Ariel Deardorff
Director Of Data Science And Open Scholarship
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAriel Deardorff is the Director of Data Science and Open Scholarship at UCSF Library with a decade of experience building user-centered data and research services in academic health settings. She blends librarianship, data visualization, and research data management to enable reproducible, accessible scholarship and improve consumer health and clinical information workflows. Prior roles at UCSF and the National Library of Medicine reflect deep expertise in assessment, UX-informed service design, and library marketing. Based remotely from Seattle while serving the San Francisco research community, she is adept at coordinating distributed teams and translating complex data needs into practical library programs. Ariel’s background in international studies and MLIS gives her a rare combination of global perspective and information-science rigor that informs her collaborative, impact-driven approach.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Studies at University of WashingtonMasters of Library and Information Studies, Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS), Masters of Library and Information Studies, Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS) at The University of British Columbia
English, French, German
Github Skills (16)
stable10
spanish10
data-management9
r-package9
machine-learning8
ecology8
r8
cffi8
python8
governance6
openrefine6
data-cleaning6
jekyll6
alpha3
webscraping3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
arieldeardorff/OpenRefineWorkshop
Oct 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1 release, 54 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
BayAreaOpenScienceGroup/BayAreaOpenScienceGroup.github.io
Aug 2021 - Jun 2025
Website for the Bay Area Open Science Group. Check it out at https://bayareaopensciencegroup.github.io/
Contributions:1 PR, 75 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 10 months
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