SaraĀ Mirzaee
Signal Analysis Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolSara Mirzaee is a Signal Analysis Engineer at JPL with eight years of experience turning satellite geodesy, interferometry, and polarimetry into actionable insights for environmental monitoring and hazard assessment. She holds a PhD in Satellite Geodesy from the University of Miami and completed postdoctoral work at Caltech, blending rigorous research with hands-on algorithm and software development. A proficient Python and MATLAB developer, she contributes to prominent open-source InSAR projects like ISCE2 and MintPy, where she has improved pipeline robustness, metadata handling, and phase-unwrapping workflows. Her work spans backend engineering and scientific methodology, optimizing memory/time allocation and integrating diverse processing paths for real-world satellite products. Based in Pasadena, she applies spatial analysis techniques across marine and terrestrial applications, with a proven ability to translate complex geodetic signals into operational tools for stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering-Surveying, Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering-Surveying at Zanjan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Marine Geoscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Marine Geoscience at University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric ScienceCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (MSc), Surveying Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Surveying Engineering at University of Tehran
Github Skills (21)
raid10
python10
insar10
time-series10
geodesy10
geophysics10
rad10
scientific-computing10
architecture9
data-analysis9
fileio9
file-access9
architectures9
file-handling9
file-processing9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
isce-framework/isce2
May 2019 - Sep 2021
InSAR Scientific Computing Environment version 2
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 13 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Sara primarily focused on maintaining and improving the ISCE2 framework. Their contributions include fixing deprecation warnings and updating import statements to align with modern Python practices. They also made architectural changes, such as refactoring code into separate run files for better memory and time allocation, and updated the stackSentinel.py. Furthermore, they addressed URL changes in the related dloadOrbits.py and fetchOrbit.py scripts.
sentinel-1atmospheric-modellinginsarscientific-computingscientific
insarlab/MintPy
Dec 2018 - Oct 2022
Miami InSAR time-series software in Python
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 9 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Sara primarily contributed to the `mintpy` software, focused on InSAR time-series analysis. Their work included adding support for different data processing paths, notably for ISCE and GACOS products. They also addressed bug fixes and implemented improvements related to metadata handling and phase unwrapping error correction. The user's changes reflect expertise in manipulating and processing geodetic data within the MintPy framework.
sentinel-1tectonicspythontime-series-analysismiami
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