Chris Barker
Oceanographer at NOAA
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Barker is a seasoned oceanographer with 18 years at NOAA forecasting and assessing the behavior of hazardous spills in marine and navigable waters, combining data, modeling, and clear operational recommendations for responders. He holds a PhD in Coastal/Hydraulic Engineering and Oceanography from UC Berkeley and applies academic rigor to real-time decision-making in multidisciplinary teams. Chris has a background in river migration modeling from his UC Davis postdoc work and a surprisingly creative foundation with a BA in Theater Arts, which informs his clear verbal and graphical communication. An attentive technical writer in open-source Python packaging and conda-forge documentation, he refines complex guidance into usable documentation, demonstrating a knack for clarity across scientific and software communities.
19 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Coastal/Hydraultic Engineering / Oceanography, PhD, Coastal/Hydraultic Engineering / Oceanography at University of California, BerkeleyBA, Theater Arts, BA, Theater Arts at Oberlin College
Github Skills (8)
doc10
conda-forge10
rs10
restructuredtext10
sphinx-doc10
sphinx10
documentation10
python-packaging9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
pypa/packaging.python.org
Oct 2015 - Nov 2024
Python Packaging User Guide
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:33 reviews, 7 PRs, 70 comments in 9 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to updating and refining the documentation for the Python Packaging User Guide. Their commits focused on revising the "Single-sourcing the Project Version" section, introducing links to build tools, and incorporating suggestions from pull request discussions. They updated the formatting, content, and links within the documentation, indicating a focus on improving clarity and completeness of the guide.
python-packaging
conda-forge/conda-forge.github.io
Mar 2017 - May 2018
The conda-forge website.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:18 commits, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to documentation improvements within the conda-forge website repository. Their commits focused on fixing typos, correcting cross-references, and cleaning up the structure and formatting of documentation files. They also addressed minor grammatical errors and refined the overall clarity of the content, suggesting a focus on improving the user experience of the documentation. Furthermore, the user removed or commented out notes from documentation.
conda-forge
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