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Helen Weierbach

Research Associate

Phone: 571-730-7903

HWeierbach@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Helen Weierbach (she/her) is an Environmental Data Science Research Associate in the Energy Geosciences Division. Helen’s background is in applied mathematics including uncertainty quantification, model sensitivity analysis, and Bayesian statistical and machine learning. She is broadly interested in applying her mathematical and computational skills to understand how the earth system responds to changing climate conditions.

At the lab she works on two projects: Charuleka Varadharajan’s Early Career Research project, iNAIADS (iNtegration, Artificial Intelligence Analytical Data Services), and the Watershed SFA. For iNAIADS, she focuses on using Machine Learning (classical ML and Deep Learning) to model changes in stream temperature across spatio-temporal scales and during disturbance conditions. With the Watershed SFA, she works in Nicholas Bouskill’s lab group using field observations to constrain relevant nitrogen cycling processes in the East River Watershed into a watershed-scale model High Altitude Nitrogen Suite of Models or HAN SoMo. Using this model, she focuses on modeling the impact of future climate perturbations (such as atmospheric warming, drought, and wildfire) to understand the impact on mountainous hydro-biogeochemical cycling.

Education

  • B.S. Mathematics with honors, Minor in Earth and Environmental Science, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2020

Experience

  • Research Associate, Energy Geosciences Division (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), 2022-Present
  • Research Assistant, Energy Geosciences Division (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), 2020-2022
  • Research Assistant, Marine Sciences (University of Southern Mississippi), 2020
  • Lamont REU Summer Intern, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University), 2019
  • Field and Lab Volunteer, Farrer Lab (Tulane University), 2017

Awards

  • Lawson Prize: Tulane University award for excellence in undergraduate mathematics research
  • Senior Honors Scholar in Environmental Earth Science: Tulane University award for highest achieving student in department
  • William Wallace Peery Society Member: Tulane Valedictory society
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Tulane University Chapter
  • Dean’s Honor Scholarship Recipient: Full Tuition scholarship awarded annually
  • American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting Student Travel Grant Recipient
  • Newcomb College Institute 2019 Student Research Travel Grant Recipient
  • New Employee of the Year award 2018: Tulane Campus Recreation
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