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Ph.D. candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, working with Paul Armsworth (defending May 2027), finishing a concurrent M.S. in Ecology and graduate policy training at UTK’s Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs.

Specializes in spatial ecology, biodiversity indicators, ecosystem representation, and conservation policy. Evaluates whether ecosystem-level and species-level protection tell the same story, developing ecosystem counterparts to global indicators (like the Species Protection Index for Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework), and modeling trans-boundary climate migration across 13 Appalachian states.

Pre-doctoral background: integrated B.S.–M.S. in Biological Sciences at IISER Kolkata (top 1% national INSPIRE Scholar), with research stints at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore), the Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, and the University of Western Australia (Perth), alongside botanical and ecological fieldwork across the Western Ghats and the Great Smoky Mountains.

Knoxville, TN • Defending May 2027 • Available Summer/Fall 2027vkenned2@vols.utk.edu865-398-5720LinkedInGitHubvishalkennedy.com
CORE COMPETENCIES
Ecosystem representation & 30x30 targetsGlobal Biodiversity Framework (GBF Target 3)Species Protection Index & indicator designTrans-boundary climate range shifts (270 vertebrates)PAD-US & protected area gap analysisQuasi-experimental matching & null modelsFederal regulatory comments & CWA / NEPA policyMulti-jurisdiction governance (HHI & Pielou)Circuitscape & spatial connectivityExecutive briefings & stakeholder translationAutomated QA data pipelines (R & Python)ISO 14001 & EPA disclosure standards
RELEVANT TECHNICAL SKILLS

Spatial Modeling & Ecological Tools

R (tidyverse, sf, terra, raster, lme4), Python (pandas, NumPy, statsmodels, scikit-learn, PyTorch), Circuitscape, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, STATA, SQL, Git & GitHub.

Causal Inference & Spatial Statistics

Protected area gap analysis, ecological niche modeling (13 climate models, 4 SSP scenarios through 2050), observational matching estimators (174 clusters), null-model benchmarking, variance decomposition, concentration & inequality metrics (Gini, Lorenz, HHI, Pielou evenness), log-log regressions, mixed-effects models.

Policy, Indicators & Applied AI

Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 3) indicators, USNVC (6 hierarchical levels), NatureServe G-ranks, PAD-US v4.1, ISO 14001 lead auditor standards, Clean Water Act (CWA) & USFWS comment drafting, reproducible data QA pipelines; full-stack Node/Express agent on Google Gemini API; autoencoders at ORNL.

RECENTLY IN THE NEWS

National Press Highlight.

Featured coverage highlighting research at the intersection of data mapping, conservation science, and climate policy.

Vishal Kennedy conducting field research in a mountainous landscape.
National Wildlife Magazine
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RECENTLY IN THE NEWSNational Wildlife Federation

Vishal Kennedy Is Mapping the Future

The former NWF EcoLeaders fellow uses data to model conservation and climate outlooks

By Delaney McPherson•

Featured by National Wildlife magazine for applying data mapping, conservation science, and environmental policy to questions shaping the future of protected ecosystems and wildlife.

Read the National Wildlife Feature
Track Record & Projects

Professional Experience.

Quantitative ecology, ecosystem representation benchmarks, trans-boundary climate modeling, and environmental policy translation.

University of Tennessee, Armsworth Lab (EEB)Aug 2022 – Present

Ph.D. Candidate & Graduate Research Scientist (NSF & USGS Funded)

Knoxville, TNDissertation Research (Chapters 1, 2, 3)

