Sarah Smith

Pronouns: she/her

Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School

Affiliated with: Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

USA

BIOGRAPHY:

Sarah Smith is a PhD candidate at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s Ocean and Climate Physics division, and Columbia’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding the dynamical processes associated with the long-range transport of aerosols to the Arctic, and the direct and indirect effects of aerosols on the Arctic radiative budget. Sarah uses both remotely sensed observations and chemical transport models to improve our understanding and model constraints of Arctic aerosol processes. 

She also holds an MA from the Climate School’s Climate & Society program. Prior to graduate school, Sarah provided environmental services for UNESCO sites in Indonesia and South Africa, working on-site in isiMangaliso, KZN, South Africa for several years. 

In her spare time, Sarah enjoys skiing, scuba diving, hiking with her dog, and looking at clouds.