Biography
I am an applied statistician working as an assistant researcher at the Ocean Sciences department at the University of California Santa Cruz. My research interests are focused on the development and implementation of statistical methods that combine large sets of observations with complex numerical models, including data assimilation, optimization and uncertainty analyses.
Interests
- scientific computing
- data assimilation
- marine modelling
Education
- PhD in Applied Statistics, 2012
Dalhousie University - MSc in Computational Life Sciences, 2008
Universität zu Lübeck - BSc in Computational Life Sciences, 2006
Universität zu Lübeck
Experience
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Assistant Researcher
Ocean Sciences Department, UC Santa Cruz
2017 – Present · Santa Cruz, California -
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ocean Sciences Department, UC Santa Cruz
2013 – 2017 · Santa Cruz, California -
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
2012 – 2013 · Halifax, Canada -
PhD student
Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
2009 – 2012 · Halifax, Canada -
Student assistant
Institute for Neuro- and Bioinformatics, Universität zu Lübeck
2004 – 2007 · Lübeck, Germany
Computer skills
advanced experience (currently used in day-to-day research):
Python, bash, Stan, Julia
intermediate experience (used in previous projects):
FORTRAN, Matlab, C++, Java, JavaScript
Teaching experience
- teaching graduate level course Python programming for Ocean Scientists consisting of 19 classes, UC Santa Cruz (28.5 h total)
- teaching labs for Marine Modelling, Dalhousie University (2008, 2010, 2011; 9h total)
- teaching class in Multivariate Analysis, Dalhousie University (2011; 1.5h total)