210 Ecosystem Groups • 270 Vertebrate Taxa • GBF Target 3
  • Chapter 2 (Ecosystem Representation, with NatureServe & USGS): Evaluated 210 natural USNVC Groups across PAD-US at 6 hierarchical levels. Discovered larger ecosystems get proportionally less strict protection: a 10-fold larger ecosystem holds ~7.3 times strictly protected area (slope 0.86, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.93), holding across every classification check.
  • Geographic Disparity vs. Threat Status: Geography matters far more than endangerment: Western ecosystems have 4.1x and Eastern 3.3x the strict protection of Great Plains ecosystems. Great Plains types cover 21.7% of the landscape but only 5.0% of the strict estate, while conservation rank explains only 0.1% of variation.
  • Policy Target Sensitivity & GBF Target 3: 63% of ecosystem types meet 30% if multiple-use land counts, but only 19% under strict protection. Applying the species target rule to ecosystems would mandate protecting 58% of the U.S. landscape (113 of 210 types are <10,000 km²), proving ecosystems need targets of their own.
  • Forest Certification & Policy Uptake: Provided figures to NatureServe for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) annual meeting as FSC considers adding ecosystem status to forest certification; shared follow-up longleaf pine modeling with Gwen Iacona at ASU; invited talk at George Wright Society 2027.
  • Chapter 3 (Appalachian Trans-boundary Climate Shifts): Modeled shifting conservation responsibility across 13 Appalachian states for 270 vertebrates under 13 climate models and 4 SSP scenarios through 2050 (Barve et al. niche models, Circuitscape, HHI concentration, and Pielou evenness indices).
  • Chapter 1 (Evolutionary Morphology): Investigated moss calyptra morphology with Jessica Budke, submitted to *The Bryologist*.
GBF Target 3210 USNVC GroupsPAD-US v4.1Log-Log Scaling (Slope 0.86)FSC Forest CertificationLongleaf Pine (ASU)270 Vertebrate TaxaCircuitscapeNatureServe & USGS
U.S. Biosphere Network2025 – Present

National Policy Board Member & Youth Core Committee

Washington, DC / NationalNational Policy Board & Governance

National Gap Analysis & UNESCO MAB Nominee (2026)
  • Serve on the National Policy Board and Youth Core Committee of the U.S. Biosphere Network; nominated by the Network for the UNESCO MAB Young Scientists Award (2026).
  • Authored the national gap analysis behind the Network’s policy position and briefed senior federal agency leaders, a federal climate science center, and UNESCO working groups on national conservation target performance.
  • Presented ecosystem representation research directly to the U.S. Biosphere Network in 2026.
National Policy BoardYouth Core CommitteeUNESCO MAB Nominee (2026)Federal Agency BriefingsNational Gap Analysis
IALE-North America (Landscape Ecology)2026 – Present

Student Representative-Elect, Executive Committee

North America / NationalElected Professional Leadership

Student Keynote Speaker · IALE 2026
  • Elected as Student Representative-Elect to the Executive Committee of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE-North America).
  • Delivered student Keynote Presentation at IALE-North America 2026 on distributional measurement of national conservation target attainment and multi-jurisdiction burden attribution.
  • Lead student and early-career professional development, research symposia, and landscape ecology networking.
IALE-North AmericaStudent Representative-ElectKeynote Address 2026Landscape EcologyEarly-Career Mentorship
National Wildlife FederationMay 2025 – Oct. 2025

EcoLeaders Graduate Research Fellow & Platform Strategist

Reston, VA / RemoteConservation Analytics & Digital Strategy

+283% Engagement & National Wildlife Profile
  • Selected as the NWF EcoLeaders Graduate Research Fellow; featured in *National Wildlife* magazine profile: 'Vishal Kennedy Is Mapping the Future'.
  • Reconstructed several prior years of platform analytics records into a consistent cohort panel, executing longitudinal behavioral analysis to isolate engagement drivers: +283% active engagement increase.
  • Built and maintained recurring executive dashboards, specified enterprise API integrations with Personify platform engineers, and delivered an adopted 6–12 month strategic roadmap.
National Wildlife Federation+283% EngagementNational Wildlife FeatureLongitudinal TelemetryRecurring DashboardsYouth Changemakers
Baker School of Public Policy · Environmental Law Organization2023 – Present

