Jonathan Callahan
Associate Research Professor
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Callahan is an Associate Research Professor and data management specialist with 11+ years of experience applying modern software practices to environmental science, particularly air quality and wildfire smoke response. He has architected standards and operational systems adopted by US interagency programs and represented NOAA, EPA, and USFS at national and international forums. Founder and former president of Mazama Science, he translates decades of NOAA data-visualization work into practical, production-ready tools and web services used for public-facing Smoke Outlooks. Based in Seattle with a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Washington, he combines deep domain knowledge with hands-on engineering—often working at the intersection of scientific modeling, sensor ingest, and interactive visualization.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Chemistry, PhD, Chemistry at University of WashingtonBA, German, Linguistics, Chemistry, BA, German, Linguistics, Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis
German, English, French
Github Skills (76)
data-monitoring10
carbon-emissions10
monitors10
climate-change10
monitoring9
datasets9
spatial9
plot8
seismology8
r-package8
tidyverse7
python7
sketchup7
rshiny7
solidworks7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MazamaScience/AirMonitorPlots
Mar 2018 - Aug 2022
Plot Utilities for the PWFSLSmoke Package
Contributions:10 releases, 84 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 6 months
plotpython
MazamaScience/wildfireSmoke
Jul 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:1 release, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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