About ☺️

Thanks for visiting my page! My name is Angel and my interest in data science, open science, and reproducible workflows started from my days as a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara! Feel free to meander on this website to explore some examples of my work.

Currently, I work as a data scientist at the Malone Disturbance Ecology Lab, focusing on scripting reproducible workflows to clean and analyze diverse data sources, as well as providing technical support to my lab members. I also develop web apps and R packages for the lab along the way!

Previously, I worked as a data analyst at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), supporting the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network synthesis working groups. I helped the working groups develop reproducible workflows to wrangle, harmonize, analyze, and visualize ecological datasets. I also hosted workshops for them.

Before joining the LTER, I was a data curator for NCEAS Arctic Data Center. I created metadata records using Ecological Metadata Language (EML) and archived ecological datasets from research projects focused in the Arctic. Ensuring that the metadata is complete is a crucial part of making the data finable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable by others in the future.

In my spare time, I like to look at and admire birds. My favorite birds include rock doves and mourning doves. Here are some pictures I’ve taken over the years:

A pigeon flaps open its wings to balance itself on my hand, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

A pigeon grabs some millet from my hand, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

A crested duck looks closely at the ground, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

A female duck with its ducklings, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

A flock of pigeons gathers around a pile of rice, Chinatown, San Francisco

A collared dove stops by my yard, San Francisco