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 / Blog Posts:
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
Burden of Road Injuries in Sub-Saharan Africa
The state of US health, 1990-2010: Burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors
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)
Other Links:
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
Contact:
bolliger@berkeley.edu
