About this website

Geophysicists depend on computational tools for analyzing increasingly large and complex data sets. Over the last 4 years I've benefited greatly from free, open source software and instructional blogs. So I've decided to post some of my own work here. I've shamelessly modeled this website after this excellent one by Jake VanderPlas... Thanks Jake!

I make extensive use of Python in my work. Many of these posts are iPython notebooks, which have functioning code that can easily be downloaded to run and modify on your personal computer. The easiest way to do this is to install Canopy software from Enthought.

Why Python? It's user-friendly, extremely versatile, and there is a tremendous scientific user-community. Furthermore, reproducibility is key to meaningful research, and a suite of Python tools helps enable reproducible work. The developers of iPython have a great video on this topic, or if you prefer reading, here is an interesting article.

About me

I'm a graduate student pursuing a PhD in Geological Sciences at Cornell University. Before coming to Cornell, I received a BA Physics degree from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. I also worked for a year as a Physical Science Technician at the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, WA. You can find more information about myself and my research on my department home page!