Summary
Maike Sonnewald is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UC Davis who develops AI methods that deliver actionable insights for climate, ocean, and fisheries management, blending machine learning with domain expertise in ocean and atmospheric systems. With over a decade of experience spanning MIT postdoctoral work to research roles at Princeton, NOAA, and affiliations at the University of Washington, she leads the Computational Climate and Ocean Group to translate AI innovations into trustworthy, operational tools for environmental decision-making. Her research uniquely combines physical oceanography and complex-systems PhD training with rigorous methods for AI verification and reliability in high-stakes settings. Passionate about open science, she champions open-source data science approaches to make climate-smart tools accessible to practitioners and policymakers.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Complex Systems, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Complex Systems at University of Southampton