People
Group Photo 2025
We went to downtown LA to watch some live music (ft. Obin Sturm)!
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
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
Bea Rodriguez
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Applied and Computational Math, USC (2026, Expected)
Email: bgrodrig@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
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 Here!
We are actively recruiting new group members - including undergraduates and graduate students. Please check out the opportunities tab above and don’t hesitate to reach out to Professor Silva if you’re interested!
Group Alumni
Hannah Schlecht
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, USC, 2023
M.S. Environmental Engineering, USC, 2021
Now: Scientist at CARB
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
Kyla Gordon
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Environmental Studies, USC, 2025 (Expected)
B.A. Earth Sciences, USC, 2025 (Expected)
Sahithi Nandyala
M.S. Student
B.Tech. Computer Engineering, IIITDM Kancheepuram, 2021
Now: Software Engineer at Amazon
Lucas Valliere
Undergraduate Researcher
B.A. Earth Sciences, USC, 2025
B.A. Data Science, USC, 2025
William Yik
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Computer Science and Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, 2024
Now: Ph.D. Student at UW in Atmospheric Sciences