Provost Diversity Fellow: Prani Nalluri

Prani Nalluri, PhD candidate

Department and School
Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, School of Engineering & Applied Science

Bio
Prani Nalluri (they/them) is a first-year PhD student in Applied Mathematics. Their research involves developing machine learning-based methods to account for small-scale processes in oceanographic models. This is important because these small-scale processes are often too small for ocean models to resolve, but do have an important effect on the large-scale phenomena in the model. Prior to beginning their career at Columbia, Prani graduated with a degree in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Rice University. Outside academics, their interests include hiking, sewing, and jewelry-making.

Advisor
Dhruv Balwada, Assistant Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Favorite hangout on or off campus
Morningside Park

Favorite self-care ritual
Journaling in the park

Recommended book
Good Girls Marry Doctors

Favorite study spot
Any Columbia library with dark academia vibes!

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