People

Principal Investigator

Ivy Tan

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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý. ÌýI am also a Senior Editor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Climate. ÌýI received my B. Sc. in Physics & Mathematics at the University of Toronto and Ph. D. in Earth & Planetary Sciences as a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow at Yale University. ÌýI then joined NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow. ÌýBefore joining ÐÔÊӽ紫ý I was an Assistant Professor at McGill University. Ìý

Postdoctoral Researchers

Chandru Dhandapani

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I am a postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Physics at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý. I received my B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Ph. D. in Aeronautics from California Institute of Technology, where I continued as a postdoctoral researcher in collaboration with Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I then joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher in the Atmosphere, Climate and Earth Sciences division. My research interests are Climate and Atmospheric Modeling, Cloud Microphysics, Aerosol Cloud Interactions, and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

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Filippo Cali Quaglia
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I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Physics at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý. I earned my Master's degree in Environmental Physics from the University of Turin, Italy, and my Ph.D. in Polar Sciences from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, in close collaboration with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Rome. Following my doctoral studies, I continued my research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at INGV. My primary research interests focus on Arctic clouds and aerosols, climate monitoring, and radiative transfer.

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PhD Student

Harley Fasullo

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I am a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Physics at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý. ÌýI received my bachelor's degree from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine in 2025. ÌýI started at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý in fall 2025 and joined the Climate Physics group in May 2026. ÌýOutside of physics, I enjoy anything outdoors, but most of all I like playing tennis, soccer, and hiking. ÌýI am also interested in film!