M.S. in Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2023; M.S. in Environmental Science and B.S. in Mathematics, CUNY College of Staten Island. During her M.S. research in Applied Mathematics, Serena developed a climatological analysis and classifier for identifying downslope windstorms from meteorological data in the Front Range between 2002 and 2022. Her current work focuses on tropical cyclone risk assessment, with applications including offshore wind energy impacts. Serena has experience as a teaching assistant in the Applied Mathematics department at the University of Colorado Boulder and served as an adjunct lecturer of Mathematics at CUNY College of Staten Island. In her free time, Serena enjoys hiking, baking, and photography. She is now a research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Lab: https://energyenvironment.pnnl.gov/staff/staff_info.asp?staff_num=4871, with publications listed at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=F0d5tsUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao