Who We Are
Experts in the fields of climate science and game development.
Elisa Bonnin
Graduate Student
Elisa is a graduate student in oceanography studying ocean chemistry, and a published fiction writer. She is working on Cascadia and has contributed writing and storylines to Water Ways and Save the Pikas.
Rikki Parent
Artist, Undergraduate Student
Rikki is an undergraduate student majoring in Atmospheric Sciences. She is also an illustrator in traditional and digital arts and hopes to use these skills to make environmental science fun and accessible for all ages. She created all the art for Erode Runner and A Caribou’s Tale, and some for Infrared Escape.
Judy Twedt
PhD student, Interdisciplinary Individual PhD Program
Judy has a MS in Atmospheric Science and is working on creative climate communication. She is designing “environmental infosonics,” a term she coined, which use music to represent datasets about the natural world. She co-founded the Climate Change Speaker’s Bureau to talk to labor unions about climate change. She is the winner of the Husky Green Award and College of the Environment Award for Outstanding Community Impact.
Andrey Butenko
Undergraduate
Andrey is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington. He has worked as a developer on Northlands: Arctic Choices.
Undergraduate
Alexey is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science. His main focus is on programming simulation games that incorporate climate data.
Associate Professor
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Washington
Dargan does research on the global circulation of the atmosphere and is especially interested in how the hydrologic cycle might change with global warming. His outreach work includes giving talks, making YouTube videos, and writing songs about our planet’s climate.