About
Hi, I am Shaina Sadai (Rogstad)! I am a Ph.D Candidate at UMass Amherst in the Department of Geosciences. My current research, working with my advisors Dr. Alan Condron (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) and Dr. Robert DeConto (UMass Amherst) focuses on predicting changes in global climate resulting from a collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet. For more information on this project please visit my research page and check out my interview with Time Scavengers.
I did my undergraduate work at UMass Amherst and graduated with a B.S in Astronomy/Astrophysics and a B.S in Physics. During the course of my time there I worked on several research projects including a technique for developing photometric redshift values for distant galaxies with Dr. Min Yun, data processing for the LIGO gravitational wave observatory with Dr. Laura Cadonati, and my thesis work on spectroscopic evidence for OVI emission from nearby star forming galaxies with Dr. Todd Tripp.
From there I went on to obtain an M.S in Applied Mathematics and worked on projects modeling solitons and vorticies in Bose Einstein condensates under the direction of Dr. Panos Kevrekidis and modeling the spread of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Thailand under the direction of Dr. Markos Katsoulakis.
I did my undergraduate work at UMass Amherst and graduated with a B.S in Astronomy/Astrophysics and a B.S in Physics. During the course of my time there I worked on several research projects including a technique for developing photometric redshift values for distant galaxies with Dr. Min Yun, data processing for the LIGO gravitational wave observatory with Dr. Laura Cadonati, and my thesis work on spectroscopic evidence for OVI emission from nearby star forming galaxies with Dr. Todd Tripp.
From there I went on to obtain an M.S in Applied Mathematics and worked on projects modeling solitons and vorticies in Bose Einstein condensates under the direction of Dr. Panos Kevrekidis and modeling the spread of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Thailand under the direction of Dr. Markos Katsoulakis.
This image is of our team during the first year of the Applied Mathematics masters program at UMass Amherst . In this picture I had just finished giving our presentation on how we modeled Solitons and Vorticies in Bose Einstein Condensates. You can see some images from the talk showcasing out modeling work in the background. Pictured here are (left to right) Wenlong Wang, Orhan Akal, Chris Rocheleau, Cortney Tilley, Matt Brown, Shaina Rogstad, Cassie DePietro, Dom Mei, and our amazing advisor Panos Kevrekidis.