Skye Wills
National Leader For Soil Science Research, Soil And Plant Science Division
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSkye Wills is a soil science leader with over 11 years of experience applying spatial statistics and rigorous survey design to track and interpret soil change across agricultural and ecological systems. As National Leader for Soil Science Research at the USDA-NRCS National Soil Survey Center, Skye directs work on dynamic soil properties and sampling strategies that inform land management and conservation decisions. Their background spans hands-on field sampling, multi-scale sufficiency studies as a postdoc at USDA-ARS, and applied research on tidal marsh and agronomic systems, reflecting a blend of statistical rigor and practical soil measurement. Trained with a Ph.D. in Soil Science from Iowa State and BS degrees in Soil Science and Agronomy from Kansas State, Skye is known for translating complex spatial analyses into actionable survey designs that improve national soil data products.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Soil Sc, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Soil Sc at Iowa State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Soil Science and Agronomy, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Soil Science and Agronomy, General at Kansas State University
Github Skills (15)
soil10
spatial-data9
workspace9
statistics8
eda8
survey7
eve3
carbon-emissions3
data-recovery3
risk-assessment3
climate-change2
soc2
recovery2
sustainability2
renewable-energy2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
skyew/DSP_anal
Apr 2015 - Nov 2019
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
skyew/BD_anal
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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