Vanessa Sun
B.A. in Mathematics & Studio Art, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
S.M. Earth and Planetary Sciences (TEAMPACCC / Fiore Group)
Starting August 2024: Ph.D. Student at the University of Utah (Haskins Lab)
Upcoming Engagements
- To be announced.
Current Projects
- I serve on the selection committee for the Lathisms Scholarship 2024
Past Projects Highlights
- Co-ambassador for MIT in the COVID Safe Campus program
- Published a short article on low cost air quality sensors in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment: May 2022
- Organized the MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences’ Sack Lunch Seminar for Fall 2023
- Served as Lathisms Scholarship Co-Chair 2023
- Presented at 2022 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting: December 2022
- Organized The Online Undergraduate Resource Fair for the Advancement and Alliance of Marginalized Mathematicians: November 2022, December 2021, December 2020
- Co-PI on NSF Grant DUE-2230388 ($49, 960), 2022
- Interned at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the Wind Energy Group: June – August 2022
- Interned at MIT Lincoln Laboratory for the Air Traffic Control Group: September 2021 – May 2022
- Computing Scholar (Intern) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: June – August 2021
- OURFA²M² contributed to Drs. Aris Winger & Pamela E. Harris’ new book, Practices & Policies: Advocating for Students of Color in Mathematics: August 2021
- Co-wrote Student-Led Academic Community Organizing – MAA Math Values Blog post: June 2021
Current CV
Last updated March 8, 2024