Naupaka Zimmerman
Assistant Professor at The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolNaupaka Zimmerman is an Assistant Professor and microbial ecologist with 12 years of experience studying cryptic foliar symbioses using field experiments, greenhouse manipulations, microscopy, environmental sequencing, and bioinformatics. She blends rigorous research with project- and inquiry-based teaching to immerse students—especially those historically excluded from STEM—in active scientific discovery. Her work spans landscape-scale sequencing and meta-transcriptomics, probing how microbial partners shape plant function and ecosystem processes. A proponent of open science, she makes code and data reproducible, embraces preprints, and advocates for open-access publication. Trained at Stanford (PhD) and Harvard (AB with honors), she pairs deep ecological theory with hands-on lab and field methods. Based in Lawrence, Kansas, she brings a rare combination of microbial field ecology, computational skill, and classroom innovation.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Waiakea High SchoolA.B. with Honors Environmental Science and Public Policy and Social Anthropology, A.B. with Honors Environmental Science and Public Policy and Social Anthropology at Harvard UniversityPhD Ecology, PhD Ecology at Stanford University
Korean, Spanish
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Github Skills (170)
ecology10
converting10
vim10
knitr10
microbiome10
bioconductor10
mosh10
genomics10
r10
emacs-lisp10
notification10
emacs10
data-wrangling10
ipados10
swift10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
naupaka/genomics-r-intro
Jun 2023 - Feb 2026
Contributions:31 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 8 months
naupaka/R-genomics-in-development
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches, 2 issues in 4 years 5 months
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