What I have been doing
Modeling Data Scientist
(2025-Current)
Aladdin Financial Engineering - Climate & Energy Analytics
BlackRock
Postdoctoral Researcher
(2024-2025)
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PhD in Natural Resource Sciences (Climate Assessment and Impacts)
(2019-2024)
Minor in Statistics
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Dissertation: Applications of Artificial Intelligence on Drought Impact Monitoring and Assessment
Expertise
Earth sciences
Drought, Wildfire, Climatology, Hydrology
Data-driven modeling
Statistics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Agent-based Modeling, Life Cycle Assessment
Geospatial technologies
Remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Scientific computing
Python, R
Research Interests
AI modeling for predicting climate extremes and their impacts
Causal inference modeling for understanding climate extremes and their impacts
AI-driven impact assessment for resilient energy transitions and climate adaptation
Coupling Earth system modeling with data-driven approaches to improve model accuracy and interpretability
Curriculum Vitae
Download my CV: Beichen_Zhang_CV.pdf