Sheila Saia
Senior Environmental Data Scientist
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolSheila Saia is a Senior Environmental Data Scientist with a decade of experience applying data analytics, modeling, and visualization to predict and reduce human impacts on climate and water resources at regional and national scales. Based in Durham, NC, she leads and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams at Tetra Tech after roles directing the State Climate Office of North Carolina and multiple research fellowships. Her work bridges open-science principles with applied solutions, translating complex hydrologic and climate data into actionable insights for policy and resource management. Trained with a Ph.D. in Biological & Environmental Engineering from Cornell, she combines rigorous academic research with hands-on program leadership and mentoring. An underappreciated strength is her track record of integrating teaching and outreach—sharpened by fellowships and extension work—to make technical findings accessible to stakeholders and communities.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Biological Engineering, Bachelors of Science, Biological Engineering at Binghamton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological & Environmental Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological & Environmental Engineering at Cornell University
Github Skills (77)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Biosystems-Analytics-Lab/shellcast
May 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:224 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
rladies/meetup-presentations_rtp
Sep 2017 - Jan 2023
R-Ladies RTP (Durham NC) meetup presentations
Contributions:32 commits, 21 PRs, 19 pushes in 5 years 5 months
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