PhD Members

Josephine Bertoux is an ESRC CDT PhD candidate at the Department of Sociology. She is working on measuring middle class attitude to climate change using computational social science lens. She is jointly supervised by Dr Robert Dorschel. 

Noah Valentin Weichgrebe is a Cambridge Trust scholar and a PhD candidate in Land Economy. He is currently working linking urban degradation and health outcomes in hyper dense cities. Noah is jointly supervised by Professor Shailaja Fennel and Dr Aiora Zabala

Yilin Tang is a Gates Scholar and PhD Candidate in AI design at the department of Architecture. Yilin is working on constructing responsible embodied AI for disabled community in urban space. 

Daniel Ling is a PhD candidate in Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence at the Centre for Human-Inspired AI (CHIA). He is currently working on novel human-inspired paradigms for AI design which can help in solving the climate crisis. Daniel is trained in economics and data science from Princeton University, US. 

Jingyu Lei is a PhD candidate in inclusive design at the department of architecture. She is currently exploring the changing facets of disability rights and inclusivity under climate extremes.

Clara Botto is a PhD candidate in the department of architecture, supported by the Centre for Climate Repair and the Saich - Powney Studentship. She is exploring participatory governance and public engagement methods for climate intervention technologies. Clara is jointly supervised by Professor David Reiner at the Cambridge Judge Business School. 

Sharan Maiya is a 2nd year AI for Environmental Risk (AI4ER) PhD candidate supported by UKRI EPSRC CDT. He is working on aligning AI assistants for climate action using a AI safety lens. He is jointly supervised by Professor Anna Korhonen at the Language Technology Labs and Centre for Human-Inspired AI (CHIA). 

Tianzhu Qin is a 2nd year Human-Inspired AI PhD Candidate based at the Centre for Human-Inspired AI (CHIA). He is working on accelerating people-led climate action feedback loops using causal machine learning. He is currently doing a secondment at the Stanford University working on causal inference. 

Haiming Luo is a 3rd year PhD Candidate (CSC Scholar) at the Earth Sciences department. He is working on socio-technical modelling the effecting of ocean-based climate interventions using integrated assessment models, jointly supervised by Professor Ali Mashayek.