Margaret Powell

Graduate students

Margaret (Maggie) Powell is a PhD student in the Earth and Environmental Engineering Department. She is interested in using dimensionality reduction techniques, including machine learning, for problems within atmospheric science. As a DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow, she is also excited about leveraging high-performance computing and numerical simulations as part of her research. Maggie received her A.B. in Earth & Planetary Sciences from Harvard University, where she researched Arctic methane emissions.
 

Biography

BA (honors) in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2019

Publications

Powell, M., C. C. Van Heerwaarden, P. Gentine, and R. Pincus, 2026. Cloud geometry and solar zenith angle control 3D radiative effects. J. Atmos. Sci.  83, 1769-1783, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-26-0029.1

For work prior to Columbia see  my web site