2022 DeSouza Award

Ryan Abernathey, Columbia University

The Russell L. DeSouza Award honors “individuals whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the Unidata Program to better serve the geosciences.”

Dr. Ryan Abernathey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and, as of this meeting, a member of Unidata’s Strategic Advisory Committee.

While members of Unidata’s governing committee are not generally considered as candidates for the Russell L. DeSouza award during their committee tenure, the Users Committee selected Ryan for the award before he joined the SAC. We’re fortunate to have him here in both as a committee member and as a DeSousa honoree.

Ryan's ongoing advocacy and efforts promoting the open availability of data and software in the geoscience community have been tremendously influential and important. His contributions to a variety of community-supported software packages and to the ongoing Pangeo project have helped the community make efficient use of big data.

A video recording of the award presentation and Ryan's seminar is linked below and is available on the NSF Unidata YouTube Channel. 

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