Professor Ali Mashayek is a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge where he leads the Modelling Ocean Dynamics & Ecosystems Lab (MODEL) and co-directs the AI for Environmental Risks (AI4ER) Centre for Doctoral Training. He is also cross-affiliated with the UK National Oceanography Centre. Ali has degrees in mechanical engineering and physics and has worked in environmental engineering, earth sciences and climate science over the past decade. He works closely with the industry on topics such as carbon dioxide removal technologies, risks associated with climatic/environmental extreme events, and marine biodiversity.
Previous positions: Assistant Professor at Imperial College London (2018-2023); NERC Research Fellow at the University of Oxford (2017-2018); Research Associate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2016-2017); Research Fellow at MIT (2013-2016); PhD in Physics from University of Toronto (2008-2013)
