FORMER PRESIDENT OF STUDENTS ORGANIZING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Thiago Esslinger is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Georgia Tech studying biochemistry and earth & atmospheric sciences. At Tech, Thiago works as an Undergraduate Research Assistant with Dr. Kim Cobb’s paleoclimate research group, and has served in numerous leadership and founding roles with sustainability organizations and initiatives on campus where he has worked to advance environmental awareness, expand student opportunities and education in sustainability, enhance sustainability-related communication and collaboration, and increase environmental impact considerations for the Georgia Tech Earth Day Festival and the Georgia Tech Foundation’s investment portfolio. He has also actively contributed to the Georgia Tech strategic planning process for 2020-2030 and is a Leadership Circle Member of RCE Greater Atlanta. Outside of his sustainability work, Thiago is an accomplished violist/violinist, having performed at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House, and is constantly curious to learn more and help where he can.