Program: Master's in Environmental Analysis
Home Country: Jamaica
Universities: University of the West Indies
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Mr. Daniel Jennings graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, in 2022 with a BSc in Computer Science and a Minor in Energy and Environmental Physics, and in 2025 with an MSc in Data Science. Daniel, in addition to making the Dean’s Honour Roll and winning several awards for academic performance, received an Emerging Leaders of the Americas Program Scholarship, which allowed him to be an exchange student at the University of Guelph in Canada.
During his tenure at UWI, Daniel was a part of the Climate Studies Research Group Mona (CGSM). He worked on the centralization of several climate tools in a central web platform, as well as the reconfiguration and visualization of all climate tools involved. He was principally involved in the creation of the Simple Model for Advection of Storms and Hurricanes (SMASH), enhancing resolution by 60% and speed by 40%. With his team, he created a web platform from the inception of the concept to the web development and sending to server, creating climate tools for the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC). Daniel also served as a research intern at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), and with them, he worked on a graduate-level project using machine learning techniques to conduct pixel-wise inference and plastic proxy detection in the Caribbean and the Western Atlantic Ocean using Copernicus Sentinel-2 Satellite Data.
As a Fulbright Scholar to Rice University, Daniel has chosen to enrol in the PSM in Environmental Analysis to further his career in Sustainability Data and Computational Science. His career aim is to use data-based insights to help companies and industry partners to decarbonize, electrify and optimize their operations.
What I like about Houston/Rice
I love the people. They're such a diverse bunch, and there is always something to learn from them. There is always something going on at Rice, which always gives you the chance to expand my horizons.
What I like about Fulbright
The support and the community. Fulbright@Rice is filled with so many talented individuals who are working hard to make the world a better place. They have also been a big help in getting me settled in and providing me opportunities to connect with them and explore Houston. The Fulbright program has already given me connections with I'm sure will last a lifetime.
Fun Fact about me
I love to read and learn about everything, not just the environment. I have an ever-growing book list of all kinds of topics. I am open to other conversations about people's field of study as well.