Dr. Joseph Lockwood is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Data Science Institute, where he is part of the 7th cohort of the DSI Postdoctoral Fellows Program, advised by Professor Pierre Gentine and Professor Tian Zheng in collaboration with Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP), an NSF Science and Technology Center.

Before joining Columbia University in July 2024, Dr. Lockwood graduated with a PhD in Geoscience (Applied Physics) with a minor in Computational Science and Engineering from Princeton University in May 2024. He received a graduate certificate in Science and Technology from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He also holds the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) Certificate from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), and the Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification from AWS.

As an applied scientist, Dr. Lockwood’s research centers on deep learning, machine learning, weather, and energy. He has published scientific articles on machine learning, climate risk, energy and decarbonization and economics.