Anna Posacka
Mentor - Climate Stream
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolAnna Posacka is an ocean resilience specialist and mentor with nine years of experience at the intersection of policy, technology, and marine science. With a PhD in Oceanography from UBC and leadership roles at Ocean Wise and Ocean Diagnostics, she translates laboratory research into scalable solutions for ocean pollution and plastics policy. She currently advises startups and national programs—mentoring climate-focused founders at Creative Destruction Lab while serving on NRC’s Ocean Program advisory committee and advising Environment and Climate Change Canada. An active open-science advocate and RLadies Vancouver organizer, she brings practical R/data skills and a collaborative community mindset to technical problem-solving. Anna’s work uniquely blends marine chemistry expertise with strategic advisory and startup acceleration, enabling rapid translation from research to real-world impact.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Zoology with Marine Zoology, BSc Zoology with Marine Zoology at Bangor UniversityPh.D. Oceanography, Ph.D. Oceanography at The University of British ColumbiaMSc Applied Marine Science with Distinction, MSc Applied Marine Science with Distinction at University of Plymouth
English, Polish, ItalianGithub contributions (5)
R-Ladies-Vancouver/April2018-Learn-R-Beginner
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:40 commits, 2 PRs, 34 pushes in 11 days
R-Ladies-Vancouver/About_R-Ladies-Vancouver
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:15 commits, 8 PRs, 4 pushes in 28 days
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