Zac Adelman
Executive Director at Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZac Adelman is an environmental data scientist and executive leader with over two decades of experience turning complex air quality science into actionable policy and tools. As Executive Director of LADCO he leads multidisciplinary teams to build cloud-enabled decision support systems, leveraging machine learning and interactive visualization to help state and federal agencies reduce pollution. His background includes directing emissions modeling and open-source software distribution at UNC, where he managed global training programs and served as a principal investigator for the EPA’s CMAQ modeling system. Beyond leadership, Zac contributes to technical documentation for prominent open-source models like EPA’s CMAQ, ensuring users can apply sophisticated simulations in real-world regulatory contexts. Based in Chicago, he thrives at the intersection of environmental science, analytics, and public service, with a knack for translating rigorous research into scalable, operational solutions.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Carolina Business InstituteNorthwestern University - Center for Nonprofit ManagementMaster of Science (MS), Environmental Science and Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Environmental Science and Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (4)
html10
user-manual10
documentation10
cmac9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
USEPA/CMAQ
Feb 2016 - Jun 2017
Code for U.S. EPA’s Community Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) which helps in conducting air quality model simulations
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:81 commits, 3 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Zac's commits primarily involve modifications to documentation files, specifically HTML files related to the CMAQ model's user manual. The changes focus on updating the table of contents, correcting table and figure formatting, and merging content from different branches. These revisions suggest the user's primary role is ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and presentation quality of the user documentation. This work directly supports users in understanding and utilizing the CMAQ model.
atmosphereepamodeling-toolbase-codeclimate-science
CEMPD/AMET
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:7 pushes in 9 days
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