T206 What Can You Do with Geoinformatics?

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 3B

A TORTUOUS CAREER PATH THROUGH EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATICS, OR HOW DID I END UP WITH THE PERFECT JOB?

Paper number: T206-2
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:05 AM – 8:20 AM

Authors

  • Lindsay Powers Presenting Author
    National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, Denver, CO

Abstract

First, I’m not a computer person or even really a data person. I’m trained as an interdisciplinary scientist and through my career have gained an appreciation for the value of usable and shareable data to solve interesting and important questions. I have worked on these problems in a few different roles, both paid (NEON, The HDF Group, USGS) and as a volunteer (EarthCube Leadership Council, RDA, ESIP and Belmont Forum Working Groups). Along this path I have been open to opportunities that came along and have taken some risks. Some paid off more than others, but I learned something from all of them. This walk down memory lane will describe the many roles I have held on the path to my current position as Program Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, and what I have learned from them.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-299663

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