A classmate of mine in undergrad once told me that there are models that fit functions to data and then there are models that describe a theoretical framework but may not match data perfectly. The former by definition needs data while the latter can use data to corroborate theory. I am interested in gaining skills to do both of these!
Current Work
Currently, I am exploring the spatio-temporal relationships between dengue, chikungunya, and zika in Brazil from 2016-present. I am interested in learning how statistical models can better understand these interactions for forecasting and use dynamical systems modeling to better understand multi-pathogen systems. This work is being done in collaboration with Joe Lewnard.
Publications
de Marez, C., J. Callies, B. Haines, D. Rodriguez-Chavez, and J. Wang, 2023: Observational Constraints on the Submesoscale Sea Surface Height Variance of Balanced Motion. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 53, 1221–1235, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0188.1.
Lee, S., D. Rodriguez-Chavez, and J. Rzeszotarski, 2023: Exploring the Effects of Personal Impact Communicated Through Eco-Feedback Technology for Reducing Food Waste. In: Marcus, A., Rosenzweig, E., Soares, M.M. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14030. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35699-5_39
Awards
- 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
- 2023 UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellow
- 2022 Poster Winner at Los Alamos National Laboratory Student Symposium
- 2022 Best Poster at Int. Symposium on Physiological Processes in Roots of Woody Plants
- 2021-2022 Recipient for the Ann S. and Robert R. Morley Student Research Fund Grant
- 2021 Best Undergraduate Presenter at AGEP Student Success Conference
Previous Work
Undergraduate researcher in the Department of Natural Resources & The Environment at Cornell University. Advised by Marc Goebel.
Computational Sciences Intern at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Information Systems and Modeling (A-1) Group. Mentored by Morgan Gorris and Andrew Bartlow.
WAVE Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. Mentored by Joern Callies.