Will Koeppen
Owner at Beyond Crowds, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWill Koeppen is an interdisciplinary creator and scientist who builds data-driven multimedia products that blend environmental science, editorial photography, and interactive web graphics. With 11 years of experience designing and managing multi-petabyte climate and environmental data catalogs, he has produced dashboards, animations, and investigative graphics used to illuminate topics from volcanic eruptions and Mars evolution to public-health and legal issues. As owner of Beyond Crowds and former Senior Staff Scientist leading data integration at Axiom, he combines hands-on Python and JavaScript engineering with narrative storytelling to make complex datasets feel tangible. He also founded a nonprofit to support early-career researchers, and his work uniquely pairs rigorous remote-sensing analysis with a photographer’s attention to place and human experience.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Geology and Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Geology and Physics at Juniata CollegeMaster of Arts - MA, Earth and Planetary Science, Master of Arts - MA, Earth and Planetary Science at Washington University in St. LouisDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Planetary Astronomy and Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Planetary Astronomy and Science at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Github Skills (56)
axiom10
leaflet10
headlines10
spatial10
maps10
python-data10
deck-gl10
data-science9
matplotlib9
geometry9
javascript9
openstreetmap9
python9
cartopy9
cartography9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wckoeppen/headliner
Apr 2020 - Mar 2025
Scripts to pull and track headlines from news APIs.
Contributions:1002 pushes in 4 years 11 months
news-apisapipythonheadlinesnews
wckoeppen/bering-seabird-vulnerability
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 27 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 4 months
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