About
Scott is a Senior Research Scientist in the Earth and Space Sciences Department at the University of Washington (UW) and Data Science Fellow at the UW eScience Institute. His research focuses on the application of synthetic aperture radar to understand and monitor terrestrial natural hazards, such as volcanic eruptions, landslides, and earthquakes. Scott has worked on several NASA-funded projects to promote open science practices, including setting up Pangeo computing infrastructure on AWS and contributing to maintenance and development of the Python Xarray library. Scott is enthusiastic about all forms of satellite observations and finding ways to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery!