Ranae Dietzel
Senior Soil Scientist at Syngenta Group
Ames, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolRanae Dietzel is a Senior Soil Scientist with over a decade of experience translating soil biology and microbial mechanisms into predictive models and actionable agronomic recommendations. Her career bridges mechanistic soil-process research, field experiment design, and production analytics—most recently delivering hybrid- and environment-specific corn seeding rate models used by over 80,000 North American customers. Trained with a PhD in Sustainable Agriculture and a strong foundation in soil ecology, she has led lab and field teams, taught data stewardship and R, and secured competitive grants including a NIFA fellowship. Ranae emphasizes that breakthroughs come as much from robust data stewardship and collaborative teams as from scientific complexity, and she seeks roles that combine model and dashboard development with building high-functioning, supported teams. Based in Ames, Iowa, she brings a rare blend of bench-level microbial insight and practical, scaled agronomic impact.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Sustainable Agriculture and Crop Production & Physiology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Sustainable Agriculture and Crop Production & Physiology at Iowa State UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Soil Ecology, Master of Science - MS, Soil Ecology at Cornell UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology at University of Minnesota-Morris
Github Skills (26)
data-science10
r10
rstudio10
knitr10
science10
bookdown10
shiny9
machine-learning9
earth9
caret8
r-package8
python7
regression6
classification6
regression-models5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
agron590-ISU/materials
Jan 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:120 commits, 110 pushes, 1 issue in 1 year 8 months
scientistspythondata-scienceearthdata-stewardship
Ranae/Ranae.github.io
May 2016 - May 2023
Contributions:51 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
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