I am a postdoctoral research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prior to this, I was a research staff member at IBM Research. I hold a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. also in computer science from Macalester College.
My work focuses on large-scale data analysis and human-centered computing. I work to empower communities to make better decisions in pursuit of a sustainable and just global future. I do this by exploring the tools, algorithms, and systems that facilitate human communication, collaboration, and shared creation of knowledge, with a current focus on the use of these things to answer quantitative quesions about the real world.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading, bicycling, hiking (especially in the mountains and deserts of the American West), tinkering with things, photography, and hanging out with my wife and son.
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