Environmental Policy Analyst & Regulatory Specialist

Knoxville, TNAdministrative Law & Federal Comments

3rd Place National Policy Memo · USFWS Okefenokee Comment
  • 3rd place nationally in the National Wildlife Federation Innovative Policy Memo Contest for analyzing statutory authority, compliance standards, and multi-party co-management under the Clean Water Act for Mississippi River Basin flood resilience.
  • Contributed to a formal regulatory public comment letter submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on a contested titanium mining permitting decision threatening the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Received the Tom Gilbert Award (2026) from UTK's Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs for impactful environmental policy analysis bridging quantitative models with federal decisions.
  • Apply ISO 14001 lead auditor and U.S. EPA disclosure standards to analytical documentation and environmental compliance reviews.
Clean Water ActUSFWS Okefenokee CommentNWF 3rd Place NationalTom Gilbert Award (2026)ISO 14001 Lead AuditorEPA Standards
IISER Kolkata · IISc Bangalore · Manipal Centre · UWA Perth2016 – 2022

Pre-Doctoral Research Scholar & Field Ecologist

India & AustraliaInternational Research & Fieldwork

Top 1% INSPIRE Scholar · Western Ghats & Smokies Fieldwork
  • Completed integrated B.S.–M.S. in Biological Sciences at IISER Kolkata (top 1% national INSPIRE Scholar); elected General Secretary, Student Affairs Council (governing operations for 4,000+ members).
  • Conducted extensive field research across the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  • Research stints at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore), the Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, and the University of Western Australia (UWA Perth) evaluating crop resilience to disease and climate stress (optimizing screening pipeline throughput by 30%) and UN SDGs 13 & 15.
  • Core team member of Ek Pehal (2016–2021), student-run initiative teaching STEM and hygiene to children and women in underserved communities.
IISER Kolkata B.S.–M.S.INSPIRE Scholar (Top 1%)IISc BangaloreUWA PerthWestern Ghats FieldworkSmoky MountainsEk Pehal
Independent Analysis & AI Governance2024 – 2026

Computational Policy & Open-Source Causal Analysis

Open Source / NationalOpen Causal Analysis & Tooling

AI Adoption Parity Index · Interactive Live Audit
  • AI adoption parity index (2026): Conceived and engineered an open-source analysis measuring state-level AI adoption against AI-exposed employment rather than population using the Anthropic Economic Index, BLS OES, and O*NET.
  • Rendered dynamic Lorenz curves, Gini inequality metrics, and Theil decompositions across 6 geographic tiers, publishing an interactive web audit and reproducible Jupyter notebooks.
Anthropic Economic IndexBLS OES & O*NETLorenz CurvesGini & TheilPython & ROpen Source
Oak Ridge National Lab · Perplexity AI · Google API2024 – 2025

Applied AI Systems, ML Pipelines & Campus Enablement

Oak Ridge, TN / RemoteIOP ML Publication & Enterprise Training

Peer-Reviewed ML Paper & 500+ Researchers Trained
  • Co-developed autoencoders for Transmission Electron Microscopy with a four-university team (Penn State, NYU, Purdue, UTK), published in *Machine Learning: Science and Technology* (DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/ae1f5d).
  • Shipped full-stack Node/Express conversational agent on Google Gemini API.
  • Built and delivered technical AI-literacy curriculum to 500+ researchers, faculty, and staff at Perplexity AI.
ORNL PublicationAutoencodersIOP ML: Science & TechGoogle Gemini APIPerplexity AI500+ Researchers
Pedagogy & Leadership

Teaching & Mentoring Experience.

Empowering students and early-career researchers through evidence-based STEM instruction, computational workshops, and inclusive academic mentorship.

9 Semesters
1,400+ Undergraduates Taught Across Biology Labs
5-Year Outreach
Ek Pehal Core Team (STEM & Hygiene)
CIRTL
Practitioner Certified in STEM Pedagogy
1-on-1
Undergrad & Youth Policy Mentorship
Vishal Kennedy lecturing on species richness, functional diversity, and ecological data in a university auditorium
Large-Format Classroom Instruction
STEM Pedagogy & Laboratory Sections

Evidence-Based Classroom Teaching

Division of Biology · BIOL 159 & BioLit 150 · University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Instructing undergraduates in experimental hypothesis testing, statistical modeling in R/Python, and scientific writing with CIRTL Practitioner certified active-learning frameworks.

