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Member Since 2018
Ching-Yao Lai
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
My work spans ice mechanics, physics-informed machine learning, and machine-learning-informed physics for the cryosphere.
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Stanford University
Assistant Professor
2023 - Present
Princeton University
Assistant Professor
2021 - 2023
Columbia University
Lamont Postdoctoral Fellow
2018 - 2020
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Education
Princeton University
Doctorate
2018
National Taiwan University
Bachelors
2013
Ching-Yao's AGU Research
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Dynamics of Subglacial Plumes and Seawater Intrusion at the Ice-Ocean Interface
ICE SHEET–OCEAN INTERACTIONS: FROM MICRO- TO CLIMATE-SCALE I POSTER
high latitude environments | 25 february 2026
Using physics-informed neural networks to constrain ice viscosity from ice-penetrating radar data
MACHINE LEARNING IN THE CRYOSPHERE III POSTER
cryosphere | 18 december 2025
Machine Learning Based Uncertainty Quantification for Ice Sheet Basal Friction Inversion
MACHINE LEARNING IN THE CRYOSPHERE III POSTER
cryosphere | 18 december 2025
Englacial meltwater drainage on the Greenland Ice Sheet: insights from computer vision and modeling
ADVANCES IN GLACIER AND ICE SHEET HYDROLOGY II POSTER
cryosphere | 17 december 2025
Deep learning the flow law of Antarctic ice shelves
MACHINE LEARNING IN THE CRYOSPHERE II ORAL
cryosphere | 17 december 2025
Data-Driven Discovery of Constitutive Models for Ice Shelves
DEVELOPMENTS IN MACHINE LEARNING ACROSS EARTH SYSTEM MODELING: SUBGRID-SCALE PARAMETERIZATIONS, EMULATION, AND HYBRID MODELING I ORAL
nonlinear geophysics | 16 december 2025
No Long-Range, Inland Triggering of Ice-Sheet Hydro-Fracture
ADVANCES IN GLACIER AND ICE SHEET HYDROLOGY I ORAL
cryosphere | 16 december 2025
Lake-drainage induced transient stress perturbation in a viscoelastic ice-sheet
MODELING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS IV POSTER
cryosphere | 16 december 2025
Honors & Awards
Cryosphere Early Career Award
Received December 2026