TEAM – Columbia University (CU): USMILE Host Institution


Dr. Pierre Gentine

Prof. Pierre Gentine


Aziz Bhouri

Dr. Aziz Bhouri

  • Affiliation: CU
  • Research Scientist – WP2
  • Investigating Bayesian methods including multi-fidelity approaches for climate modeling such as climate parameterization and climate extreme events predictions.
  • Personal webpage


Jianing Fang

Jianing Fang

  • Affiliation: CU
  • PhD Researcher – WP2
  • Developing hybrid-ML carbon models and long-term remote sensing products of solar-induced fluorescence
  • Personal webpage


Dr. Kara Lamb

  • Affiliation: CU
  • Research Scientist – WP2
  • Investigating hybrid physics machine-learning approaches for modeling aerosol and cloud microphysics from observations and atmospheric simulations; geometric deep learning
  • Personal webpage

Jiangong Liu

Dr. Jiangong Liu

  • Affiliation: CU
  • Research Scientist – WP2
  • Disentangling the effects of different drivers on ecosystem fluxes and learning to learn (aka meta-learning) the processes of tropical forests

Dr. Sara Shamekh

  • Affiliation: CU
  • Postdoctoral Researcher – WP2
  • Investigating hybrid machine learning methods for the parametrization of the planetary boundary layer turbulence.
  • Personal webpage


Olya Skulovich

Olya Skulovich

  • Affiliation: CU
  • PhD Researcher – WP1, WP3
  • Working on long-term consistent soil moisture product based on remote sensing and ML
  • Personal webpage


Weiwei Zhan

  • Affiliation: CU
  • PhD Researcher – WP2
  • Investigating the terrestrial carbon cycle using machine learning and flux tower data
  • Personal webpage

Dr. Wenli Zhao

  • Affiliation: CU
  • Postdoctoral Researcher – WP2
  • Investigating physics machine-learning approaches for modeling evapotranspiration and canopy interception based on flux tower data
  • Personal webpage