Chinmay Deval
Research Scientist - NASA EarthRISE at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
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Top SchoolChinmay Deval is a water resources scientist and geospatial specialist with a decade of experience translating Earth observation and hydrologic models into actionable tools for decision-makers. He has led NASA SERVIR’s water security efforts and now serves as a Research Scientist with NASA EarthRISE and the University of Alabama in Huntsville, bridging research, operations, and capacity building. His background spans industry and academia—from FM Global’s natural hazards data engineering to postdoctoral work and a PhD focused on process-based modeling of watershed water quality. Chinmay builds reproducible ETL pipelines, interactive R/Shiny tools, and data-driven workflows that accelerate uptake of complex models by practitioners. He combines expertise in models like PCR-GLOBWB and WEPP with hands-on coding (R, Python, Git) to scale analytics across international contexts. Outside technical work he stays competitive in sports and applies the same rigor to field-based problem solving and stakeholder engagement.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Environmental Science at Fergusson CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Water Resources, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Water Resources at University of IdahoMaster's degree Water Science and Management, Master's degree Water Science and Management at Utrecht UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Environmental Studies and Resource Management, Master of Science (MSc) Environmental Studies and Resource Management at TERI School of Advanced Studies
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (11)
water-quality9
issue-tracking8
watershed8
hydrology8
post-processing7
r6
visualization5
anaconda5
python4
geospatial4
windows1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
devalc/Pi-VAT
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
A post-processing, interactive visualization, and analysis tool to synthesize multi-scenario, multi-watershed outputs from process-based geospatial models WEPP and SWAT
Contributions:65 commits, 2 PRs, 28 pushes in 11 months
landmanagementpythonoutputswatershedhydrology
devalc/Viz-WEPPCloud
Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
Contributions:255 commits, 167 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
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