Yanelli Nunez
Senior Scientist at PSE Healthy Energy
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolYanelli Nunez is a Senior Scientist with eight years of experience translating environmental health research and data science into policy-relevant solutions that advance equitable, healthy, and climate-resilient communities. With a PhD from Columbia and a background spanning postdoctoral research to applied policy work at PSE Healthy Energy, she combines rigorous epidemiological and statistical methods with machine learning to tackle air quality, energy systems, and public health intersections. Her work includes peer-reviewed publications, technical reports, and expert testimony, and she has quantified socioeconomic disparities in pollution reductions and identified exposure windows relevant to neurodegenerative disease progression. Comfortable collaborating with policymakers, communities, and multidisciplinary teams, she brings both academic depth and practical impact orientation to complex environmental health problems. An early-career Peace Corps public health volunteer, she also leverages on-the-ground program experience to inform equitable, community-centered scientific solutions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental Health Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthBachelor's degree, Biological Sciences with a minor in Public Health, Bachelor's degree, Biological Sciences with a minor in Public Health at San Diego State University
English, Spanish, fulani
Github Skills (3)
health9
environmental9
mailman8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
yanellinunez/Commentary-to-mixture-methods-paper
Sep 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:56 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
yanellinunez/yanellinunez.github.io
Mar 2019 - Nov 2020
Contributions:89 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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