Angela Kochoska
Data Science Design Lead
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAngela Kochoska is a Senior Data Science Design Lead in San Francisco with 11 years of experience blending physics, statistics, and human-centered design to tackle complex social and product challenges. With a PhD in Astrophysics and a background as a postdoctoral researcher and instructor, she translates rigorous quantitative methods into actionable insights for multidisciplinary teams at IDEO. She has progressed through technical and design leadership roles, shaping data-driven products that prioritize real human needs and measurable impact. Comfortable bridging academia and industry, she brings deep modeling expertise alongside experience teaching math and physics to undergraduates. Colleagues rely on her ability to explain complex analytics clearly and to surface surprising patterns that steer strategy and design. Her uncommon combination of astrophysics training and design thinking helps her spot elegant, empirically grounded solutions that others miss.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Github Skills (12)
orbit10
astrology10
cosmology10
science10
orbital-mechanics10
python10
geodesy10
astronomy10
modeling10
astrodynamics10
documentation6
curve2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gecheline/tess-ebs-server
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
gecheline/ligeor
May 2021 - May 2022
Analytical methods for geometrical parameter estimates of eclipsing binary light curves.
Contributions:5 releases, 43 pushes, 4 branches in 11 months
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