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 communities. I primarily support folks with getting the most out of cloud-native workflows through building user-centered applications that integrate open source technologies. I am passionate about democratising access to large-scale, scientific cyberinfrastructure and love using my deep technical skills and my friendly communication skills to bridge together technology and people.
Some of the things I get up to include:
- Providing frontline and second-line support for communities, including triage, JupyterHub administration, events management and collecting product insights to improve user experience.
- Front-end development of the FRX challenges open-source project using Django, and managing deployment for the HHMI CellMap Challenge with Kubernetes.
- 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.
- Developing community-based training materials for cloud-native, interactive computing workflows as part of the Catalyst Project, a large and complex multi-stakeholder collaboration in service of communities in the Global South.
- Implementing localisation CI/CD workflows with Jupyter Book and Crowdin for the Hub Champion Training and NASA TOPST: ScienceCore curricula.
- Managing and executing a communications strategy, including writing blog posts, running social media campaigns and tracking engagement analytics.
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.