♥ Welcome to Carolien World! ♥

I am a PhD candidate at the CUNY graduate center. I study extreme rainfall, climate change, and NYC stormwater infrastructure.

My research in the media:

• "Can Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods?", Eric Klinenberg. The New Yorker April 2026.
• "The NYC Subway is Flooding. Here's how to save it" The Washington Post. December 2025.
• "New York Is Going to Flood. Here's What the City Can Do to Survive." John Surico and Nick Underwood The New York Times. October 2025.