Sebastian Eastham, Principal Research Scientist, Center for Global Change Science (MIT)
Seb is a Principal Research Scientist in MIT’s Center for Global Change Science. His research is focused on the development, refinement, and application of cutting edge global atmospheric models to enable use to better understand the long-term consequences of emissions. This includes quantifying and understanding ozone depletion from aerospace emissions, novel use of satellite data to improve model predictions, the relationship between stratospheric ozone and public health, and the interactions between climate change and air pollution. He received his PhD from MIT in 2015, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Modeling Group and dually supported by the NOAA Climate and Global Change Program and the Harvard University Center for the Environment.
Poushali Maji, Impact Fellow at MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium
Poushali received her Ph.D. from the Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, University of British Columbia. She works at the intersection of three major energy challenges facing large developing countries - clean energy access, air quality improvement and climate change mitigation. Her research focuses on analyzing energy consumption data and using energy systems models to inform policy decisions that can simultaneously address multiple energy issues in an integrated manner. She has a B.Sc. in Physics from St. Stephen’s College (University of Delhi), and an M.Sc. in Renewable Energy from the University of Edinburgh. In the past, she worked with WWF’s Climate Change & Energy programme and as a wind energy consultant. When she’s not working, Poushali loves traveling and running and cooking up a storm.