Summary
Michelle Stuart is an Application Developer and program lead with 11 years of cross-disciplinary experience delivering data-driven web applications, currently building full-stack solutions at Rutgers using React, TypeScript, and Node.js. She combines hands-on engineering with project leadership—scoping requirements, assembling teams, and running concurrent projects to modernize legacy systems and produce interactive dashboards for state agencies and researchers. Her background in marine biology and long tenure in academic research labs inform a pragmatic, data-first approach to designing mission-critical tools like the NJ Restoration Tools Suite and Ticks4Science. Comfortable translating complex scientific requirements into usable software, she excels at stakeholder collaboration, efficient workflows, and mentoring developers to ship high-quality, impactful products.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Master of Science - MS, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at University of North Carolina Wilmington
Master of Science (M.S.), Marine Biology, Master of Science (M.S.), Marine Biology at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General at Western Michigan University