Elise Penn

PhD Candidate
eliserpenn@gmail.com
Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Harvard University

I'm looking for jobs in the private sector

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I'm defending my PhD on April 17, 2025. I’m interested on working on ambitious projects with large teams in an industry setting. I’m open to a variety of roles, including data science, machine learning, software engineering, and satellite data + geospatial analysis.

Take a look at my resume, and feel free to reach out by email or LinkedIn if you want to connect with me.

About Me

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I am a PhD student working with Daniel Jacob at Harvard University. I work on improving our understanding methane sources & sinks using Bayesian inference of satellite observations and GEOS-Chem, a global chemical transport model. Currently, I am working on a project on methane emissions from coal mines with CarbonMapper, Inc. I also spent 6 months as a data science intern at Tesla for the Supercharger team.

Before graduate school, I worked with Tracey Holloway at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying the diurnal cycle of nitrogen oxides with satellite observations. I also did summer research at the NOAA Geophyisical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory with Larry Horowitz and Vaishali Naik validating global NO₂ in the GFDL-AM3 model, and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with Dr. Jennifer Newman studying atmospheric effects on wind turbine efficiency.