Amanda Ramcharan
Tar Spot Unit Lead at Bayer
Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmanda Ramcharan is a CX Data & Analytics Lead with nine years of experience applying data science, environmental modeling, and imagery to plant breeding and agricultural R&D. Her career blends rigorous academic training (PhD in Agricultural and Biological Engineering) with hands-on global farming experiments—from subsistence plots to industrial greenhouses—and leadership roles across Bayer in precision breeding, global corn systems, and risk assessment. She excels at translating weather and biophysical data into actionable insights for stakeholders, and she builds high-performing, interdisciplinary teams that bridge research and commercial impact. A passionate science communicator and advocate for BIPOC-led, equitable food systems, Amanda brings a rare combination of field-tested agronomy and advanced machine learning for sustainable productivity gains.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Penn State UniversityB.S.E Mechanical Engineering, B.S.E Mechanical Engineering at Princeton University
Github Skills (20)
r-package6
hydrology3
r3
climate-science3
carbon-emissions3
prism3
ats2
environmental2
pipeline2
django1
python1
data-exchange1
search-engine1
resolutions1
spark1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aramcharan/Bulk-Density-PTF
Aug 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:42 commits, 2 PRs, 41 pushes in 1 year 9 months
aramcharan/US_SoilGrids100m
Apr 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:40 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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