I am currently Data Scientist at GoGuardian working on creating filtering solutions for K-12 students. By collaborating with data-engineers, software-engineers, project-managers, business intellingence analysis, I have been able to help keep students safe and focused online. By using simple (keyword look-up) to complex (fine-tuned transormers) approaches we can robustly categorize the internet at it expands and evolves.
Previosly I worked as Coastal Oceanographer at the U. S. Geological Survey with Dr. Eric E. Grossman. Additionally, I served as a Research Affiliate at Western Washington University mentoring with graduate students in the Geology and Environmental Sciences Departments and occasionally teach Oceanography of the Salish Sea (ESCI491) for the Huxley College of the Environment.
While my interests have recently expanded to include NLP, data-workflows, and systems engineerings, my oceanography interests are inspired by the intersection of land and sea. I study coastal processes including regional wave transformation; high water level modeling (episodic flooding and long-term inundation); sediment transport, beach erosion, and cliff retreat.
In February 2017 I completed my PhD in physical oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Under the guidance of Dr. Robert T. Guza my dissertation focused on obtaining accurate, high-resolution coastal wave predictions by assimilating wave buoy observations into regional wave models.