Vishal Kennedy mentoring undergraduate researcher at EUReCA poster presentation
1-on-1 Research Mentorship & Symposia
EUReCA & Research Coaching

Undergraduate Research Mentorship

Armsworth Lab & National Wildlife Federation EcoLeaders

Coaching undergraduate mentees in spatial connectivity modeling (Circuitscape), manuscript drafting, EUReCA poster exhibitions, and national sustainability policy fellowships.

2021 - Present (9 Semesters)9 Semesters · 1,400+ Undergraduates Taught

Graduate Teaching Assistant & Laboratory Instructor

Division of Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville • Knoxville, TN

  • Instruct laboratory sections across nine semesters for BIOL 159 (Skills of Biological Investigation) and BioLit 150 (Biological Literacy).
  • Guide students through hypothesis formulation, experimental design, and quantitative ecological data analysis in R and Python.
  • Apply CIRTL Practitioner methods (active learning, inclusive instructional design, inquiry-based labs) to every cohort.
  • Provide detailed empirical feedback on research reports and facilitate collaborative scientific discourse.
9 Semesters TASTEM PedagogyCIRTL Practitioner CertifiedBIOL 159 & 150R & Python Data
2016 - 20215-Year Student-Run Community Outreach

Core Team Member & Community STEM Educator

Ek Pehal, IISER Kolkata • Kolkata, India

  • Served on the core leadership team of Ek Pehal, a student-run non-profit initiative at IISER Kolkata.
  • Taught foundational STEM curricula and essential hygiene education to children and women in nearby rural and underserved communities.
  • Coordinated volunteer schedules, educational supplies, and community workshops across a dedicated five-year commitment.
Ek Pehal Core TeamSTEM EducationHygiene OutreachCommunity EmpowermentIISER Kolkata
Jan 2025 – Oct 2025500+ Researchers, Faculty & Staff Trained

Campus Strategist and Training Program Lead

Perplexity AI • Knoxville, TN / Remote

  • Built and delivered a technical AI-literacy curriculum to 500+ researchers, faculty, and staff, covering structured prompting, literature-synthesis workflows, and source-verification methods.
  • Mentored a cross-departmental network of student AI champions.
  • Built AI-assisted workflows aggregating news, literature, and public sources into verified briefs.
  • Drafted department-adopted responsible-use guidelines and ran structured feedback cycles between users and product engineering across fast release windows.
Technical AI-Literacy500+ ResearchersStructured PromptingLiterature-SynthesisResponsible AI GovernanceFeedback Cycles
2022 - Present1-on-1 Research & Career Mentorship

Undergraduate Spatial Ecology Research Mentor

Armsworth Lab, UT Knoxville • Knoxville, TN

  • Mentor undergraduates in spatial connectivity modeling (Circuitscape), remote sensing, and GIS processing.
  • Coach students to present poster research at UTK's EUReCA exhibition.
  • Advise mentees on NSF REU applications, grad-school statements, and manuscript drafting.
  • Host weekly code-review sessions teaching reproducible R and Python workflows.
Spatial ModelingEUReCA MentorGIS/R TrainingNSF REU PrepCode Review
2024 - 2025National Student Policy Mentorship

NWF EcoLeaders Youth Leadership & Community Mentor

National Wildlife Federation • Reston, VA / Remote

  • Mentored youth leaders nationwide on policy writing, advocacy, and community outreach.
  • Ran peer-review and coaching sessions for national policy memos on Clean Water Act and tribal co-management.
  • Evaluated capstone projects for national sustainability-badge credentials.
Youth LeadershipPolicy MentorshipClean Water ActCommunity Engagement
2021 - PresentPublic K-12 & Community Outreach

Public Science Communicator & Museum Educator

McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture • Knoxville, TN

  • Curate interactive biodiversity and genetics stations for McClung Museum's annual Darwin's Day.
  • Translate ecological datasets and specimen collections for K-12 students, teachers, and visitors.
  • Design hands-on activities linking Appalachian biodiversity to climate conservation.
Darwin's DayPublic CommunicationMuseum EducationK-12 Science
2024 - 2026Practitioner Training Workshops

