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At DSE, training the next generation of leaders on campus and beyond is core to our mission. At the start of the 2025-26 academic year, we’re thrilled to welcome back Max Taniguchi-King as our new Research Data Analyst, and Carolyn Zhuang and Evan Lingo as Undergraduate Data Science Interns!

Maya Zomer, a postdoctoral researcher on our team, is the lead author of a new paper in Journal of Experimental Botany exploring how Mediterranean shrubs recover after disturbance and their resilience to global change.

This week (August 5-14), representatives from the United Nations will begin final negotiations to establish a global treaty on plastic pollution. This is a historic opportunity to drastically reduce plastic pollution across the world. 

Apply now to lead operations, event planning, and day-to-day administrative support for our team. First review date is July 11.

We are thrilled to welcome A'Maya to UC Berkeley this summer, where she hopes to gain hands-on experience in wildlife ecology research.

Kristin Davis, a postdoctoral researcher on our team, is lead author of a new paper that found Eastern screech-owls are responding to their environment in the Fort Collins, Colorado area in unexpected ways.

Today DSE and the University of Arkansas published a study in the Journal of Data Science, Statistics, and Visualisation and an open source tool that show the need for changes to federal crop insurance programs that could benefit farmers, companies, and the climate. 

DSE is hiring a postdoctoral researcher to study extreme heat impacts on cattle and other animals.

Join our team to support our work with the National Park Service. This full-time role is responsible for analyzing and preparing vegetation monitoring data. First review is 4/29!

Check out the lastest post on the GeoJupyter blog about a new workflow we're building in JupyterLab to improve a common source of friction for users.

Check out the latest innovative conservation research from the UC Berkeley Stone Center, which two DSE team members contribute to. 

We are seeking one postdoc with experience in data science and agriculture, agroecology, agricultural economics, and/or agricultural policy.

DSE's 2024 annual report highlights our recent successes in cutting-edge data and environmental science.

• Co-designing an AI visualization tool and data platform with a California Tribe to monitor local biodiversity
• Testing a suite of AI tools for land managers to rapidly assess and respond to wildfires in the California desert
• Developing an AI policy tool and interactive model that furthered negotiations to end global plastic pollution

GeoJupyter is a community-owned effort to reimagine geospatial interactive computing experiences for education, research, and industry.

Join the conversation at "Tech for TEK: Implementing Biodiversity Conservation with AI, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Indigenous Data Sovereignty" on Monday, October 28 in Cali, Colombia.