Kayla White
Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, expected 2026
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My name is Kayla and I am a fourth year PhD Candidate here at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Persad Aero-Climate Lab. We use global climate models to simulate the current changing climate in order to better understand and plan for the future climate state. My research focuses on the role of anthropogenic aerosols in the climate system and their impacts on clouds, precipitation, and temperature both globally and regionally.
Dallas Geological Society/DGS/Hilsewick/Shepherd/Sistrunk/Stanley/Dodge Scholarship Endowment - Trustees of Communities Foundations of Texas (CFT) (2022)
Co-President, Graduate Student Executive Committee (GSEC), (2024 - 2025)
Invited Author, The Influence of Regional Aerosol Emissions on Climate and Extreme Events, American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2024)
Visiting Fellow, Heterogeneous Climate Forcing (HETCLIF), Center For Advanced Studies, Oslo, Norway (2023 - 2024)
Investigating the Dependence of Aerosol Indirect Effects on Background Climate State in CESM2, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Chicago, Illinois (2022)