Win Cowger
Executive Director at Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research
Riverside, California, United States
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Top SchoolWin Cowger is an applied environmental scientist and Executive Director at the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, leading a multidisciplinary team that translates rigorous data collection and analysis into practical solutions for plastic pollution. With nine years of experience spanning research scientist to executive leadership, he partners with nonprofits, government agencies, and academics to design and evaluate prevention and transport interventions. His work blends field-based measurement, GIS expertise, and policy-facing implementation—skills honed from roles at UC Riverside, Prudenterra, and founding a sustainability venture. Based in Riverside, CA, Win holds a PhD in Environmental Science and is known for operationalizing research into measurable outcomes, including collaborative projects with Lets Do It World and 5 Gyres. An understated strength is his ability to bridge technical science and on-the-ground programs, ensuring evidence directly informs cleanup and prevention strategies.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Environmental Science at Iowa State UniversityAssociate of Arts (A.A.) Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Associate of Arts (A.A.) Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Hawkeye Community CollegePhD Environmental Science, PhD Environmental Science at University of California, Riverside
English
Github Skills (45)
xapi10
spectra10
shield10
portal10
python9
open-access8
journal8
r-package8
plotly7
r7
image-classification7
plotly-dash7
visualization7
hyperspec7
creative-commons7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wincowgerDEV/wincowgerDEV.github.io
Mar 2017 - May 2025
My website
Contributions:3 PRs, 141 pushes, 4 branches in 8 years 2 months
react
wincowgerDEV/OpenSpecy-shiny
Feb 2021 - Feb 2023
This is a companion repo that holds the code for www.openspecy.org website and shiny application. The Open Specy package repo https://github.com/wincowgerDEV/OpenSpecy-package
Contributions:284 commits, 22 PRs, 224 pushes in 2 years
spectroscopy
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