Our team

Ian Estacio PostdocAfter the labResearch Associate, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan2024 to 2026Ian's research interests focus on the analysis and modeling of socio-ecological systems using spatial science methods such as remote sensing, GIS... Yichao Zeng Postdoctoral ResearcherAfter the labJunior Research Chair Fellow Modélisation de la biodiversité, Université PSL2024 to 2025Yichao has long been interested in the interplay of species interactions and macroevolution. He is doing a short postdoc in the lab, where he focuses...

Danielle Van Boxel Graduate AssociateAfter the labResearch Staff Mathematician at an FFRDC2022 to 2024With a background in statistical computing, Danielle's research focuses on ensemble machine learning. Her PhD dissertation developed novel regression... Salena Torres PhD studentAfter the labInstructor in the College of Informational Science at the University of Arizona2022Dr. Román-Palacios was Salena’s faculty advisor for the Data Science ambassador’s fellowship during 2023. Salena project focused on discussing...

HM Abdul Fattah MSc capstone studentAfter the labPhD Student in the College of Information Science2024With a strong foundation in computer science, HM is passionate about Natural Language Processing (NLP), Applied Machine Learning and Data... Shih-Hsuan Lo MSc studentAfter the labData Science Specialist at NYU2024Shih Hsuan is a data science major with a passion for image processing and object detection. For his current capstone project at the lab, Shih Hsuan... Jiayue He MSc studentAfter the labResearch Assistant at the University of Arizona2024Jiayue is a masters student majored in Information Science with a focus on Human-Centered Compute. She has a diverse background in game development... Ani Chitransh MSc capstone studentAfter the labData Scientist at Credit One2024Ani is a graduate student working towards her capstone. Ani’s professional journey is characterized by her proficiency with a range of technologies... Tom Olla MSc capstone studentAfter the labSoftware Quality Engineer at Raytheon2024Tom is a Tucson native with a passion for data visualization. He leverages R to import, clean, and create visualizations to better answer research... Rob Speer MSc capstone studentAfter the labIT Manager for the City of Flagstaff2024Rob completed his MSc in Data Science with Dr. Roman-Palacios with a Capstone project analyzing past water use and future water demand in the City of... Gloria Moraa Angwenyi MSc capstone studentAfter the labAI Researcher at Handshake, Ensures Data Integrity2024Gloria conducted her MS in Data Science capstone project at the Data Diversity Lab. She focused on examining patterns of acceptance in admissions... Ethan Davis MSc student2023Ethan is a queer student in the Master of Data Science program at the University of Arizona. He previously earned his B.S. in Physics at the... YuanJea Hew MSc capstone studentAfter the labScientific Analyst II at OHAIRE at UA2023YuanJea joined the lab in 2023 to work on a pilot grant funded through UArizona and One Health. YuanJea was co-advised by Dr. Chris Lim, Assistant... Darwood Martin MSc capstone studentAfter the labInformation Systems Security Manager2023Darwood worked towards his MS in Data Science capstone in the Lab. He collaborated with Katie Stringham on putting together regression and... Katie Stringham MSc capstone studentAfter the labSenior Engineer at Raytheon2023Katie worked with Darwood towards his MS in Data Science capstone in the Lab. Katie focused on assembling regression models to predict the frequency... Reza Ehsani MSc capstone studentAfter the labMachine Learning Engineer2023Reza finalized his capstone for his MS in Data Science at the lab with a project entitled 'Using CloudSat to Advance the Global Precipitation... Eastern Kang MSc capstone student2022Eastern worked generating a reproducible survey pipeline for social sciences. This work was co-advised by Dr. Javier Osorio, Assistant Professor in... Kyle Arechiga MSc capstone studentAfter the labPosition at Rincon Research Corporation2022Kyle developed an unsupervised learning framework to detect a stable arrangement of cities across the globe based on environmental and anthropogenic... Laura Falk MSc studentAfter the labResearch Informatics Programmer Analyst2022Laura worked on creating a model to detect particular levels of E. coli in the Santa Cruz River in Arizona. She worked in the lab for two semesters... Quan Gan MSc capstone studentAfter the labProfessional Software Engineer2022Quan's project in the lab focused on implementing code in stan to perform Bayesian calibration and temperature reconstructions using clumped isotope... Sarthak Haldar Research AssistantAfter the labCofounder of AcharyaG2022Sarthak was hired as a Research Assistant during Spring 2022 to work on BarrioMap, a shiny app that arouse from the collaboration between Dr... Sophie Fournier MSc capstone student2022Sophie concluded in the Data Diversity lab her master’s in data science capstone project implementing machine learning models to infer phylogenies. Wonkyun Yim MSc capstone student, StaffAfter the labPosition within the Republic of Korea Army2022Wonkyun completed his MS in Data Science capstone at the Lab. He was then hired as Staff Researcher (2022) for the lab to complete his work on... Tingting Thompson MSc studentAfter the labLecturer of Data Science at the University of Arizona2022Tingting completed her MS in Data Science capstone in the lab. During this time, she came up with a project focused on assessing student's... Erika Kirkpatrick MSc capstone student, VIP student2024Erika is a graduate student pursuing her MS in Data Science, she has a BS in Information Science and Technology from the University of Arizona. She... Pradnya Raut MSc capstone studentAfter the labSoftware Developer2024Pradnya has a master's of computer application degree from Mumbai University and currently pursuing an MS in Information science(machine learning)...

Paige Cherry Undergraduate studentAfter the labBehavior Specialist2024 to 2025Paige Cherry is a third-year BA student at the University of Arizona majoring in Information Science and Arts with a minor in Public Relations... Kyle Clements Intern, Undergraduate studentAfter the labProgrammer II at PlayStation2022Kyle focused on collecting US census-like datasets across the globe. Additionally, Kyle explored the likelihood of extracting façade data from google... Valentina Sarria-Rodríguez Undergraduate studentAfter the labProfesional de Sección Entomologia, Universidad del Valle2018 to 2020Valentina was Dr. Román-Palacios’ first undergraduate advisee (2018). Her project focused on reviewing the evolutionary relationships within Psocidae...

Hector D. Garcia-Verdugo Research Laboratory ManagerAfter the labResearch Scientist, University of New Mexico2023Hector is the data diversity lab’s Manager. He holds dual degrees in Neuroscience and Philosophy from the University of Arizona. With a...

Eleanor Tuck MS advising team memberAfter the labOffice Assistant at the University of Arizona2024 to 2025Eleanor is a student worker here at the Data Diversity Lab and a part of the MS Advising Team. She supports student engagement and advising. Through...

Tanisha Lohchab Research Data Support SpecialistAfter the labData Scientist at the University of Arizona2024With a background in Data Science, Tanisha joined the Data Diversity lab as a Research Data Support Specialist, working on a project centered around... Daniela E. Valladolid-Garnica Research Data Support Specialist IIAfter the labLaboratory QA/QC Chemist at RWRD2023Daniela’s project seeks to understand the effects of climate-related range shifts and local extinction in the trophic structure of marine... Yi Chien Lee Research AssistantAfter the labSoftware Engineer for LinkedIn2023Yi Chien specializes in leveraging R programming to interpret human behavior and societal trends through data analysis. She currently uses python to...