Lauren Herwehe
Data Product Team Lead
Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLauren Herwehe is a data product leader and Geography PhD candidate with nine years of experience turning Earth-observation data into reliable, well-documented public products. As Data Product Team Lead at NSIDC she oversees publication of SMAP and SSMIS satellite data, coordinating scientists, engineers, writers, and operators to deliver terabytes of mission data on schedule. Her background spans technical writing, program management, and applied remote sensing—she led documentation for ~120 datasets and helped grow an open education site to 300k monthly visitors. Earlier work in international water management (including field interviews cited by the IPCC) informs her user-centered approach to data products and policy-relevant science. She combines hands-on data skills in Python/R with cross-functional leadership and a track record of translating complex geoscience into actionable resources. Based in Colorado, she brings a rare mix of field experience, publishing rigor, and operational delivery for satellite data programs.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBachelor's degree, Geosciences B.S., Geography B.A. - Schreyer Honors College, Bachelor's degree, Geosciences B.S., Geography B.A. - Schreyer Honors College at Penn State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography (in progress, part-time), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography (in progress, part-time) at University of Colorado Boulder
Portuguese
Github Skills (25)
dedicated10
python10
r10
google-earth-engine10
earth10
earth-science10
earth-engine10
data-wrangling5
stable5
protected5
spatial-data4
data-visualization4
jupyter-notebook3
vector3
dam3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
stephlshep/global-dam-impacts
May 2020 - Sep 2020
Collaborative project with WWF to understand the potential impacts to protected area globally due to new dam development.
Contributions:37 PRs, 25 pushes in 4 months
collaborative-projectprotecteddamduecollaborative
lherwehe/global-dam-impacts
May 2020 - Jun 2021
Collaborative project with WWF to understand the potential impacts to protected area globally due to new dam development.
Contributions:30 PRs, 42 pushes in 1 year
collaborative-projectprotecteddamduecollaborative
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