Genevieve Flaspohler
Executive Director at Rhiza Research
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolGenevieve Flaspohler is an executive director and scientific machine learning specialist who leads Rhiza Research in building open technologies that serve people and the planet, with projects spanning electric grids, ecology, and climate forecasting. With a Ph.D. from the MIT–WHOI joint program and a decade of experience, she combines deep research in marine robotics and subseasonal forecasting with hands-on energy systems work. Previously Chief Data Officer at nLine, she improved power-grid monitoring and continues to support data-driven grid investments across West Africa as an energy systems scientist. Based in Oakland, she blends nonprofit leadership, field-deployable sensing expertise, and academic rigor to turn data gaps into accessible technical solutions. An element that sets her apart is the cross-domain reach of her work—moving seamlessly from high-resolution sensor deployments to advances in scientific discovery and forecasting.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering at University of Michigan
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (17)
planning9
pybullet8
motion-planning8
robotics8
trajectory-generation8
data-access6
forecasting3
machine-learning3
arcgis2
time-series2
forecasting-models2
ros2
explore2
gis2
firmware1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rhiza-research/sheerwater-benchmarking
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
Equitable weather and climate forecast benchmarking code for Project Sheerwater
Contributions:110 reviews, 54 PRs, 503 pushes in 8 months
geflaspohler/poold
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:47 commits, 13 pushes in 11 months
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