About Me

Dr. Catherine (Casey) Ivanovich is a climate scientist working to improve our holistic understanding of climate extremes – from their dynamical drivers to their potential adaptations. She is passionate about investigating the complex physical mechanisms generating climate hazards and accessibly communicating actionable scientific information to the public.

Casey is currently a Postdoctoral Associate at New York University (NYU), where her work quantifies the benefits and consequences of local-scale heat mitigation strategies. Prior to this position, Casey was NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), where her work investigated seasonality and duration as historically under-explored characteristics of extreme heat.

Casey completed her PhD in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University in July 2024. Her dissertation research focused on improving our understanding of when and why extreme humid heat occurs in order to prepare for its human health and socioeconomic impacts. Before beginning her studies at Columbia, Casey served as a High Meadows Fellow at the Environmental Defense Fund in Washington, DC. In 2017, she graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. degree in Geosciences.