Elena M. Lopez, Ph.D.

Elena is a data scientist and environmental ecophysiologist based in Fort Collins. She earned a Ph.D. In Environmental Endocrine Disruption and a Master’s degree in Environmental Biology from CU Boulder, and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Southern California where she played intercollegiate varsity soccer. Elena’s scientific background is interdisciplinary and includes academic research and industry consulting in the areas of toxicology, environmental endocrine disruption, and human and wildlife physiology. She has researched the effects of persistent environmental contaminants on development and reproduction in humans and other vertebrates. Elena currently specializes in complex data management and informatics for human health and ecological risk assessments in the environmental remediation industry. She also loves Linux and promotes open source/open data initiatives and products. In her free time, Elena enjoys fly fishing in the Rockies, and hiking with her beloved red heeler, Kole, named after her favorite left-handed baseball player, Kole Calhoun. SELECT PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS OPERATING SYSTEMS Linux, UNIX-like (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian) Microsoft Windows Mac OS PROGRAMMING AND MARKUP LANGUAGES R, SQL, Python, Bash, HTML, CSS, Unix Tools and Utilities/Command Line Operations DATABASES AND OFFICE APPLICATIONS MS SQL Server Studio, Earthsoft EQuIS, Microsoft Access, MS Excel, Sharepoint, Google Docs REVISION CONTROL SYSTEMS (document and source code management) Git/Github, Mercurial/Bitbucket STATISTICAL SOFTWARE R/RStudio, SPSS MAPPING APPLICATIONS QGIS, ArcGIS, Google Earth Products ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND SECTORS Engineering and Information Technology Open data governance R Programming Language and Statistical Analysis Environmental and Public Health Informatics Environmental Toxicology and Fisheries Biology Public Health Research and Policy Environmental Endocrine Disruptors Human and Wildlife Physiology Open Source Technologies, Culture, & Education