George Allen
Associate Professor
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolGeorge Allen is an Associate Professor of Geosciences with nine years of academic and research experience bridging field geology, geochemistry, and remote-sensing applications. He progressed from PhD work at UNC Chapel Hill through a JPL postdoc to faculty roles at Texas A&M and Virginia Tech, building a track record of translating planetary- and Earth-scale observations into publishable science and teachable curricula. His work combines rigorous laboratory geochemical skills with hands-on field experience and an ability to mentor students across undergraduate and graduate levels. Based in Blacksburg, VA, he brings practical early-career roots—from construction and lab internships to teaching English abroad—that inform a pragmatic, interdisciplinary approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Master of Science (MS), Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at UNC Chapel HillBachelor of Science (BS), Geology/Earth Science, General, Bachelor of Science (BS), Geology/Earth Science, General at UC DavisDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (10)
sampling8
polars5
landsat5
observation5
singer4
dataframes4
data-analysis4
python4
react2
etl-framework2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
geoallen/SLATRRA
Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 release, 23 commits, 23 pushes in 4 months
geoallen/streamWidthAnalysis2017
Feb 2017 - Feb 2018
codes used to analyze data and produce figures in allen et al.
Contributions:1 release, 35 commits, 34 pushes in 1 year
polarsdataframesdata-analysissingeranalyze-data
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