Maxwell Elling

Brief Bio: Max Elling is a Ph.D. Candidate who joined the Oceans & Climate Lab in the Fall of 2024. Max was previously a Scientific Programmer in the Global Climate Modeling group at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). At GISS, Max researched the behavior of climate extremes in GISS ModelE and the consequences of model differences on climate impact-drivers. He was also a CMIP6 curator and a participating researcher in the GISTEMP analysis. Before GISS, Max completed an M.A. in Climate and Society at Columbia University, where he worked at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. At CU Boulder, Max is investigating the interactions between climate and health.