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Nicole Ngo
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Nicole Ngo received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine with a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Earth and Environmental Science. Her focus is in urban air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, and understanding the cost behind strategies for mitigating pollutants.
For the past four summers she participated in the Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) internship, where she worked at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Research at NCAR included examining marine policy and improving understanding of convective clouds through modeling. She is also interested in urban issues in growing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa and working with local communities to help resolve these problems. Through research and conversations at NCAR and Columbia University, she has a better understanding of the gaps in interdisciplinary work between economics and atmospheric science. Ultimately she wants to improve collaboration, as well as her understanding of the balance between these two disciplines in motivating policy, with emphasis on problems of urban air pollution.