Jaclyn Matthes
Principal Scientist at Verisk Extreme Event Solutions
Petersham, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJaclyn Matthes is a Principal Scientist with 11 years of experience translating ecological research into actionable risk models for climate-driven extremes in agriculture and forestry. She has led interdisciplinary teams at Harvard and major observatory networks, secured over $1.5M in external funding, and managed large-scale infrastructure projects and data pipelines for long-term greenhouse gas and weather monitoring. At Verisk she now applies those skills to quantify global extreme-weather risk, bridging academic rigor with industry-grade modeling. Her advisory roles for continental and international observation systems reflect a rare combination of field-based flux measurement expertise and strategic science policy impact. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who pairs deep process understanding with a talent for making complex environmental data useful for decision-makers.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Environmental Science, Ph.D., Environmental Science at University of California, BerkeleyA.B., Environmental Science and Public Policy, A.B., Environmental Science and Public Policy at Harvard University
Github Skills (7)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jhmatthes/CMIP5_ESV_historicalPFTs
May 2015 - Jul 2021
Contributions:2 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 3 months
jhmatthes/BISC204_BioModeling
Aug 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:11 commits, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 3 months
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