Phoebe Lin

Biosketch

I grew up near San Francisco, California, where lightning-initiated wildfires drew me to atmospheric sciences in August 2020. I now study pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) storms, or storms initiated by the heat from intense wildfires. During my undergrad, I majored in Atmospheric Sciences and Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and explored projects in extreme snowfall, derecho forecasting, and dry thunderstorms. I was also involved in lots of music at MIT, particularly relating to environmental themes. In my free time, I like to listen to video game soundtracks, find new ramen shops, and lay on the grass to watch clouds.

Education

BS, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024
BS, Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024

Awards

MIT EAPS W. O. Crosby Award for Sustained Excellence, 2024
MIT Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts, 2024
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention, 2024

Service and Outreach

FORTCAST (CSU's student chapter of the AMS), Board member, 2025-present
MIT EAPS Undergraduate Council, 2023-2024
The Tech (MIT's student newspaper), Chief Meteorologist, 2021-2024
Head of the Charles Regatta, Weather Forecaster, 2021-2023
Harvard-MIT Math Tournament, Officer, 2020-2022

Teaching

MIT 12.310 Introduction to Weather Forecasting TA, 2022-2023
Cambridge Math Circle Instructor, 2020-2021

Misc

Band member, the Cloud Covers (ATS's band)

Last Updated: 8/25