Melissa Chapman
Tenure Track Assistant Professor at ETH Zürich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolMelissa Chapman is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at ETH Zürich with eight years of interdisciplinary experience at the intersection of environmental science, policy, and data-driven ecological research. Trained as a PhD from UC Berkeley and with postdoctoral and visiting fellowships at NCEAS, IIASA, and Google, she blends rigorous academic research with applied collaborations in climate and systems analysis. Her background spans field and laboratory work to computational synthesis, reflecting roles from Yale and Woodwell to global research networks like Climate Change AI. Based in Zurich, she runs a research lab focused on ecological pattern analysis and decision-relevant modeling, and her profile suggests a knack for translating complex environmental data into actionable insights for policy and technology partners.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's Degree, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bachelor's Degree, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University
Github Skills (4)
javascript5
reinforcement-learning2
approximate1
machine-learning1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
milliechapman/easements-biodiversity
Jun 2021 - Jul 2024
Contributions:8 pushes in 3 years 2 months
milliechapman/EU-restoration-prioritization
Jul 2023 - Jan 2025
Optimally allocating restoration, conservation, and production measures across the EU
Contributions:1 PR, 36 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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