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Basics

Name Lauren Alexandra
Title Data Scientist
Email lauren@laurenalexandra.io
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-alexandra
Summary A data scientist with a research focus in climate-informed modeling for ecosystem management with a particular emphasis on mitigating the impacts of hydroclimate variability.

Work

  • 2023.04 - 2025.02
    Software Engineer
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    At the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory user facility in PNNL I have primarily developed a data and project platform designed for environmental researchers, but within the broader lab I have collaborated with earth scientists on applied research, leveraging machine learning models to understand climate security risk.
    • Machine Learning
    • Applied Research
  • 2022.06 - 2023.04
    Masters Intern, Research Computing
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Implemented machine learning infrastructure for efficient experiment tracking on high-performance computing systems to support reproducibility.
    • Machine Learning Infrastructure
    • HPC Systems

Volunteer

  • 2024.06 - 2024.12

    Coloma, California

    Water Quality Monitor
    American River Conservancy
    Collected hydrological data in the Cosumnes River Watershed by recording field measurements, documenting habitat conditions, and observing species including endangered and at risk species in the western Sierra river. Data was uploaded to the California Environmental Data Exchange Network and supported partner research (UC Davis) on the watershed impacts from the Caldor Fire (2021).
    • Certified UC Climate Steward

Education

  • 2024.08 - Present

    Boulder, Colorado

    Graduate Program
    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder
    Earth Data Science
    • Remote Sensing
    • Spatial Analysis
    • Geovisualization
  • 2020.10 - 2022.10

    Fort Collins, Colorado

    Master of Science
    Colorado State University
    Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
    • Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
    • Principles of Machine Learning
    • Applying Machine Learning and Neural Networks

Certificates

Climate Steward
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources 2024-11-01
Geographic Information Systems Specialization
University of California, Davis 2024-08-01
Water in the Western United States
University of Colorado Boulder 2023-10-01

Skills

Data Science
Data Analysis
Data Wrangling
Data Visualization
GIS
Science Communication
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Fieldwork
Data Collection
Performing Measurements
Sample Preparation
Protocol Compliance
Technical Interpretation