Dr. Dorian Abbot

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Biography

Dorian Abbot received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Harvard University in 2004 and completed his PhD in Applied Mathematics at Harvard in 2008. He joined the University of Chicago as a Chamberlin Fellow in 2009 and became a faculty member in 2011. His research focuses on understanding and explaining fundamental problems in Earth and Planetary Science using mathematical and computational models. He is particularly interested in recruiting students with strong mathematical skills to work on projects related to rare event sampling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and their applications in weather and climate studies.

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Department of Philosophy