sam’s Ph.D. on Arctic Ocean dynamics together with Helen Johnson |
2017-2021
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| Emma Beer, Undergraduate, University of Oxford Summer project on Arctic freshwater content
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2016 |
EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRY
| Digital Hardware Engineer at ASIC Depot, Sofia, Bulgaria, subsequently bought out by Broadcom
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2009 |
AWARDS & HONORS
| Paper of the Month Award at the British Antarctic Survey, January 2026
Department Award for Excellence in Teaching, M.I.T.
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2026
2014 |
| M.I.T. Presidential Fellowship
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2010 |
| Selection for membership in the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
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2007 |
| International Young Physicists’ Tournament, Switzerland – 3rd Place with the Bulgarian Team | 2005 |