Appalachian Environmental Policy Workshop Leader

Appalachian Public Interest Environmental Law (APIEL) • Knoxville, TN

  • Lead practitioner workshops teaching advocates to turn spatial ecological data into federal comment letters.
  • Authored open-access reference guides for translating GIS data into environmental law and policy.
Policy WorkshopsGIS TranslationEnvironmental AdvocacyAPIEL Conference

Courses Instructed & Workshops

BIOL 159Laboratory Instructor

Skills of Biological Investigation

Hands-on laboratory course introducing undergraduates to experimental design, statistical hypothesis testing, data visualization in R/Python, and scientific reporting.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BioLit 150Graduate Teaching Assistant

Biological Literacy & Synthesis

Foundational course focusing on critical evaluation of primary scientific literature, research synthesis, peer review, and scientific writing.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
AI-101Workshop Creator & Leader

AI Workflows for Academic Research

Campus-wide workshop series covering computational research synthesis, advanced prompt engineering, source verification, and transparent AI integration.

Perplexity AI & UT Knoxville
GIS-POLPractitioner Workshop Leader

Spatial Ecological Data in Environmental Policy

Specialized training on translating species movement models and spatial GIS layers into federal public comment letters and legal briefs.

APIEL Conference

Pedagogical Training

CIRTL Practitioner Certification2024

Center for Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning

Evidence-Based STEM Teaching2023

CIRTL Network / UTK Graduate School

Inclusive Pedagogy & Active Learning2023

UTK Teaching & Learning Innovation

AI Literacy & Prompt Architecture2025

Anthropic / Perplexity

Pedagogical Philosophy

“Good STEM teaching pairs technical precision with inclusive, inquiry-driven mentorship. My aim is to give students the computational tools, scientific literacy, and confidence to drive real conservation impact.”

Recognition & Credentials

Awards, Honors & Certifications.

National fellowships, policy awards, professional certifications, and selected keynote presentations.

Honors & Fellowships

UNESCO Nomination2026

Nominated for UNESCO MAB Young Scientists Award

U.S. Biosphere Network & UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme

Nominated by the U.S. Biosphere Network national policy board to represent the United States for the global UNESCO MAB Young Scientists Award.

3rd Place National2026

Third Place Winner, National Innovative Policy Memo Contest

National Wildlife Federation

National award for federal regulatory analysis of statutory authority, compliance standards, and multi-party tribal/municipal co-management under the Clean Water Act for Mississippi River Basin flood resilience.

Policy Honor2026

Tom Gilbert Award

Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Awarded for impactful public policy research bridging quantitative spatial modeling with federal decision-making.

Graduate Fellowship2026

William Bryne Hartz Fellowship ($3,000)

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UT Knoxville

Highest-honor graduate research fellowship awarded for outstanding quantitative environmental research and policy impact.

National Award2026

ESA Student Section Real Brown Travel Award

Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Recognizing excellence in wildlife ecology, quantitative spatial modeling, and ecosystem protection.

Elected Leadership2026

Elected Student Representative, Executive Committee

IALE North America (International Association for Landscape Ecology)

Elected to the Executive Committee to represent student and early-career researchers across North American landscape ecology and policy.

National Fellowship2025

EcoLeaders Graduate Research Fellowship

National Wildlife Federation (NWF)

National fellowship leading platform analytics, longitudinal behavioral analysis, and enterprise digital strategy (+283% engagement increase).

Research Award2025

A.J. and Evelyn Sharp Fund Award

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UT Knoxville

Graduate research award supporting botanical field studies, evolutionary morphology, and plant conservation.

Department Honor2023

Breedlove Dennis Award

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UT Knoxville

Departmental award recognizing exceptional early-career promise in ecological and evolutionary research.

Top 1% National Merit2016–2021

INSPIRE Fellowship (Top 1% National Merit)

Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India

Prestigious 5-year fellowship awarded to students ranking in the top 1% nationwide for scientific excellence during integrated B.S.–M.S.

