Kristina Riemer is a data scientist, educator, and ecologist. She combines these roles to help researchers do their work easier, faster, and more accurately.
Kristina has extensive experience facilitating interdisciplinary collaborations between domain experts and tech folks. Her abilities to build community among people is demonstrated by her event planning and outreach skills. She considers herself a people connector, which is a crucial role in STEM.
Kristina’s current expertise and role are built from a strong foundation in using and teaching computational tools, especially R and git/GitHub. She is excellent at quickly learning new technical skills as needed, and strives to be open-minded, curious, and aware of the impacts of new technologies.
She is additionally adept at managing a team, currently of research software engineers. She has implemented successful project planning processes with GitHub project boards and collaborator check-in meetings. She manages the day-to-day work of the group with an agile approach. She also sustains the group with grant funding from various sources and manages the budget effectively.
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Experience
Director of Data Science | University of Arizona, Communications & Cyber Technologies Data Science Team | January 2023 - present
Scientific Programmer | University of Arizona, CCT Data Science Team | January 2019 - January 2023
Education
University of Florida | Gainesville, FL
PhD in Wildlife, Ecology, & Conservation | 2013 - 2019
Lawrence University | Appleton, WI
B.A. in Biology | 2008 - 2012