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I am Donglai Yang (Simplified Chinese: 杨东来), a second-year Ph.D student in Glacier Geophysics Group at Schoof of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology. My current works and interests encompass numerical ice sheet modeling, ice-penetrating radar physics, and glaciological inverse problem through Scientific Machine Learning (SciML).
From 2017 to 2021, I studied Physics, and Earth & Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University, CT. During my sophomore year, I researched early continent-scale glaciation in East Antarctica, which fueled my interest in glaciology. I later developed skill in mathematical modeling of earth system via working on an inverse problem in tectonophysics, where I used optimization algorithm and physics-based model to understand processes in earthquake faults. From 2021 to 2023, I worked with Dr. Kristin Poinar and Dr. Sophie Nowicki at University at Buffalo on using idealized glaciers and numerical experiments to understand various controls on the dynamic change of ice surface elevations.
You can find more details in the research page.