Richard Marinos
Scientist (Enhanced Rock Weathering)
Town of Amherst, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Marinos is a biogeochemist and ecosystem ecologist with nine years of experience translating soil and plant carbon-nutrient dynamics into actionable solutions for climate and land management. Currently advancing enhanced rock weathering as a carbon dioxide removal technology at Cascade Climate while maintaining an adjunct research role at SUNY Buffalo, he combines hands-on field and lab science with applied statistics, geospatial analysis, and machine learning. He has led independent research programs and managed projects exceeding $1M, supervised graduate teams, and operated advanced analytical labs. A skilled communicator, he distills complex science for both specialist and public audiences and has a track record of delivering scalable, policy-relevant insights from large public datasets. His background—from a Ph.D. at Duke to agroforestry work in the Peace Corps—reflects a rare blend of rigorous quantitative skill and grounded, on-the-ground problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Environmental Science, Ph.D., Environmental Science at Duke UniversityB.A., Philosophy, B.A., Philosophy at Kenyon College
Github Skills (9)
traits8
htmlwidgets7
shiny5
lodash4
javascript3
r3
react3
data-exchange3
handsontable3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
marinosr/SNODASR
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Functions for using SNODAS data.
Contributions:1 release, 5 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 10 months
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marinosr/InstrumentCoordinator
Jul 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:17 pushes in 7 months
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