Drew is a D-Lab consultant and a PhD student in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM). He studies ecological and landscape genomics and global change biology. His academic background is in ecology (B.S.) and conservation biology (M.S.), and includes a lot of research computing. Outside academia, he has worked in field biology, conservation, community development, sustainable agriculture, and education. As a programmer, he has experience in simulation and statistical modeling, spatial analysis, data munging, databasing, and otherwise automating tedious research tasks.
Beki is a Ph.D. student in the Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP). She's a big fan of using spatial data visualization tools to help understand complex sociopolitical problems. Her interests include disaster governance, knowledge politics, and development finance. She has worked for state and local governments as a planner, and in the field of disaster risk reduction in program management and consulting. She is currently in the field in Mexico where she’s studying the ‘muddy politics’ of climate change and state responsibility.
Dr. Patty Frontiera is the D-Lab Data Services Lead and a geospatial data scientist. She is the the official campus representative for ICPSR, the Roper Center, and the Census State Data Center network, and serves as the Co-Director of the Berkeley Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC). Patty also develops the geospatial workshop curriculum, teaches workshops and consults on geospatial topics. Patty has been with the D-Lab since 2014 and served as the the Academic Coordinator through Spring 2017. Patty received her Ph.D.
Chris is an Asst. Specialist in the School of Public Health with a BS in Environmental Science and an MPH in Environmental Health from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. His research focuses on understanding the dynamics of infectious disease transmission in relation to environmental forcing using geospatial methods, statistical analysis, and mathematical modeling.
