Alexandra Jones
Director Atmospheric And Oceanic Science Undergraduate Program
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolAlexandra Jones is a director and educator with 11 years of experience shaping undergraduate programs in atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Maryland, blending curriculum leadership with hands-on mentoring and student recruitment. She combines deep research expertise in atmospheric radiative transfer, Monte Carlo methods, and high-performance computing with practical applications in remote sensing, computer vision, and citizen science. As a former postdoc and HPC fellow, she has optimized parallel radiative transfer frameworks and linked aerosol radiative forcing errors to climate impacts, bringing rigorous computational skills into teaching and program design. Alexandra chairs diversity and curriculum committees, using assessment-driven changes and targeted training to improve inclusion and align coursework with career-ready outcomes. She runs cloud- and satellite-focused student research projects that pair NASA datasets with machine learning to automate cloud detection, demonstrating a knack for turning complex research tools into accessible undergraduate experiences. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, she is actively expanding her research agenda into atmospheric science education and open-source computational tools.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology at University at AlbanyUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
EnglishGithub contributions (4)
AlexandraLJones/IMC-emission
Feb 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:3 releases, 19 commits, 24 pushes in 1 year 5 months
AlexandraLJones/FIRE-CloudComputing
Jun 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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