Margaret Gold
Coordinator Of The Citizen Science Lab At Leiden University
Netherlands
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Top SchoolMargaret Gold is a citizen science and open science strategist with over a decade of experience building collaborations between researchers, communities, and industry. As Coordinator of the Citizen Science Lab at Leiden University and Senior Researcher, she spins academic projects into practical observatories and hands-on learning initiatives like CitiObs and Lil'Scientist. Her background founding hack-day and mobile innovation platforms means she blends community-driven tech (mobile/web and IoT prototyping) with program-level strategy, having also steered national open science agendas for NPOS. Margaret’s career spans museums, EU research consortia, and startups, revealing an uncommon mix of grassroots engagement, event design, and innovation consulting that accelerates adoption and sustainability of citizen-led science.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Student Japan Studies, Exchange Student Japan Studies at International Christian UniversityMBA Management, MBA Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityBA (Honours) International Relations, BA (Honours) International Relations at University of Windsor
Japanese, Dutch, German, French
Github Skills (16)
science7
web-platform7
api6
ruby5
docker5
nodejs5
ckan-extension4
ckan3
portal2
collections1
css1
scene1
grails1
mozilla1
foundation1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MobileMaggie/draft_smhackdown
Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:1 branch in 1 year 3 months
MobileMaggie/LKiB
Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
Contributions:1 branch in 6 months
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