yji008@berkeley.edu

I’m a fourth-year PhD student in the Air Quality Model and Exposure Lab within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UC Berkeley. My research focuses on understanding the impacts of wildfires on air quality by integrating ground-level monitoring, remote sensing, and air quality modeling. Additionally, I utilize wearable sensors to investigate effective communication strategies for reducing personal exposure to wildfire smoke.

lrojasm@berkeley.edu

I am a third-year PhD student in Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley, where I am part of the Apte Research Group studying human exposure to air pollution in the built environment. My research lies at the intersection of air pollution, data science, and environmental justice, with a focus on regions like India and California. I use reduced complexity models to analyze the sources of air pollution—identifying which sectors contribute the most—and the scales of pollution by determining the geographic locations of emissions. Through my work, I aim to identify opportunities for interventions at various scales to mitigate the impact of air pollution on public health.

lauren.talbot ‘at’ berkeley ‘dot’ edu

I am a PhD Candidate at U.C. Berkeley in Geotechnical Engineering, focusing on large-deformation numerical modeling in the Material Point Method (MPM). My research involves geo-interfaces and large-scale models such as landslides and dam failures, including visualization in Houdini.

cmajumdar@berkeley.edu

I am a structural biologist at UC Berkeley using cryo-EM for genetic code expansion. My research is focused on engineering the bacterial translation system, specifically the bacterial ribosome to produce non-natural polymers with the sequence definition of proteins. I really enjoy looking at 3D structures and relating them to basic biochemistry and I love finding new ways to visualize and communicate my findings!