Biography

 

Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald

  • Scholar
  • United States
  • 2022 PhD AI for the study of Environmental Risks (1+3)
  • Clare Hall

I was raised in Midland, Michigan and Hudson, Ohio an avid outdoorsperson, running, skiing, hiking, and biking my way around North America. As a triple-major undergraduate in Computer Science and Engineering, Advanced Mathematics, and Statistics at Michigan State University, very little of my coursework concerned itself with climate change—yet I now see the climate crisis as the most important problem to which I can dedicate myself and my career. Having spent my academic coming-of-age studying the scientific principles of computational, mathematical, and statistical modeling, with a focus on machine learning and artificial intelligence, I now hope to leverage deep learning to advance research in earth and climate science. Simultaneously, I hope to advance research in deep learning by developing methods which address the challenges posed by modeling high-dimensional spatiotemporal data. As a PhD student within the AI for the Study of Environmental Risks Centre for Doctoral Training at Cambridge and a member of the Gates Cambridge Community, I look forward to collaborating with a diverse team of bright-minded individuals towards these ends. **Andrew will commence his PhD study in 2023.

Previous Education

Michigan State University Advanced Mathematics 2022