Adelene Lai
Consultant And AI Lead at Econetta
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAdelene Lai is a Consultant and AI Lead with 8+ years of experience applying environmental data science, cheminformatics, and cloud-based AI to sustainability and climate resilience challenges. Currently driving AI and digital innovation in product compliance and sustainability, she has built and deployed geospatial pipelines on AWS and developed interactive ArcGIS dashboards for tree management, urban heat and flood risk analysis. Her PhD fused chemical data science with mass spectrometry and polymer classification, a background that informed contributions to UN Environment reports and national solid-waste projects. Adept at translating technical work into stakeholder impact, she routinely represents organisations at conferences, client meetings and public events, and has led outreach initiatives from science slams to incubator days. Comfortable straddling research and production, she combines hands-on Python, Docker and Airflow engineering with domain expertise in chemicals, ESG and spacetech. A morning wet-market foodie and evening concert-goer, she brings curiosity and cultural engagement to her professional life.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat., Cheminformatics, Dr. rer. nat., Cheminformatics at Friedrich Schiller University JenaPhD Chemistry, Environmental Cheminformatics, PhD Chemistry, Environmental Cheminformatics at University of LuxembourgMaster of Science (MSc), Environmental Science (Major: Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics), Master of Science (MSc), Environmental Science (Major: Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics) at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürichcross-registered, cross-registered at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry, magna cum laude, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry, magna cum laude at Wellesley College
English, German, Spanish, Malay, Luxembourgish
Github Skills (48)
rdkit10
cheminformatics10
python9
classify9
mwaa8
mass-spectrometry8
java8
amazon8
r7
vector7
raster7
bookdown7
translator6
geotiff6
open-data6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
adelenelai/onglai-classify-homologues
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
OngLai: A cheminformatics algorithm to classify homologous chemical series
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 20 commits in 1 year 6 months
cheminformaticsrdkitpythonchemicalchemical-series
adelenelai/statmodels
Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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