Kaighin McColl
Kaighin McColl is an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, jointly appointed in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His group uses theory, models and observations to understand the terrestrial water cycle, and its connection to weather and climate over land. Prior to his appointment in 2018, he was a Ziff Environmental Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for the Environment. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 2017, funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; and received bachelor’s degrees in environmental engineering and applied mathematics from the University of Melbourne in 2009. He is a recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship in Earth System Science, the NSF CAREER award, and was named a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.