The BuckAI Observatory at The Ohio State University is tackling some of the most pressing environmental and energy challenges of our time — from mapping freshwater systems and monitoring deforestation across Sub-Saharan Africa, to locating natural hydrogen reservoirs and modeling subsurface carbon storage. We do this by developing cutting-edge AI and deep learning methods applied to satellite and multi-modal remote sensing data.
Philanthropic support directly accelerates this mission. Gifts to the BuckAI Observatory fund graduate and undergraduate student researchers, computational infrastructure, field campaigns, open-source software development, and public educational programs that train the next generation of AI-literate Earth scientists.
Every contribution — at any level — makes a meaningful difference. Your generosity helps us pursue high-risk, high-reward research that opens new scientific frontiers and produces real-world environmental impact.
Give Now →Support fellowships and research assistantships for PhD students and undergraduates working on AI and satellite-based environmental monitoring.
Help fund GPU computing resources and cloud infrastructure that power large-scale deep learning experiments on global satellite datasets.
Enable workshops, seminars, and open-source tools that share BuckAI methods with the broader scientific community and the public.
Support acquisition of high-resolution commercial imagery and field validation efforts that ground-truth our AI models in diverse environments worldwide.
My Computational Geoscience Group develops higher-order numerical methods for multiphase compositional flow in fractured porous media, with applications to CO₂ sequestration, natural hydrogen reservoir characterization, and subsurface energy systems. This work has produced over 15 years of method development, 4 patent families, and active collaborations with the Department of Energy and industry partners.
Gifts to the Computational Geoscience Group fund graduate student fellowships, high-performance computing resources, field and laboratory collaborations, and the development of open-source simulation software that serves the broader geoscience community.
Give Now →Fund PhD student stipends and research awards for students advancing numerical methods in subsurface flow and reservoir simulation.
Support high-performance computing allocations and open-source finite element code development for complex multiphase flow problems.
Enable travel, workshops, and joint research activities with national laboratories and industry partners in carbon capture and energy storage.
Accelerate computational modeling of natural hydrogen systems — a potentially transformative clean energy source currently being mapped by our group.