Ashley Asmus
Senior Consultant at Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAshley Asmus is a Managing Data Scientist with nine years of experience applying rigorous, reproducible analytics to transportation and environmental systems. Rooted in a PhD in Quantitative Biology, she blends ecological and behavioral research methods with practical survey weighting, experimental design, and R/SQL workflows to inform regional planning and policy. She has led large-scale household travel survey analytics and develops reproducible pipelines that translate messy data into actionable recommendations for planners and stakeholders. Known for integrating qualitative insights with quantitative evidence, she excels at client engagement and building collaborative team cultures. An effective communicator and mentor, she brings a scientist’s curiosity to real-world problems—designing methods that prioritize both rigor and real-world behavior.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Quantitative Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Quantitative Biology at The University of Texas at ArlingtonBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 3.4 GPA, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 3.4 GPA at The University of Texas at AustinGeography, Geography at Middlebury College
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Github Skills (58)
rshiny9
data-monitoring8
shiny8
netlogo8
r-package7
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agent-based-modeling7
package7
intervals6
hashtable6
shiny-apps6
ropensci6
mysql-workbench6
modeling6
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ashleyasmus/plowthesidewalks_maps
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Code for spatial analysis & visualization of the Plow the Sidewalks campaign proposed zones.
Contributions:98 commits, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 months
spatial-analysisplowspatialzonesvisualization
Metropolitan-Council/metc.tbi.helper
Jun 2022 - Jun 2024
R code for working with Travel Behavior Inventory survey data.
Contributions:2 reviews, 9 PRs, 44 pushes in 2 years
r-packageinventorytransportationtransportation-planningtravel
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