Michael Lonneman
Laboratory Technician
Shady Side, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Lonneman is a laboratory technician with nine years of interdisciplinary experience building interactive data tools and conducting quantitative environmental research. Based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, he designs R Shiny applications that let academics, policy-makers, and the public explore, visualize, and download spatial and soil-core datasets for coastal carbon and wetland studies. His background as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow blends strong data engineering—SQL, R, ArcGIS—and statistical modeling with hands-on field and lab work, enabling end-to-end data workflows from imagery classification to dashboard delivery. He regularly uses reactive programming and Git for reproducible, collaborative development, and has taught data management to students and interns. Notably, he pairs ecological domain expertise with user-centered UI development to make complex environmental datasets accessible and actionable.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Anthropology at University of LouisvilleMaster's degree, Anthropology, Master's degree, Anthropology at University of Georgia - Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Github Skills (18)
database8
ecology7
open-source7
github-pages5
data-management5
r5
portal4
visualize4
stable4
marine4
annotate4
visualization3
shiny3
data-wrangling3
data-visualisation2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MarineGEO/protocols
Feb 2020 - Aug 2022
Tools and workflows for developing and maintaining MarineGEO protocols
Contributions:92 pushes, 1 branch, 6 comments in 2 years 6 months
sarifdevelopingtladata-integrityworkflows
Smithsonian/marinegeo-cpop-dashboard
Dec 2020 - Jul 2023
Shiny app to visualize and download MarineGEO CPOP data
Contributions:3 PRs, 60 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 8 months
shiny-appvisualizecpopshiny
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