Alexander Michels
Data Scientist
Albany, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Michels is a geo data scientist with eight years of interdisciplinary experience bridging academic research and applied geophysics, now at Leidos after a 3.5-year tenure as a scientific researcher at Howard University. He specializes in magnetic modeling, paleomagnetics, and spatial data analysis, having led ground magnetic surveys and sampled over 100 sites to build integrated magnetic-gravity 3D models of complex ophiolite structures. His PhD training in geophysics and seismology and a master’s in paleomagnetism underpin a strong pattern-recognition skill set applied to fault and structural modeling. Alexander combines fieldwork rigor with data-science practices for networks and spatial datasets, translating messy geophysical signals into actionable subsurface models. Based in Albany, Oregon, he brings both research pedigree from NTNU and Michigan Tech and practical experience turning multidisciplinary data into high-fidelity geological interpretations. Notably, his work on the Leka Ophiolite Complex advanced understanding of one of Europe’s most complete ophiolites while pushing innovative modeling approaches.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Geology/ paleomagnetism, Master's degree Geology/ paleomagnetism at Michigan Technological UniversityNorwegian University of Science and Technology
English
Github Skills (63)
parsing10
github-pages10
jekyll10
jekyll-theme10
web-crawler9
describe9
python9
linux9
semantic-web9
statistical-models9
knowledge-graph9
cpp8
natural-language-processing8
hpc8
algorithm8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
alexandermichels/MintSetup
Mar 2018 - Jul 2020
Contributions:53 commits, 1 PR, 36 pushes in 2 years 4 months
cybergis/upptime-monitoring
Feb 2024 - Sep 2025
Contributions:1569 pushes, 2 branches, 133 comments in 1 year 6 months
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