Alexa Halford
Scientific Researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolAlexa Halford is a scientific researcher with eight years of postdoctoral and applied experience studying electron and ion precipitation in the ionosphere and upper atmosphere, currently based at NASA Goddard. She combines rigorous data analysis and statistical modeling with hands-on balloon and satellite measurement work, using Python and IDL to extract physical relationships from complex datasets. Her background spans academia and government labs—from a PhD at the University of Newcastle to roles at Dartmouth, Los Alamos, and The Aerospace Corporation—giving her a strong mix of experimental, observational, and modeling expertise. Known for translating instrument observations into actionable scientific insight, she also brings experience mentoring and teaching from her early tutoring and university instructor roles.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, PhD at University of NewcastleMasters, Masters at University of Colorado at BoulderBA, BA at Augsburg College
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Github Skills (24)
matplotlib9
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ISSI-EMIC-Team-522-2021/ISSI_Workshop1
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Notes from our first workshop
Contributions:69 commits, 1 PR, 60 pushes in 4 days
notesworkshop
AJHalford/AUL2TRL
Nov 2020 - Sep 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 9 months
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