Samantha Weintraub-leff
Research Scientist, Terrestrial Biogeochemistry at National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolSamantha Weintraub-Leff is a research scientist specializing in terrestrial biogeochemistry with a decade of experience translating ecosystem science into standardized, continental-scale monitoring programs. Based in Boulder, she leads plant and soil nutrient monitoring for NEON while running an externally funded research program on soil carbon sequestration across diverse biomes from tropical rainforests to Andean pastures. Her work bridges field-based process studies—spanning nitrogen transformations, decomposition, and nutrient cycling—with large-scale data collection and processing to inform sustainable land management and ecosystem service provision. Trained with a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from CU Boulder, she brings both deep mechanistic insight and practical program design to long-term ecological observation. An unassuming strength is her track record of integrating high-elevation, urban, and tropical field experience into reproducible monitoring protocols that scale across regions.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Conservation and Natural Resources, Bachelor of Science (BS), Conservation and Natural Resources at University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Colorado Boulder
Spanish, portugese
Github Skills (20)
data-product9
soil8
toolbox7
parquet6
synthesis6
java6
apache5
in-memory5
neon4
apache-arrow3
r-package3
tex2
interchange2
latex2
api2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NEONScience/NEON-Nitrogen-Transformations
Nov 2017 - Mar 2025
Repository for a code package that calculates nitrogen transformation rates from soil nitrogen content measurements, from NEON's Soil inorganic nitrogen pools and transformations (DP1.10080.001) data product
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 39 pushes in 7 years 5 months
srweintraub/NEON-quick-start-guides
May 2022 - May 2024
Data product info used to generate NEON quick start guides
Contributions:3 PRs, 24 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 11 months
product-infodata-productquick-startneon
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