Dorian Kvale
Data Lifeguard
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDorian Kvale is a scientific programmer and environmental researcher with 11 years of experience applying data science and air/water modeling to public-sector environmental protection. As Minnesota IT Services’ self-styled "Data Lifeguard" and a former research scientist at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, he blends domain expertise in environmental chemistry and public health with practical modeling, risk assessment, and open-source tooling. He has a track record of translating complex environmental data into actionable insights and community training, leading R user groups and hands-on workshops. Based in Minneapolis, Dorian is active on GitHub where he showcases reproducible research and collaborative projects that help predict and mitigate local environmental hazards. Notably, his background spans field studies (Great Lakes toxaphene transport, urban heat islands) through to operational modeling used by state agencies, giving him both empirical and applied perspectives.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Carleton CollegeUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
Github Skills (15)
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environmental7
open-data6
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javascript3
data-science3
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MPCA-air/NTF_learn_R
Apr 2018 - Mar 2022
Contributions:23 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 11 months
MPCA-data/Data-Guide
Apr 2018 - Jun 2019
Community guide to finding data at MPCA :mag_right: :earth_africa: :clipboard: :floppy_disk:
Contributions:2 PRs, 139 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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