People
Group Photo 2024
We went to Catalina Island to talk about science and relax!
Current Group Members
Sam J. Silva
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering and Computation, MIT, 2019
M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, 2014
B.S., Physics, University of Arizona, 2013
Email: samsilva@usc.edu
Office: ZHS-269
M.S. Environmental Engineering, USC, 2022
B.S. Physics, Pepperdine University, 2020
Email: kayleybu@usc.edu
Daniel Getter
Ph.D. Student
CV
B.A. Applied Mathematics, UC Berkeley, 2020
Email: dgetter@usc.edu
Kyla Gordon
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Environmental Studies, USC, 2025 (Expected)
B.A. Earth Sciences, USC, 2025 (Expected)
Email: kylagord@usc.edu
Justine PO
M.D. Student
B.A. Public Health & Business, UC Berkeley (2018)
Email: jfpo@usc.edu
Kaylena Pham
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Environmental Engineering, USC (2027, Expected)
Email: kdpham@usc.edu
Brian Schlaff
Ph.D. Student
Certificate in Data Science, UCLA Extension, 2020
B.S. Geological Engineering and Geophysics, UW-Madison, 2018
Email: schlaff@usc.edu
Obin Sturm
Ph.D. Student
M.S. Applied Mathematics, Technische Universiteit Delft, 2021
M.S. Scientific Computing, Technische Universität Berlin, 2021
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Davis, 2017
Email: psturm@usc.edu
Lucas Valliere
Undergraduate Researcher
B.A. Earth Sciences, USC, 2025 (Expected)
B.A. Data Science, USC, 2025 (Expected)
Email: lvallier@usc.edu
Dandan Wei
Research Associate
Ph.D. Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Penn. State 2019
M.S. Ecology, Chinese Academy of Forestry, 2012
B.S. Meteorology, NUIST, 2009
Future Students and Postdocs Here!
We are actively recruiting new group members - from undergraduates, through graduate students and postdoctoral research scientists. Please check out the opportunities tab above and don’t hesitate to reach out to Professor Silva if you’re interested!
Group Alumni
Hannah Schlaerth
Physical Scientist, U.S. Department of Energy
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, USC, 2023
M.S. Environmental Engineering, USC, 2021
B.S. Geology, Kent State University, 2018
Emy Li
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, USC, 2024
B.A. in Economics, USC, 2024
Katherine Mottola
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Earth Sciences, USC, 2024
Sahithi Nandyala
M.S. Student
B.Tech. Computer Engineering, IIITDM Kancheepuram, 2021
Email: snandyal@usc.edu
William Yik
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Computer Science and Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, 2024 (Expected)
Email: wyik@g.hmc.edu