Summary
Karina C is a senior at Harvard studying Computer Science and Statistics who applies AI to modernize electric power systems, with a focus on transmission planning and data center interconnection. She’s conducting thesis research in the Xie Group building agentic AI workflows and was a 1st-prize winner in the Harvard Grid Applied AI Incubator. Her background blends academic publications in environmental science, production-ready tooling (Google Earth Engine, Python/R pipelines), and industry experience at Blackstone, Lightsmith, and IBM. Karina has built LLM and Bayesian pipelines for dataset and nature-risk problems, demonstrating an uncommon mix of climate domain expertise and ML engineering. Based in New York, she brings eight years of hands-on research and engineering experience and a track record of presenting to high-level stakeholders, from AGU audiences to White House advisors.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Statistics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Statistics at Harvard University
High School Diploma, General Studies, High School Diploma, General Studies at Hunter College High School
Spanish