Sandia Climate Community

Sandia’s Climate Community is a growing community of researchers and professionals who share a passion for using their knowledge and skills to address climate change is key to Sandia’s climate efforts. Our Climate Community Series highlights the diverse range of climate research and actions being taken by Sandians. Click on each name below to learn more about the climate-related challenges each Sandian is excited to work on.

A woman on skis on top of a snowy mountain

‘I’m working with observational data collected by satellites to try to understand how different climate variables are related to some sort of climate event.”

Katherine Goode, Statistician

“Engineering the next generation of energy technologies that are safer and have reduced risks is critical to ensure we can provide the energy that underpins a modern technological society energy to everyone.”

Dave Luxat, Nuclear energy safety engineer

Lynn Yang kayaking with her two children

“My vision for a climate-secure world is one in which climate change and environmental considerations are measured and incorporated into the economics that drive our choices, policies and systems.”

Lynn Yang, Systems analysis group manager

Andrew Knight smiling with a child in a backpack carrier in a snowy forest

“As Sandians, we must try to do our part to minimize our impact and we must push other Sandians — and Sandia as a lab — to continue to make changes to be more conscious of our impact.”

Andrew Knight, Chemist