Alexander Shenkin
CEO at Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Shenkin is an engineer-turned-ecosystem scientist and serial founder who builds climate-tech ventures that translate research discoveries into market-scalable impact. With 11+ years of experience spanning Lockheed Martin satellite communications, Silicon Valley backend systems, and interdisciplinary ecology (PhD), he now directs the Ecosystem Science & Innovation Lab at Northern Arizona University and leads companies including SelvaFlux, Floe, and Autonomous Ecology. His lab’s Nature paper showing trees actively consume methane reframes forest climate value and underpins his work commercializing methane-removal credits and autonomous forest sensing. Comfortable shipping Python code, piloting drones through rainforest canopies, and pitching investors, he merges hardware, remote sensing, LiDAR and robotics to map and manage forests at unprecedented scales. Notably, he pairs deep academic citation impact (3.3k cites) with hands-on product launches, making him equally fluent in peer-reviewed research and startup execution.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San DiegoThe Faculty of Engineering at Lund UniversityMaster of Environmental Science, Master of Environmental Science at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental StudiesDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Interdisciplinary Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Interdisciplinary Ecology at University of FloridaNDO, Electrical Engineering, NDO, Electrical Engineering at Stanford University School of EngineeringMaster of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Master of Engineering, Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
475reputation
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2answers
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Github Skills (117)
mouse10
keyboard10
r-package10
network10
r9
ggplot9
ide9
synergy9
tree-structure9
phylogenetic-trees9
sdk8
raspbian8
statistics8
spotify8
alsa8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ashenkin/treestruct
Sep 2017 - Oct 2021
R package for analysis and manipulation of tree structure models
Contributions:1 review, 92 commits, 4 PRs in 4 years 1 month
rr-packagetree-structure
ashenkin/allieUtils
Nov 2018 - Nov 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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