Katy Abbott
PhD Candidate
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKaty Abbott is a PhD candidate in physical oceanography at the MIT-WHOI Joint Program with eight years of interdisciplinary research experience at the intersection of geophysics, applied math, and environmental conservation. She combines fieldwork—from Yosemite to the Klamath watershed—with computational science, using Python, MATLAB, HPC and GIS to study mesoscale ocean processes and coastal CO2 fluxes. Her work at AMNH and as a Helen Fellow included mentoring and curriculum development to teach high school students computational oceanography, demonstrating a commitment to science education and outreach. Katy’s projects span satellite- and in situ-data analysis, eddy detection algorithms, and high-performance modeling, and she maintains talks and resources publicly on her site and GitHub. Outside the lab she pursues hands-on stewardship and crafts sourdough, reflecting a practical, iterative approach to both research and life.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geophysics, Applied Math, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geophysics, Applied Math at University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at MIT-WHOI Joint Program in OceanographyPalo Alto High School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (6)
git8
github8
patch6
binder6
materials-informatics5
subversion3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
katyabbott/katyabbott.github.io
Feb 2019 - Apr 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 116 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 2 months
katyabbott/bathymetry
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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