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Samantha Csik (she/her)

As the Data Training Coordinator, Sam works to develop and teach data science curricula for the Masters in Environmental Data Science (MEDS) program and data science initiatives across NCEAS and UCSB. She finds much of her inspiration from the awesome in-person and online open data science communities that so willingly share their experiences, ideas, and work for others to learn from. Previously, Sam worked as a Data Fellow with the Arctic Data Center and informatics team at NCEAS, with a focus on using data semantics to make data more readily discoverable within online repositories.

LTER: Ecological Metagenome-derived Reference Genomes and Traits (EMERGENT)

Principal Investigator(s): Jeffrey Blanchard, Janet Jansson, Jason McDermott, Margaret O'Brien, Jorge Rodrigues, Lee Stanish

CoreR 2024 Director's Scholarship Recipients

Revealing the hidden costs of what we eat

Researchers find that shifting diets will ease cumulative environmental pressures for many but increase them for others

coreR Course

coreR is an introductory course to the fundamentals of data science, especially for use in environmental and ecological research.

Open Science for Synthesis

Open Science for Synthesis was a course in open science and data science organizing by NCEAS.

How can we CARE more in environmental research?

Annual Reports

NCEAS Annual Report List

Heather Lahr

Heather is the Project Manager for the Cultivated Seafood project. In collaboration with the Environmental Markets Solution Lab at UCSB, the team aims to understand under which conditions cultivated seafood may have a conservation impact. With over ten years in both the seafood and technology sectors, this project perfectly combines her background and interest in creating better food systems for people and the planet. Heather completed her Masters in Environmental Resource Management with an emphasis in coastal conservation at the Bren School at UCSB and a B.S.