Ricky Patterson
Director, RDS&SNE, UVA Library at University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolRicky Patterson is a director and STEM librarian at the University of Virginia who builds bridges between researchers and the data, tools, and infrastructure they need across the full research lifecycle. With a Ph.D. in Astronomy and nearly three decades of research experience—including leading an NSF/NASA-funded group—he combines hands-on technical skills in Linux and large-scale storage with grant and project management. He has overseen day-to-day research operations, trained students in data collection and reduction, and stewarded preservation and sharing of datasets. Known for translating complex scientific workflows into practical data management plans and campus-wide services, he brings a rare blend of academic research credibility and library-centric data stewardship.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Astronomy, Ph.D., Astronomy at University of Virginia
German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (10)
tabula7
pdf7
csv7
git6
pdf-files6
excel6
datatables5
datatable3
java2
aws1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rjp0i/git-intro
Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
uva library workshop on introduction to git and github
Contributions:46 commits, 7 PRs, 41 pushes in 11 months
rjp0i/rjp0i.github.io
Mar 2019 - Jul 2024
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
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