Andrew Kruczkiewicz

Andrew graduated from Columbia University specializing in remote sensing and mapping of atmospheric and meteorological variables. He interned for NASA and IRI developing algorithms to monitor inundation and land cover in East Africa, focusing on applications for the health and humanitarian sectors. Before Columbia, Andrew studied finance at Fairfield University and meteorology at Western Connecticut State University.

Mr. Kruczkiewicz is interested in the role of satellites and remote sensing technology and data for sector-specific applications, specifically the development and assessment of algorithms to detect and map spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation, temperature, and other climatic and geophysical variables. This includes analyzing their impact on infrastructure, public health, and agriculture, on different timescales, to increase the understanding of risk for decision-making.

He is also interested in the intersection of the social and physical sciences, especially pertaining to the integration of remote sensing into early warning systems for extreme events such as floods, storm surge from tropical cyclones, wildfires, and landslides to inform preparedness actions and risk assessment within the humanitarian sector. An overarching interest of Andrew’s is exploring how to communicate the best uncertainty found within climate and weather impact-based projections and forecasts to decision-makers in the humanitarian sector at sub-national, national and global scales.