Professional Certifications

ISO 14001 Lead Auditor

Audit Workshop / Exemplar Global Standards

2025–2026

EPA Regulatory Training (CAA, CWA, RCRA)

U.S. EPA / Baker School Regulatory Frameworks

2025

Project Management Certification

Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy

2025–2026

GIS & Remote Sensing Certification

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO)

2023

CIRTL Practitioner (Evidence-Based Instruction)

Center for Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning

2024

Administrative & Regulatory Policy Training

Baker School of Public Policy & Public Affairs

2024–2025

Keynote & Presentations

Invited Conference Talk2027

Invited Talk: Ecosystem Representation Across Public and Private Lands

George Wright Society Biennial Conference • Invited Speaker

Keynote Address2026

Distributional Measurement of National Policy Target Attainment Across Governance Tiers

IALE North America Annual Meeting • Student Keynote Address

Executive Briefing2026

National Gap Analysis & Policy Target Performance Briefing

U.S. Biosphere Network & UNESCO Working Groups • Washington, DC

Policy & Standards Briefing2025

Incorporating Ecosystem Representation into Forest Stewardship Standards

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Annual Meeting (via NatureServe) • Annual Meeting Policy Briefing

Agency Briefing2025

Observational Matching & Climate Adaptation Performance

Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center • Regional Science Briefing

Practitioner Workshop2024–2026

Converting Analytical Results into Federal Regulatory Comment

Appalachian Public Interest Environmental Law Conference • Knoxville, TN

Case Studies & Research

Selected Works.

A curated portfolio of ecosystem representation benchmarks, trans-boundary climate models, environmental policy filings, and scientific computing systems.

National Ecosystem Representation & 30x30 Benchmark (GBF Target 3)
Conservation Indicators & Spatial Policy2022–Present

National Ecosystem Representation & 30x30 Benchmark (GBF Target 3)

Evaluated 210 USNVC ecosystem groups across PAD-US to benchmark GBF Target 3; revealed severe geographic bias (Western 4.1x, Eastern 3.3x vs Great Plains) and metric sensitivity.

GBF Target 3210 EcosystemsPAD-US v4.1NatureServe & USGSSlope 0.86
Appalachian Climate Range Shifts & Multi-State Governance
Spatial Modeling & Multi-Jurisdiction Policy2024–2026

Appalachian Climate Range Shifts & Multi-State Governance

Modeled shifting conservation responsibility across 13 Appalachian states for 270 vertebrates under 13 climate models and 4 SSP scenarios through 2050.

270 Vertebrates13 Climate ModelsCircuitscapeHHI & PielouIALE Keynote 2026
Federal Environmental Policy, Permitting Compliance & Statutory Analysis
Environmental Law & Regulatory Comment2023–Present

Federal Environmental Policy, Permitting Compliance & Statutory Analysis

3rd place nationally for NWF policy memo on Mississippi River Basin flood resilience; co-authored USFWS comment letter on Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Clean Water ActUSFWS OkefenokeeISO 14001 AuditNWF 3rd PlaceTom Gilbert Award
NWF EcoLeaders Platform Strategy & Conservation Analytics
Behavioral Analytics & Conservation Leadership2025

NWF EcoLeaders Platform Strategy & Conservation Analytics

Longitudinal behavioral analysis of national youth conservation changemakers (+283% engagement), recurring dashboards, and enterprise roadmap.

+283% EngagementCohort PanelLongitudinal TelemetryRecurring DashboardsNWF Fellow
AI Adoption Parity Index & Exposure-Adjusted Distributions
Open Analysis & Causal Metrics2026

AI Adoption Parity Index & Exposure-Adjusted Distributions

Open analysis measuring state-level AI adoption against AI-exposed employment rather than population using Anthropic Economic Index, BLS OES, and O*NET.

Anthropic IndexBLS OESO*NETGini & LorenzInteractive Tool
Applied AI Systems, Scientific ML Pipelines & Technical Enablement
Applied AI & Scientific Computing2024–2025

Applied AI Systems, Scientific ML Pipelines & Technical Enablement

Autoencoder computer vision pipeline (ORNL publication in IOP), Gemini full-stack agent, and AI-literacy curriculum for 500+ researchers at Perplexity AI.

ORNL PublicationIOP ML: Science & TechGoogle Gemini APIPyTorchPerplexity AI
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