Welcome

Hellooo! My name is Jenny and I am an Open Source Applications Engineer at 2i2c, a US-based non-profit that provides a global network of interactive computing platforms for research and education. I primarily support folks with getting the most out of cloud-native workflows through building user-centered applications by integrating open source technologies. I am passionate about democratising access to large-scale, scientific cyberinfrastructure and love combining my deep technical skills with my friendly communication skills to bridge together technology and people.

Some of the things I get up to include:

• Developing observability and monitoring tools for JupyterHub deployments with Prometheus and Grafana to alleviate worries about runaway costs for users in the cloud, such as jupyterhub-cost-monitoring and maintaining jupyterhub/grafana-dashboards.

• Front-end development of the FRX challenges open-source project using Django, and managing deployment for the HHMI CellMap Challenge with Kubernetes.

• Providing frontline and second-line support for communities, including triage, JupyterHub administration, events management and collecting product insights to improve user experience.

• Continuously updating the 2i2c Service Guide and developing the main 2i2c.org Hugo website, as well as contributing documentation to upstream open-source projects.

• Leading community engagement and outreach activities, such as hackathons to upstream contributions to MyST-MD, delivering training courses and speaking at conferences.

My scientific background is in mathematics, with a special interest in geophysical fluid dynamics. I obtained a PhD in the subject with my thesis entitled “A slurry model of the F-layer in the Earth’s core”.

This website contains a short bio about me, as well as a collection of talks and content related to my open-source projects.