Environmental Biogeochemist | Data & Machine Learning Scientist | Ph.D. in Earth & Environmental Science

Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Toronto Scarborough

• 🌊 Aquatic biogeochemistry & elemental cycling (P, N, S, C dynamics)
• 📊 Applying data science, ML & bioinformatics to environmental datasets
• 🎓 Ph.D. in Earth & Environmental Science (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
• 🌱 Passionate about data-driven solutions for water quality & sustainability

Programming & Analytics: Python (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, scikit-learn), R, SQL (SQLite, MySQL)
Data Science & ML: Data wrangling, visualization, regression/classification, clustering, model evaluation
Software & Platforms: Git/GitHub, Jupyter, ArcGIS/QGIS, PHREEQC, OriginPro
Domain Expertise: Aquatic biogeochemistry, isotopic analysis (ICP-OES, GC/IRMS, HPLC, IC), environmental modeling
Also: Bioinformatics (QIIME2, RNA-seq), statistics, teaching & mentorship

Workflows & Reproducibility

QC, Trimming & Pre-processing

Alignment & Assembly

Microbiome / Metagenomics

• Data Science Certificate – Data Science Institute, University of Toronto (2025)
• Ph.D. – Earth & Environmental Science, Ben-Gurion University, Israel (2020)
• M.Sc. – Earth & Environmental Science, Ben-Gurion University, Israel (2016)
• M.Sc. – Agriculture & Biotechnology, BIDR, Israel (2010)
• B.Sc. – Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Yerevan State University, Armenia (2006)

• Compute Ontario (2025): Data Visualization in Bioinformatics (R); RNA-seq; Long-read Sequencing; Pathway Enrichment
• Python Developer Certificate – Sololearn (2024)
• MITACS (2025): Research & Development, Leadership, Communication, Networking
• Microbial Genomics Workshop (UTSC, 2024); Bioinformatics Tools & Tricks (SickKids, 2023)

• Heart Disease ML Prediction – Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, XGBoost
• Phosphorus Cycling in Hamilton Harbour – Integrated geochemical & microbial analysis
• Bioreactor Field (Lake Erie watershed) – Nutrient-removal monitoring near greenhouse ponds
• Methane dynamics in surface waters of Honey Harbour – Biogeochemistry

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