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Heidi Nguyen

Raleigh,North Carolina

Summary

Hai Nguyen, who would like to go by Heidi, is an expert Climate Data Scientist with an extensive knowledge and 8+ years of experience in climate change impact research. She is a highly skilled at developing powerful statistical tools to provide in-depth climate risk analysis for making decisions in many sectors, including agriculture and ecological biodiversity. Heidi is known as a dedicated team player who seeks professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Postdoctoral researcher

North Carolina State University
03.2022 - Current
  • Creating and executing transferable statistical downscaling process for Global Climate Models that will provide high-resolution, impact-relevant climate data for any impact studies
  • Analyzing past and projected climate trends to predict species range shift and climate risks to ecological biodiversity
  • Reviewing and analyzed historical and emerging literature on climate change impacts on species and ecological systems
  • Contributed to and actively participated in research conception, design and execution to address defined problems

Graduate Research Associate

USDA
07.2020 - 01.2022
  • Used advanced machine learning tools to compare soil nitrogen emission from bioenergy crop growth on marginal land to conventional crops.
  • Conducted innovative comparative study of pesticide environmental impacts in U.S corn and soybean production.
  • Drafted technical papers and other documentation for use by research leadership.

Graduate Research Associate

Pennsylvania State University
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Detected emergent trends in agriculturally relevant climate variables to identify high-risk locations for crop production
  • Developed ensemble of empirical crop models to quantify variability of crop yield under climate change
  • Wrote complete data pipeline that handles big climate data for climate impact research projects

Graduate Research Associate

University Of Missouri
06.2016 - 12.2019
  • Designed and executed scalable approach to estimate climate change impacts on crop productivity and water demand
  • Collaborated with group of interdisciplinary researchers to assess climate change impacts on food-energy-water nexus as part of $4-million NSF-funded project.
  • Developed and executed pipeline for collecting, storing and processing of big climate data.

Education

Ph.D. - Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Pensylvania State University
State College, PA
12.2021

Master of Science - Water Resources Engineering

KU Lueven
Leuven, Belgium
09.2014

Bachelor of Science - Hydrological and Environmental Engineering

Thuy Loi University
Hanoi, Viet Nam
05.2009

Skills

  • R, Python
  • ArcGIS, QGIS, ArcPy, R/Python spatial packages
  • Climate Data Operator (CDO), R/Python packages
  • PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite
  • Hight-performance computing, Parallel processing
  • Generalized Linear Regression, Random Forest, Nearest Neighbor Gaussian Process, Linear Algebra, Uncertainty Analysis
  • Github, Gitlab
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Windows and Linux

Timeline

Postdoctoral researcher

North Carolina State University
03.2022 - Current

Graduate Research Associate

USDA
07.2020 - 01.2022

Graduate Research Associate

Pennsylvania State University
01.2020 - 01.2022

Graduate Research Associate

University Of Missouri
06.2016 - 12.2019

Ph.D. - Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Pensylvania State University

Master of Science - Water Resources Engineering

KU Lueven

Bachelor of Science - Hydrological and Environmental Engineering

Thuy Loi University

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