Hi, I’m Jeff. Nice to meet you.
My mission is to make environmental data more accessible and easier to understand.
Bio
Jeff Walker is an environmental data scientist and engineer with 15 years of experience in environmental research and consulting.
He received a PhD in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from Tufts University in 2014. His dissertation entitled “Interactive Web Applications for Environmental Modeling” demonstrated novel approaches to web-based data visualization and modeling interfaces designed to improve how we use and understand environmental models.
Since then, he was built numerous web-based databases, modeling tools, and interactive data visualizations for making environmental datasets and models more accessible and easier to use.
He has collaborated with scientists and researchers at a number of federal government agencies including the USGS, NOAA, and USFWS as well as non-profit organizations such as the Mystic River Watershed Association.
He is the primary application developer of EcoSHEDS, a web-based platform supported by USGS for integrating hydro-ecological datasets, models, and data visualization tools to support environmental conservation.
Dr. Walker also specializes in hydrologic and water quality modeling with a focus on addressing nutrient loading and eutrophication of lakes and rivers. He has completed a number of studies in the Mystic River Watershed (MA), Upper Klamath Lake (OR), Lake Onondoga (NY), the lakes, wetlands, and stormwater treatment areas of South Florida, and many others.
- 2014, PhD, Tufts University
- 2007, MEng, MIT
- 2006, BS, Cornell University
Toolbox
Below is a list of the primary languages, frameworks, and toolkits I use on a regular basis:
