News
- 04.10.24 – Today I started a new position at Flatiron Health!
- 04.04.24 – I will be at WebSci'24 in Stuttgart, Germany this May, presenting two papers on behalf of Spotify. My colleague, Ben Lacker, will present work at ICWSM'24 in Buffalo, New York, shortly after in June.
Publications
Slide decks
Press
- 05.22.19 – "What Matters Most on the Road to Scientific Success?" in Undark Magazine.
- 05.02.19 – "Pedigree and Productivity" in Inside Higher Ed.
- 04.29.19 – "'Pedigree is not destiny' when it comes to scholarly success" in Santa Fe Institute News.
- 01.16.19 – "In Science, Some Ideas Are More Contagious Than Others" in Scientific American.
- 10.25.18 – "Academic ideas are supposed to thrive on their merits. If only" on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog.
- 09.19.18 – "Predicting scientific success" in Nature Index.
- 09.11.18 – "UVa expanding paid parental leave" in The Daily Progress.
- 10.20.17 – "Scientists bust myth that academic productivity declines with age" in Times Higher Education.
- 10.17.17 – "Faculty careers can progress in many directions" in Science Careers.
- 10.17.17 – "Professors' Productivity Declines With Age, Right? Maybe Not." in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- 10.17.17 – "Productivity: Age Is Just a Number" in Inside Higher Ed.
- 10.17.17 – "Does faculty productivity really decline with age? New study says no" in CU Boulder Today.
- 3.8.17 – "How the tyranny of prestige disadvantages women" in Science Careers.
- 2.3.17 – "Data-driven predictions in the science of science" in Science.
- 4.15.16 – "The complex role of gender in faculty hiring" in Science Careers.
- 7.23.15 – "Estos arqueólogos de Facebook exploran el pasado en busca del secreto de su éxito" in Hoja de Router.
- 4.6.15 – "Network Archaeologists Discover Two Types of Social Network Growth in Historical Facebook Data" in MIT Technology Review
About Me
I'm currently a Senior Applied Scientist at Flatiron Health, previously at Spotify, Facebook, and CU Boulder. I've had the great fortune of using machine learning and other computational tools to solve important and complex problems across a range of disciplines. Each application setting has given me a valuable lens and perspective to apply to the next.
Non-academic things about me: I'm passionate about music, both playing and listening. Recently I've been listening more than playing, but in the past, I played in jazz ensembles and in bands ranging from blues and funk to reggae. I love everything about food: making it, discussing it, learning about it. I'm a huge basketball fan. I love the outdoors and exploring new places. I enjoy learning about design and how it affects human behavior, including my own. Last, and perhaps most importantly, I'm always on the lookout for ways to move items from the "non-academic list" to the "academic list" – let me know if you'd like to help!