Selected work

Projects

Platforms, frameworks and datasets I have built, led, or maintain.


2024-present · Modeling lead and project manager, co-PI

MAGiC

Modeling and Analysis of Greenhouse gases in Croplands

Statewide inventory and projections of cropland soil carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes for the California Air Resources Board. Modeling lead and project manager.

2009-present · Creator, developer, and co-PI

PEcAn

The Predictive Ecosystem Analyzer

I initiated PEcAn’s development in 2009 as reusable software for ecosystem model-data synthesis. I continue to help lead, develop, and apply this collaborative open-source platform.

2023-2024 · Staff scientist and technical lead, Indigo Ag

Indigo CAR-SEP validation report

Model calibration and validation under the Climate Action Reserve Soil Enrichment Protocol

Technical lead and contributor to model evaluation and calibration and validation reporting under the Climate Action Reserve Soil Enrichment Protocol.

2015-2019 · Lead, data and computing pipeline

TERRA-REF

TERRA Reference Phenotyping Platform

I led data and computing pipelines and helped publish the world’s largest public-domain agricultural dataset. TERRA-REF generated over 1 PB of sensor data.

2009-present · Creator and development lead

BETYdb

Biofuel Ecophysiological Traits and Yields database

Database network and web interface to harmonize heterogeneous plant, ecosystem, and agronomic data.

Architect of v2 - added GHG, nitrogen cycle, agronomic management

SIPNET

Simplified Photosynthesis and Evapotranspiration Model

A lightweight ecosystem model for coupled carbon, water, nitrogen, and trace greenhouse-gas dynamics.

Other projects

Clients