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Jenny is a User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Developer. She works on user research and testing, product design, and front-end development across nearly every project at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab.

Leticia is a Computational Data Scientist. Her research focuses on developing spatially and temporally explicit fuels for more detailed prescribed fire modeling within the WIFIRE Lab’s prescribed fire platform, BurnPro3D. Leticia’s research background is in using…

Anthony is a former wildland firefighter turned fire science researcher and fuel modeler. He currently works for the New Mexico Consortium as a research scientist where he primarily works on the FastFuels 3D fuel modeling platform. When not thinking about fire, he enjoys…

I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University. I teach geospatial science courses for both undergraduate and graduate students. I am also the director of West Virginia View, a consortium of public, private,…

Mai H. Nguyen is the Associate Director for AI of the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab and the Lead for Data Analytics at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) of UC San Diego (UCSD). Her research centers on the use of artificial Intelligence to address complex…

Katie is an Associate Director of Data Platforms at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab. She is a data engineer and contributes to the development of the many diverse data hubs and collaborative networks. Before joining SDSC, Katie started her career in computer…

Russ Parsons is a research ecologist with the USDA Forest Service RMRS Fire Sciences Lab, where he has worked since 2000. He got is BS in Forestry at UC Berkeley, his MS in Forest Resources at U Idaho, and his Ph.D. in Forestry at the University of Montana in 2007. His…

Ismael is a Computational Data Scientist and contributes his expertise in DevOps to ensure the delivery and implementation of production quality services across the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab's projects. He also contributes to software development and debugging…

Scott Pokswinski is a research scientist at New Mexico Consortium. Scott specializes in adapting cutting edge research to management applications. His recent work has integrated remote sensing technologies with monitoring and modeling technologies to increase the quality…

Pedro is Computational Data Scientist at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab engaged in educational projects such as the National Data Platform’s Education Hub, the Coursera Big Data Specialization, and the FOUNT initiative. Pedro is deeply committed to accessible…

Rukmini Ravi serves as the Program Coordinator for the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab. In this position, she manages and streamlines task tracking, financial oversight, and external communication. Rukmini has a background in technical writing, holds a BS in…

Jonathan Reimer is a wildfire incident commander and operational researcher. He led response on Canada’s largest wildfire disaster, was a National Incident Management Team member, and a Director of BC’s Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre. 

His…

Love fire technology.

Claire is a Technical Project Manager at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab, where she leads the management of the Wildfire Science & Technology Commons. She joined the SDSC team in 2019 and has contributed to projects such as the Science Gateways Community…

Ertugrul Taciroglu earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1998. After a stint at the Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (UIUC) as a postdoctoral researcher, he joined the Civil & Environmental…