Ivana Escobar
Graduate Research Assistant
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolIvana Escobar is a PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at the Oden Institute with 11 years of experience applying high-performance computing, adjoint modeling, and advanced numerical methods to regional ocean circulation and climate problems. She combines deep computational science training (MS and PhD work at UT Austin and UCSD) with applied research stints at Applied Research Laboratories and Sandia National Laboratories, translating mathematical methods into scalable simulations. Ivana’s work focuses on leveraging adjoint techniques to improve parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis in high-resolution ocean models, bridging theory and large-scale computation. Based in Austin, she pairs a mechanical engineering foundation with interdisciplinary research skills and a demonstrated ability to work in both academic and national-lab environments. An understated strength is her track record of sustained summer collaborations at Applied Research Laboratories, indicating she thrives in iterative, team-based experimental modeling efforts.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San DiegoClaudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, 3.75, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, 3.75 at Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and SciencesUniversity of Texas at San AntonioMaster of Science - MS, Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, 3.75, Master of Science - MS, Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, 3.75 at The University of Texas at Austin
Spanish, French
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Github Skills (28)
routines10
climate-science10
automatic-differentiation10
estimate10
ocean-modelling10
acoustics9
signal-processing9
mds9
gps9
wave9
brain-computer-interface9
oceanography9
ocean9
ice8
binary-files8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
IvanaEscobar/crios-ut.github.io
Jul 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 2 months
IvanaEscobar/xmitgcm
May 2020 - Jan 2024
Read MITgcm mds binary files into xarray
Contributions:4 PRs, 18 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 9 months
xarraymitgcmbinary-filesmds
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