Zachary Johnson - Lead Data Scientist

Zachary Johnson

Lead Data Scientist

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Zachary Johnson is a Lead Data Scientist and climate scientist with nine years of experience applying climate modeling, machine learning, and statistical methods to weather and climate risk, resilience, and adaptation. He combines academic depth—PhD-level research on hurricane predictability and ocean–atmosphere interactions—with practical project delivery for international development, including co-leading multimillion-dollar proposal teams and producing sector-specific climate vulnerability assessments. Zachary has built spatial vulnerability indices, flood inundation analyses, and Poisson-logistic predictive frameworks that translate complex CMIP6 and observational data into actionable strategies for agriculture, water resources, and coastal communities. He has taught atmospheric modeling and ML to graduate students, managed multi-terabyte HPC model workflows, and bridged technical writing and stakeholder-facing communications. Based in Salt Lake City, he pairs hands-on coding and GIS skills with experience in forecasting and radio meteorology, making him equally fluent in research, operational forecasting, and policy-facing climate risk work. An uncommon strength is his track record of converting advanced climate diagnostics into winning proposals and practical adaptation plans for vulnerable communities.

9 years of coding experience

5 years of employment as a software developer

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Climate Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Climate Science at Utah State University

Bachelor of Science - BS, Meteorology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Meteorology at University of Oklahoma

German Studies, German Studies at University of Tübingen

Master of Science - MS, Atmospheric Sciences, Master of Science - MS, Atmospheric Sciences at Ball State University

German, English, Spanish

Github Skills (5)

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Programming languages (2)

TypeScriptJavaScript

Github contributions (5)

izanger/Amora

Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

Contributions:91 commits in 2 months

zacharyjohnson/discordSoundBot

Sep 2016 - Mar 2017

Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months

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