Fully-Funded PhD Positions at NYU: Climate, Energy, and Risk Analytics (CERA) Lab

Recruiting PhD students to join my lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress) for Spring or Fall 2026.

At the CERA Lab, we develop AI-driven methods to understand, quantify, and mitigate climate and infrastructure risks, bridging physics, data science, and policy for real-world impact in collaboration with city stakeholders.

Research areas include:
- LLMs for risk perception and financial signals
- VLMs for global exposure mapping
- Cascading impact and network modeling
- Reinforcement learning for adaptation planning

We are seeking motivated, quantitatively strong candidates with backgrounds in engineering, risk analysis, or data science. Successful applicants will receive full funding, including tuition, stipend, and health insurance.

Deadline: November 30, 2025 (see PDF for details).

If you know outstanding students interested in data-driven climate risk research, I would greatly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity within your networks.