Bio: Hikari is a Graduate Student in the Energy and Resources Group and a Fellow at the Social Science Data Lab (D-Lab). She was also a Data Science for Social Good Fellow at the University of Washington’s eScience institute during the summer of 2020. Prior to UC Berkeley, she was as an economic consultant in Washington, D.C. and then led remote sensing projects at NASA DEVELOP. She graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in Chemical Physics.
Research: Hikari is interested in using geospatial and remote sensing techniques to look at the intersection of human and the environment. Her most recent work includes projects on Payment for Ecosystem Services in Costa Rica, voting rights dilution in the United States, and air pollution pattern changes due to COVID-19.
Fields of Interest: Data Science, Remote Sensing, Air Pollution, Ecosystems, Environmental Justice
