About: Meghana Ranganathan

I am currently finishing my graduate work at MIT EAPS, working with Brent Minchew and MITglaciology. My research focuses on the dynamics of ice streams in West Antarctica.

Beginning in August 2022, I will be a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, working with Alex Robel and the GT Ice + Climate Group.

I did my undergraduate education at Swarthmore College and received a B.A. in mathematics, with a specialization in applied mathematics.  My past research has been varied, including focuses on El Nino-Southern Oscillation forecasting, statistical paleontology, and building queuing theory models for emergency rooms to identify bottlenecks in the intake process.

I am drawn to the climate system for many reasons, and one is the storytelling aspect. Natural systems are interesting in a physics sense, and the resulting behavior of these systems also affects communities around the world in different ways.  I explore these topics as both a science writer and a fiction writer.

I am passionate about diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion in STEM, particularly in the geosciences, and am interested in the history of colonialism and imperialism within the sciences. More about my projects in these areas can be found under the Science tab.