Kasia Tokarska De Los Santos

Kasia Tokarska de los Santos, PhD has a strong background in climate modeling and research. Kasia is currently working as a Principal Climate Modeler at CarbonPool, a Swiss-based start-up that focuses on carbon credit insurance. In this role, they help accelerate the net zero transition by providing in-kind insurance for unexpected carbon credit shortfalls. Prior to this, Kasia was a Lead Climate Risk Modeler at Risilience, where they worked on climate risk modeling. Kasia also served as a Research Science Specialist (Climate Data Scientist) at McKinsey & Company, conducting research and analysis on climate data. Kasia has a significant academic background, having worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich, focusing on climate physics, and as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh, specializing in climate analysis. Kasia also has teaching experience as a Teaching Assistant and Guest Lecturer at the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University, respectively. Kasia began their career as a Summer Student Research Assistant at TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics.

Kasia Tokarska de los Santos, PhD, completed their education in the following sequence:

- Kasia obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Climate Modelling and Analysis from the University of Victoria from 2014 to 2017.

- Prior to their doctorate, they pursued a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Climate modelling and analysis from Simon Fraser University from 2012 to 2014.

- Kasia earned a Bachelor of Science (with distinction) degree in Physics (major) and Economics (minor) from Simon Fraser University from 2008 to 2012.

- Their secondary education includes an International Baccalaureate in Physics and Mathematics HL from United World College Mostar from 2006 to 2008.

Additionally, Kasia Tokarska de los Santos has also obtained various certificates and completed professional development workshops. These include certifications from deeplearning.ai in Structuring Machine Learning Projects, Improving Deep Neural Networks, and Neural Networks and Deep Learning. Kasia has also completed workshops and programs in leadership, project management, teaching, and learning from institutions such as ETH Zürich, The University of Edinburgh, University of Victoria, and Simon Fraser University.