Kirstin Koepnick
I am a PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics at Harvard University, advised by Eli Tziperman. I study climate dynamics across the atmosphere, ocean, and cryosphere using numerical models, model hierarchies, machine learning, and climate data analysis.
I am interested in how interactions among climate processes give rise to variability, feedbacks, and climate change across seasonal to glacial time scales. My research spans large-scale atmospheric dynamics and teleconnections, atmosphere–ocean–cryosphere interactions, and paleoclimate, with the broader goal of understanding when and why the climate system responds differently to similar forcing.
I am currently seeking postdoctoral research opportunities beginning in fall 2027.
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Research Interests
- Climate dynamics and variability
- Large scale icesheet–atmosphere–ocean coupling
- Sea ice variability and surface mass balance
- ENSO–QBO interactions
- Paleoclimate modeling
- Glacial–interglacial cycles
- Model hierarchies and nonlinear dynamics