Daniel Watkins
Senior Research Associate
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Watkins is a Senior Research Associate and climate scientist with 11 years of experience studying Arctic atmosphere-ice-ocean dynamics, currently leading novel sea-ice motion measurement efforts in the Wilhelmus Lab at Brown University. He combines a strong quantitative background (PhD in Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Science; MS in Mathematics) with field experience deploying motion-tracking buoys during large campaigns such as MOSAiC. A proponent of open science and clear communication, he also writes for Science Journal for Kids to make complex climate science accessible. Colleagues describe him as equally comfortable designing experiments, developing analytical code, and teaching the next generation of scientists—bringing an interdisciplinary, systems-level view to rapidly changing polar processes.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics, Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics at Drexel UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Science at Oregon State UniversityBrigham Young University-Idaho
English, German
Stackoverflow
1,701reputation
198kreached
7answers
8questions
numpy
top-5%
pandas
top-5%
Github Skills (26)
thredds10
python10
weather10
unidata10
siphon10
weather-data10
netcdf10
meteorology9
pandas9
numpy9
organize8
heatmap6
correlation6
cross-validation6
rpy26
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DanielWatkins/inversiontools
Jan 2017 - Feb 2021
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch, 3 issues in 4 years 1 month
danielmwatkins/icedrift
Jun 2022 - Nov 2024
Library for processing sea ice drifting buoys
Contributions:2 PRs, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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