Sarah Kapnick (2010)
Fellowship Year: 2010
Academic Background: University of California - Los Angeles - PhD 2011- (Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences)
Sarah Kapnick is a fifth year Ph.D. student in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at UCLA. Sarah’s research focuses on climate variability and change and its impact on water resources in North America. Her innovative work using observations and regional climate models has been published in academic journals as well as in reports for the California Energy Commission and the California Environmental Protection Agency. She is also pursuing a certificate in the “Leaders in Sustainability” program from the UCLA Institute of the Environment. Through the program, she worked with the Climate Registry, a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization that provides a platform for entities to voluntarily report greenhouse gas emissions. Sarah is extremely interested in connecting the fields of management, public policy, and climate science. To this end, she has also co-founded Vertum Partners, an entity focused on directly applying climate data to resource management and investment. Prior to attending UCLA, Sarah received her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with a certificate in Finance from Princeton University and spent two years working as an investment banking analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Goldman Sachs. After finishing her Ph.D., Sarah hopes to secure a faculty position and continue to work on climate-related issues. She is interested in both advancing the scientific understanding of climate and helping to educate students, politicians, and business executives about her work.
Expertise: Energy & Climate Change, Water Resources