A software engineer and research enthusiast with a background in computer science, biogeochemistry and sustainability.
My tech stack includes Python, Scala, Java, SQL, Kafka and more
Started as a software Engineer Apprentice. Now I work as a L3 engineer on the Risk Services team building and maintaining web applications for internal and external customers.
Study the long-term effects of different compost types on soils in California ecosystems, including their impact on the soil's carbon sequestration capacity.
•
Used python to automate the compilation of data from the lab GC. It takes in the files from one sampling date (usually 150+), scrapes the data, and puts it into a .csv file for further analysis.
•
The program is used by multiple graduate students and postdocs in research labs at UC Berkeley.
Calculated soil respiration with greenhouse gas samples (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane fluxes) collected using static chambers using R studio
•
Created a model that takes in the concentration of gases from the GC, calculates the flux, and exports the data into .csv files for further analysis. It also produces scatter plots of fluxes over time, to help plan future field experiments in a timely manner.
•
Explored the soil nitrogen and carbon cycles using stable isotope techniques to study the environmental impact of growing biofuel crops, like corn and sorghum, in an agricultural setting.
•
Technician on the Sustainability team of the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), a DOE funded long-term research project to make sustainable fuels.
Collected and analyzed greenhouse gas emissions data, specifically methane and carbon dioxide, using LI-COR portable systems and R
•
Wrote an R program that takes data from the LICOR portable instruments and spits out the slope and flux values of the greenhouse gases to calculate the seasonal differences in above-ground Gross Primary Production of pastures at a cattle ranch.
•
Maintained multiple Eddy Covariance towers and weather stations on the field site.
•
Investigated the impacts of cattle grazing and fire management on a commercial ranch in south-central Florida.
