Kevin Schwarzwald

BIOGRAPHY:

Kevin Schwarzwald is an interdisciplinary climate scientist, helping inform climate impacts projections and decision-making under uncertainty. His postdoc research focuses on understanding the sensitivity of estimates of future climate impacts to climate uncertainty; in short, determining when decision-makers need to consider which sources of climate uncertainty to ensure they are prepared for the true range of possible future outcomes.

Kevin earned his PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Columbia University, working at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory on understanding the drivers of the East African long and short rains and why climate models struggle to simulate them. He also holds a BA in physics and public policy from the University of Chicago and a Master of Law in China Studies from Peking University's Yenching Academy (how promotion pressures on local officials encourage inefficient urban expansion in smaller cities in China).

Kevin is the co-founder of NENSIC (nensic.org), an interdisciplinary network for young researchers working in climate and environmental issues from any angle. Prior to his graduate studies, Kevin focused on climate projections for economic and policy uses and has been involved with climate and policy work in Europe, America, and Africa.