Brett Buzzanga
Research Scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States
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Top SchoolBrett Buzzanga is an Earth and Geospatial Scientist with nine years of experience applying remote sensing and computational methods to coastal systems, currently a Research Scientist at UCLA and a Research Affiliate at JPL. He earned a PhD in Computational Oceanography and has led InSAR-based studies of vertical land motion, translating research-grade processing into practical tools. A consistent contributor to the MintPy InSAR time-series Python project, Brett focuses on core pipeline reliability—bug fixes, refactors, and data-handling improvements that make scientific workflows more robust. His work bridges academic research and operational software development, and he now also guides software efforts at the Conservation Technology Accelerator. Colleagues know him for combining rigorous geophysical insight with pragmatic engineering to deliver reproducible coastal monitoring solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree, Math and Science, Associate’s Degree, Math and Science at Brookdale Community CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Oceanography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Oceanography at Old Dominion UniversityBachelor's degree, Political Philosophy, Bachelor's degree, Political Philosophy at Rutgers University
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Github Skills (20)
raid10
python10
insar10
time-series10
geodesy10
geophysics10
rad10
hdf9
numpy9
data-analysis9
gis6
dictionary6
linear-algebra6
cartopy6
gdal6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
insarlab/MintPy
Mar 2020 - Sep 2022
Miami InSAR time-series software in Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 11 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Brett primarily contributes to the `mintpy` project by fixing bugs, improving functionality, and refactoring code. The user's commits involve modifications to core modules like `network.py`, `modify_network.py`, `ifgram_inversion.py`, `resample.py`, and others, indicating a focus on the processing and analysis pipeline. Their work includes correcting argument names, improving data handling, and ensuring the correct operation of the InSAR time-series software. These contributions focus on core functionality and bug fixes within the project's scientific data processing core.
sentinel-1tectonicspythontime-series-analysismiami
bbuzz31/RAiDER
Mar 2021 - Apr 2024
Raytracing Atmospheric Delay Estimation for RADAR
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 211 pushes in 3 years 1 month
atmosphericradardelayestimationraytracing
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