Physical Scientist; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Emmi Yonekura (she/her) is a physical scientist in the Engineering and Applied Sciences Department at RAND. Her recent research focuses on climate change impacts on national security as well as topics concerning strategic and operational military readiness. Recently, Yonekura was a principal investigator for USSF modeling, simulation, and analysis strategy; climate thresholds for DAF mission inoperability; DAF advanced training technologies; and direct support of DAF OI-7. She has also recently engaged in research efforts to assess the impact of climate change on U.S. military training as well as how the USSF defines its personnel roles.
Prior to RAND, Yonekura consulted for the research and development team at Aon Benfield, where she worked on catastrophe modeling. She received her Ph.D. in atmospheric science from Columbia University with a research focus on risk analysis using climate-dependent statistical models of tropical cyclones. She conducted her postdoctoral research at Princeton University, where she employed statistical modeling techniques for natural hazard risk assessment.
Ph.D. in atmospheric science, Columbia University; B.S. in applied mathematics, Columbia University
