Daryn White

CICOES exists for the purpose of fostering research collaboration between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Washington (UW) as well as our academic partners at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Oregon State University.

Supporting the Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array (GTMBA) project (formerly the Tropical Atmosphere and Ocean) with data quality control, full-stack development, workflow development, and instrument & field work.

Data Science

• Monitoring and quality control of systems in the field via Iridium and Argos satellite telemetered data
• Quality Control review and analysis of recovered, high-resolution data stored onboard instruments
• Development of new, Python based, quality control review process and code library utilizing and contributing to open-source libraries including Holoviz, Pandas, Plotly, Dash, and Plotly Resampler
• Instrument data downloads and calibrations

Development

• Full-stack development of inventory databases for various sensors and data loggers
• UI/UX design and development using Bootstrap themes

Field work

• Travel to and working onboard U.S. and foreign vessels to complete work in the Tropical Oceans

Community building

• Collaborating with two colleagues, instigated and maintain a monthly informational and discussion users’ group, the WRC Tech Users Group, aimed at creating a place to share solutions and failures in an effort to maximize our research effort and de-silo PMEL
• Served on and as interim lead of the CICOES DEI working group
• Member of the committee for the recent hiring of Research Consultants at the GTMBA project

UW Oceanography is at the forefront of creating knowledge and understanding about the ocean through observation, theory, modeling and technological innovation. UW was the first institution to offer bachelors degrees in Oceanography, starting in 1955.

My course work required an understanding and application of physics, biology, and chemistry to understand the oceans as the interconnected, dynamic part of this planet that it is. I was able to build an understanding of fluid mechanics, chemical to biological reactions and requirements, and how anthropogenic changes are effecting the entire global ocean and local ecosystems.

I spent a lot of my free time working within work studies at two labs and participating in student chapter of the Marine Technology Society.

Course work focused on general studies, chemistry, biology, and ecology. All together I worked to develop a solid base understanding to be applied to the environmental sciences.

Activities and societies: Environmental Field Studies Course and TA