Ina Jang
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Our planet stands on the brink of irreversible change. Neuroscientists need to do something about it.
When I launched my new lab at New York University in 2022, I decided to apply my expertise in computer vision to an urgent problem far outside the brain: climate change.
Our planet stands on the brink of irreversible change. Neuroscientists need to do something about it.
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