Group: Core Team

• Anant Mittal

  

  Anant Mittal is a Senior Research Engineer at the Scientific Software Engineering Center within the eScience Institute. He is interested in designing and building metascience tools for areas such as astronomy, applied machine learning, climate, health, energy, and other physical and life sciences fields. He received his Ph.D. from the Paul G. Allen School of…

• Madeline Gordon

  

  Madeline Gordon is a Senior Software Engineer for the UW Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC) at the eScience Institute.  Prior to joining the SSEC in December 2024, Madeline’s engineering experience was primarily in the development and maintenance of high-availability cloud-based services. She worked for 6 years at Microsoft – most recently on their open-source cloud…

• Kate Rich

  

  Kate Rich is the eScience Institute’s Communications Specialist. While directing the organization’s communications strategy, she writes accessible content about data science for interdisciplinary researchers and general audiences alike. Prior to joining the institute, she won multiple national and regional awards for academic research and speechwriting. Kate received her PhD in Communication from the University of…

• June Yang

  

  June Yang is a research scientist at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology and the eScience Institute. As a Computational Demographer, June focuses on applying Natural Language Processing methods to the study of population family formation processes, gender disparity, and demographic inference. She is expanding her skillset by using Large Language Models in…

• Curtis Atkisson

  

  Curtis Atkisson joined the eScience Institute in Feb 2024. He received his PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology from UC Davis with a designated emphasis in Computational Social Science. His dissertation was on how changes in people’s complex social networks impact their cooperative behavior. This work involved ethnography, participant observation, and surveys done amongst the Makushi (and…

• Niki Burggraf

  

  Niki Burggraf is a Senior Software Engineer for the UW Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC) at eScience Institute. With over 6 years of experience building and maintaining cloud web services, Niki is excited to bring her industry experience to the scientific software engineering sphere. Prior to working at SSEC, Niki worked at Amazon on its…

• Anshul Tambay

  

  Anshul Tambay is a Technical Program Manager with the UW Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC) at the eScience Institute. He aims to develop open-source infrastructure that bolsters research across a variety of disciplines.  Prior to joining SSEC, Anshul worked as a Data Analyst at Northwestern University’s Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research and Science, focusing on community…

• Mark Welden-Smith

  

  Mark is the Program Manager for Community Engagement at the eScience Institute. His career has been spent with higher education and nonprofit organizations, most recently at the University of California, Santa Cruz as the Associate Director of Marketing, Events, and Technology for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Previous roles include communications and marketing for the…

• Cordero Core

  

  Cordero Core is an accomplished Sr. Software Engineer with over 13 years of experience in the software development industry. Throughout his career, Cordero has established himself as an expert in software and machine learning applications. He has successfully delivered innovative software solutions for diverse industries, including healthcare, e-commerce, aerospace, and security. Cordero’s profound knowledge in…

• Don Setiawan

  

  Don Setiawan is a Principal Research Software Engineer for the UW Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC) at eScience Institute. He has expertise in Python programming, web development, geospatial data analytics, and cloud-based data engineering that he is very excited to share in his role. Don has been an Affiliate with UW eScience since 2017 as…