Kristen Peach
Support Scientist II at NASA GeneLab
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Top SchoolKristen Peach is a Support Scientist II at NASA GeneLab with eight years of interdisciplinary experience blending data science, statistical modeling, and plant and evolutionary biology. She holds a PhD in Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology from UC Santa Barbara and has applied her R-based analytics and image analysis skills across academic, government, and consulting roles, including NCEAS and NSF projects. Kristen specializes in evolutionary ecology, pollination and visual ecology, and invasive species, translating complex biological questions into reproducible computational workflows. Known for bridging field expertise and data engineering, she has led research and co-invented solutions as an independent consultant, bringing practical horticulture and phenology knowledge to large-scale data initiatives. Based in Santa Barbara, she pairs rigorous academic training with hands-on experimentation and a knack for turning noisy ecological data into actionable insights.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts at University of VermontEcology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology at Columbia University in the City of New YorkDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at UC Santa Barbara
Github Skills (30)
r8
ontology7
metadata7
radiation7
exports7
biology6
r-package6
units-of-measurement5
metadata-management5
space5
closed5
data-management5
data-center5
thesaurus4
xml4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
NCEAS/wg-neon-invasibility
Dec 2020 - Aug 2022
Synthesis working group -- The Other Side of Invasibility: Vulnerability of Recipient Ecosystems
Contributions:1 PR, 68 pushes in 1 year 8 months
securitysynthesisvulnerabilityworking-groupecosystems
nasa/OSDR_Data_Curation
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026
Contributions:2 PRs, 39 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year
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